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Making a chocolate base for a Giant cupcake

459 days ago by Tracey | 7 comments »

You will need Silicone Spatula Giant cupcake mould (silicone) White Chocolate – 300gms A fridge LOL Colouring to your desired choice A little patience Firstly bake your Giant cupcake, allow to cool and set to one side. I use a silicone mould for my giant cupcakes, I find them much more versatile than the metal tins and much easier. I also dont use Candy melts because a few people say that they are far too sweet, I stick with White chocolate and providing tha...

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chocolate decadence #2: Faux Ganache or "Crusting Chocolate Buttercream" GF, LF

99 days ago by Olivia's Bakery | 7 comments »

Hello, good morning! just wonna post in case I ever loose my recipe book, I can come back here: when covering a cake, you have to work faster than with butercream, but you have ways more time compared to ganache. I tried this combination because I wasn’t in the mood for making a real ganache (it takes a while if you don’t have a microwave). it’s a super fast recipe and I find it finger-licking good. Exactly tastes like the filling of “Prinzenrolle”, an Aust...

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Crayons

456 days ago by KalliCakes | 7 comments »

First, you’ll need to gather your resources! So, rummage through your goodies and accumulate your loot! Here you go: A clay extruder (we used the Makin’s Professional Clay Extruder) with the largest circle diskFondant in all of your favorite colors! Now, if you grab your trusty set of real crayons, take a look at them. Do you notice that those pesky wrappers are actually a different color than the crayon? Yeah, I sighed too. So–make sure when you grab your red fondant, take a b...

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Gumpaste vase

96 days ago by Melinartcakes | 7 comments »

This is how I made the stone look Vase for my cake, featured in cake central magazine Volume4 Issue1For full Tutorial visit my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MelinArtCakesCheck out other Tutorials….New tutorials coming soon.

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The Pink Cake Box Tutorials #1: Heart Baked Cucpakes

95 days ago by RoseAtThePinkCakeBox | 7 comments »

This is how we made our very popular Valentine’s Heart Baked Cupcakes ~ First off bake a thin red sponge – this needs to be about 2cm thick but be careful not to overbake it as you will be baking it again in the centre of the cupcake Then cut out hearts from the red sponge with a heart cutter that fits comfortably into your cupcake cases, mine was about 3cm at it’s widest point Then mark the side of the case where you will align your heart with so you know where to ...

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Tiramisu Cupcakes

405 days ago by ButRCream | 7 comments »

Ingredients: For the cake 1 1/4 cups cake flour 3/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cup milk 1 Tbsp vanilla bean paste 4 Tbsp unsalted butter 3 large eggs + 3 egg yolks, at room temp 1 cup sugar For the coffee syrup 8 Tbsp strongly brewed coffee 1/4 cup sugar For the frosting 1 cup heavy cream 8oz mascarpone 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup powdered sugar Unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting Chocolate coffee beans, for garnish Instructions ...

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Caymancake's Basic Vanilla Cupcake (with variations) Recipe

392 days ago by caymancake | 7 comments »

Caymancake’s Basic Cupcake Recipe 2 C self rising flour1 C milk3 large eggs2 C granulated (white) sugar1 C butter2 tsp vanilla 1. Cream butter and sugar together.2. Beat in eggs, one at a time.3. Beat in vanilla.4. Alternatively add flour and milk, starting and ending with the flour.5. Bake at 350 degrees – start checking after 15 minutes. When it bounces back to the touch, they are ready! Variations: Honey Lavender – swap out 1/4-1/2 of the sugar with honey (de...

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Most Moist Chocolate Cake

392 days ago by TheFrostedCakeBoutiq | 7 comments »

Yields: 2-9” Round Cake Pans Ingredients: 2 Cups sifted Cake Flour 2 Cups Sugar 3/4 Cups sifted Cocoa 2 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 1tsp Salt 2 Large Eggs 1 Cup Buttermilk 1 Cup Vegetable Oil 2 tsp Vanilla Extract 1 Cup Boiling Brewed Coffee (intensifies the chocolate flavour); or 1 Cup Boiling Water Instructions: 1. Preheat Oven to 300° F (this is a slow bake chocolate cake).2. Grease pans with Crisco Shortening and line with parchment pape...

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How to get Wood-grain effect on Fondant

381 days ago by creativecakesbychris | 7 comments »

Tutorial and pictures on How to get a wood-grain effect on Fondant. Needed supplies: White fondant, Brown fondant, brown gel color, small paint brush, Fondant Veining tool or toothpicks, Sponge or sponge paintbrush, Vanilla Extract or Vodka 1.) I took two batches of Fondant, one in white and one in brown. In this case I used Chocolate Fondant. 2.) I then added a tiny bit of the brown fondant to the white to give it a tannish color. 3.) I took a bit of each color an...

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Sugar Diary by Sugar Shey #1: TOP 5 THINGS THIS CAKER HAS HAD ASKED OR SAID TO HER:

380 days ago by SugarShey | 7 comments »

Dear Sugar Diary: I am having a super late dinner….and thinking about the things I hear on a daily basis…some are genuine….some are insulting….some are just outrageous! So I will share my list : TOP 5 THINGS THIS CAKER HAS HAD ASKED OR SAID TO HER: 1- “Hi Shey… I was wondering how much for a cake?” ...yup just like that…no details…no explanation…just the cost of a cake in general I guess…..-- 2- “Hi Shey...

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