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How we made Goofy out of Fondant/gumpaste

410 days ago by Pam and Nina's Crafty Cakes | 19 comments »

This is our first attempt at an iconic character. We were pretty happy with the results!We couldn’t find any help on line, so this is how we made our goofy. We hope it can help! First always make your colors in estimated sizes so that you have it ready when you need it. Stopping to make a color can really slow up your progress and take up a lot of time. Just keep in ziploc as you work. Make 3 balls out of the blue. This will end up the body and the two legs. Roll t...

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White Magnolia(without magnolia cutter)

29 days ago by Melinartcakes | 7 comments »

White Magnolia is one of my favorite flowers,it is pretty and easy to make. In this picture-tutorial I want to show, even without Magnolia cutters, you can still create a nice flower.Any ordinary 3 sizes leaf cutter works :-) Please feel free to ask questions. For more Tutorials visit my FB page https://www.facebook.com/MelinArtCakes

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Cute Snowman Tutorial

182 days ago by Let's Eat Cake | 8 comments »

Step by step tutorial to create this cute snowman :)* 1. What you will need:- White Modelling PasteBlue Modelling Paste (or colour of your choice)Black Modelling PasteOrange Modelling PasteRolling PinEdible Glue & PaintbrushBall ToolDresden ToolCraft KnifePink Blossom Tint & Dusting BrushPiping NozzleDried Spaghetti 2. Begin by rolling a ball of white MP for the lower part of the body, press down slightly to form more of an oval shape 3. Roll a second ball for the middle p...

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How to create perfect stiped fondant and chocolate

382 days ago by The Faith, Hope and Charity Bakery | 6 comments »

This a tutorial on using a pasta maker to create perfect horizontal stripes on fondant or modeling chocolate. 1. Take your chosen base colour of fondant or modelling chocolate and pass it several times through the pasta maker set to its widest setting, until you have a nicely formed, regular shape band of fondant. 2. Take pieces of fondant in your chosen colours for the strips and press each of them into thin bands. It does not matter if they are not quite as long as the base band. ...

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Tutorial #5: 3D World Cake

162 days ago by Verusca Walker | 17 comments »

How to make a 3D World Cake . I bake my cake on the shape of a ball. Ganache it to join to sides together and to correct imperfection this also will give more strength to your ball. I always open my fondant bigger than the size I need, special for a round shape. and I smooth it with a piece of fondant. I google search my image “world map”.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/GURPS_Reign_of_Steel_world_map.pngI cut my conutries and useit as template to cut my fondant....

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Cheap Boards Tutorial

161 days ago by vivalacake | 6 comments »

This weird deviced is called Sheet rock circle cutter and can be found at your local harware store for about $12. I can’t live with out it!!!

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Gumpaste or Fondant Ruffle Flower #1: Ruffle flower part 1

245 days ago by couturecakesbyrose | 4 comments »

My cakey friends, here’s a video tutorial on how I made the big ruffle flower on the above cake. Just a heads up, I used 50/50 gum paste and fondant mixture on all the ruffle flowers shown in this video.

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Crayons

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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Printed Giant Cupcake Chocolate Shell

316 days ago by sweetsbydonna | 5 comments »

This is a simple tutorial for embedding a design on that giant cupcake cake chocolate shells. Materials needed: Candy melts or chocolate melting wafers Candy colors paint brush Mould of your choice – for this, I simply used a clean, recycled cookie container. :) How to:1. Melt chocolate wafers in the microwave or using a double broiler.2. Separate a small amount you would need for your “painting” and tint them with oil-based colors. *It is a must to u...

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Gumpaste or Fondant Ruffle Flower #3: Ruffle flower part 3

244 days ago by couturecakesbyrose | 7 comments »

My cakey friends, here’s another tutorial on how I made the fantasy/ruffle flower shown on the above photo. You can use 50/50 gum paste and fondant mixture or plain gum paste or plain fondant to make this. Happy caking :)

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