With long anticipation, here is my very special Valentine’s cake with roses. Special, because today is Valentine’s Day but also because my lovely husband and I have been together for 10 years. So I can not find a better way than to celebrate it with a gorgeous, delicious and romantic cake filled with love. I…
Gift wrapping
I love to craft things that I can use for beautiful gift wrapping for my homemade treats. This paper cone will hide the sweet cookie hearts decorated with rolled fondant. Maybe for a little Valentine’s Day gift?
Small gum paste roses
I just wanted to show you a little sneak peek of my next cake project. I will be using these small gum paste roses for a very special Valentine’s cake this year. But you will have to wait to see the final result. For those who have asked about a tutorial please see this rose…
Cookie Swap book review
I have been lucky to receive a free copy of the Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year book. The book immediately caught my attention, as I have never hold a cookie swap party, or been to a cookie swap party before. So I was very curious to see what this book was…
How to make a five petal fantasy flower
In this tutorial I want to show you how to make a five petal fantasy flower. The flower is inspired by a pink flower broche that I have. You are welcome to change the color for the flower, so that it match your color scheme.
My Gingerbread House
This year I wanted to make my Gingerbread house a little more “simple”, only decorating it with white royal icing. I have used different styles of piping details inspired by the Gingerbread houses from Martha Stewart. It is very Scandinavian, I think 😉 Like last year, I have added electric lights inside the house and…
Christmas brownie bites
I made these small Christmas brownie bites today. Normally, I would use a nice chocolate fudge frosting on top of my brownie bites. But today I used powdered sugar “snow” instead. I made the red berries out of red fondant, brushed with Tylo glue and then dipped in red disco sparkle from Edable Art (UK…
Cupcake decorating part 4
This is the last part of my little “cupcake decorating school”. The final part is about how I pipe my swirls on my cupcakes. Not saying that this is the “right” way, but it is the way that works the best for me. There are many different types of swirls to pipe on cupcakes. Often…
Cakes for Romantic Occasions book review
I have been lucky to receive a free copy of a new cake decorating book Cakes for Romantic Occasions by May Clee-Cadman, from the publishers: David & Charles. May is the owner of Maisie Fantaisie Wedding Cakes in the UK and it is her second cake decorating book. Her first book: Sweet and Simple Party…