I would like to wish all my readers of CakeJournal a Happy New Year and wishing you all the best for 2009. I hope that you have enjoyed what I have blogged about in 2008. I have new ideas to work on with the continue of CakeJournal and I hope that there will be new…
How to Make Marzipan Christmas Bites
I hope that you don’t find the last of my four Christmas tutorials too late. But last night was hectic as we here in Denmark celebrate Christmas on the 24th with wonderful food, yummy treats and the excitement from the kids when they get their presents. We always make marzipan treats at Christmas and these…
Christmas cake goodies
What is better than to be spoilt with nice and beautiful Christmas cake goodies? 🙂 When my brother and his girlfriend went to San Francisco I could not let them go without looking for some fun things. I especially asked them to buy Martha Stewart Living magazine for me and I think that I have…
How to make a Christmas cookie ornament
Christmas is very close now and here are the third Christmas special tutorial. A beautiful glittering Christmas cookie ornament to decorate your tree. It is so easy and quick to make because you only use three things for decoration: rolled fondant icing, royal icing and edible glitter. You can of course make it in any…
How to make soft gingerbread hearts
Times fly fast and I am a little late with the second Christmas special tutorial. Today its soft gingerbread hearts. This is a favourite treat of mine at Christmas time. All the bakeries make them and they are mostly decorated with a thin coat of dark chocolate and decorated with a scrap of Santa Claus….
Couture for cupcakes
Its amazing to see how fashion has made its way to cupcakes. You can now dress up your cupcakes with beautiful paper wrappers in almost every colour and pattern. So of course I had to try them out myself 🙂
How to make a Christmas wreath cookie
This is the first of four special Christmas tutorials for you this Christmas 🙂 Today it’s a Christmas wreath cookie decorated with royal icing. You can use your favourite gingerbread or sugar cookie dough for the wreath. Remember to start colouring your icing 1-2 days in advance. That way the colour will have time to…
Masterclasses with Peggy Porschen
As a huge fan of Peggy Porschen I was very excited when I got notified that she will be teaching at two special pre-Christmas masterclasses for only 10 students per class. The classes will be held at her Battersea studio in London.
Basic cake decorating kit
I remember back when I bought some of my first cake dekoration tools. What was good to start with? and what was not that important? It was so easy to spend too much money on equipment and I must admit that I still do have unpacked cutters in my tool box.