460 days ago
by CakeBoutiquer |
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Hi everyone! I have worked with Modelling Chocolate (referred to as M/C throughout this article) many times over the past few months, trying to find the perfect recipe, and the best ways to use it. I have encountered many wonderful results, but also disasters, mistakes and mishaps. This is why I have decided to write this article, so none of you will ever have to perform a M/C ‘test-period’ again!
Modelling Chocolate has changed the wonders of modern day Sugarcraft. It has adde...
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165 days ago
by Sweet Blossom Cakes |
6 comments »
1. Start with a Cake that has been baked in a ball tin or in this cake a 2 litre pyrex bowl.
2. Layer, fill and coat the cake with buttercream as normal.
3. Roll out red sugarpaste.
4, over the cake with the sugarpaste and smooth starting from the top and working your way down a little at a time.
5. Trim away the excess sugarpaste.
6. I then covered my cake board in sugarpaste and added some grains etc to make it look like wood and then painted with brown paste ...
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363 days ago
by Frostine |
21 comments »
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had to transport a cake and thought that your heart just couldn’t take the strain. (raising hand)Raise your hand if you’ve ever transported a cake and mourned the crack that showed up in the frosting. (raising hand)This post is for you.I recently made these two baby shower cakes for a friend. She had to take them on a 6 hour drive! That’s right, 6 hours! Obviously, she couldn’t balance them on her lap the whole dri...
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185 days ago
by Joyliciouscakes |
29 comments »
For more details of step-by-step tutorial please visit my page at : http://www.facebook.com/joyliciouscakes
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457 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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106 days ago
by ArtedellaTorta |
33 comments »
I’m not very good with English so let talk about the pictures, I hope they are understandable. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them as best I can
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162 days ago
by Callicious Cakes |
34 comments »
I have had some interest in “how to” on this cake, so here is a tutorial to help along the way.
Carved and ganache chocolate cake (apologies I do not have photos of the smoothing process) I then covered it with flesh coloured fondant.
Then I covered with blue fondant that I previously had cut a pattern and did the same for the burgundy coloured fondant too.
To save time, I used a floral patchwork cutter to indent a pattern so I have an outline to follow fo...
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347 days ago
by ShailesEdibleArt |
3 comments »
Part 2 – The Moth Orchd Throat and ColumnThe Moth Orchid Continued
Making the Column
Take a small ball of paste and roll into a tear drop
Insert a 22g wire into to pointy end
Mold to wire making a point. Not too big so it is a good size for the petals
Hallow out with a small rolling pin or similar, keeping the top smooth and round
Leave to dry
Making the Throat
The throat is a bit trick and is best if you can look at a real flower or o...
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91 days ago
by Callicious Cakes |
37 comments »
I have plans later on this year for a far more detail on the 2 doll cakes I experimented with.. but as I have been asked many times for this, here is just a mini version of Oliver, which may help give some insight towards inspiring you to give it a go.. it really is very simple to make if time-strapped (as I was ) and only took a day :)
Here is Oliver….
So here is the 10” sponge cake I baked to start :)
here is where I demarcated the head… this was guesswork R...
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167 days ago
by Sweet Blossom Cakes |
8 comments »
1.Here is a picture with all the materials needed.
2. Roll out your pink fondant on a non stick surface.
3. Cut out a large fluted round with a fluted round cutter.
4. Now cut out atleast 1/3 of the round leaving a fan shape.
5. Now indent the fan with a smaller plain edge round cutter.
6. Now using a knife or craft knife, indent lines with equal gaps like show in the picture.
7. Now using the “smiley tool” create indents like in the pic.
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