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How to Make a Rainbow Cake

188 days ago by Cakes by Khandra (sweettooth) | 0 comments »

Have you even seen a cake that when you cut into it it looks like a rainbow and wanted to know how it was done??? Well now you can know how its done by this step by step and picture by picture tutorial. http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/09/14/how-to-make-a-rainbow-cake/ First up, you’ll want to have your favorite white cake recipe handy. My personal favorite is the Perfect Party Cake, but any of your favorite recipes will work, and you could always use a box mix too, if you prefer. ...

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How to make two toned buttercream

178 days ago by Cakes by Khandra (sweettooth) | 1 comment »

Have you ever seen a piped cupcake or even a piped border with multi colored buttercream and wondered how it was done? With this simple tutorial you can learn how. http://www.goodlifeeats.com/2011/03/kitchen-tip-multi-swirled-frosting.html Kitchen Tip: How to Pipe with Two or More Frosting Types 1. Lay your colors or flavors out in different container to keep them separate. 2. Using the tip for filling piping bags in the Cupcake Piping Tricks kitchen tip, fill the bags (I personal...

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Lenny the lion cupcake tutorial.

192 days ago by MrsBakersCakeSchool | 2 comments »

Learn how to make Lenny the Lion in our simple to follow tutorial. Each step is explained in easy terms and you will have your very own lion cupcake in no time. This design can be adapted to fit larger cakes as well as cupcakes. I havent added all of the text here but if you cannot follow the tutorial without more help please click the link below for the full version. Click here for the full tutorial i

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How to Make Fondant Calla Lilies

189 days ago by Cakes by Khandra (sweettooth) | 0 comments »

Are you looking for that beautiful flower to put on top of a cake, for a wedding, birthday, or any celebration, well…lean how to make a calla lily Wiltons way and you will become a pro in minutes. http://www.wilton.com/technique/Calla-Lily-1 step 1Coat Roll & Cut Mat with a thin film of shortening. Roll out a small piece of white gum paste less than 1/16 in. thick using Rolling Pin with pink Guide Rings. Cut with Calla Lily Cutter. Step 2Move to thin foam. Use the ball tool...

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Alice in Wonderland - The making of the characters

220 days ago by KerriesKreations | 0 comments »

Hi, I’m a new cake maker and have just created my first real cake – an Alice in Wonderland 3 tier topsy turvy cake, covered in wonderful fondant characters, including Alice, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts… (view here—> http://cakesdecor.com/cakes/32594) I made a few mistakes along the way, including poking some toothpicks through characters heads, failing at making white toffee in the first instance etc. I’m hoping that by sharing my blog on how I made ...

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tutorial links #1: How to Make Chocolate Pine cones

176 days ago by costumeczar | 0 comments »

(This is a tutorial that I did a few years ago for a chocolate pine cone method. The link will take you to the full tutorial with photos, but you can follow the steps here to do them without clicking through! http://acaketorememberva.blogspot.com/2009/12/chocolate-pinecone-cake-and-how-to.html ) This week I got to do a wedding cake that had sugared pine cones on it. It was based on a design from MS weddings, but the original cake had real pine cones and pine needles, which just made me...

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3-D Ruffled Ombre Dress Sugar Cookie

42 days ago by Bobbie | 1 comment »

I have been watching General Hospital for 48 of the 50 years it has aired on ABC, my grandma and I would await for every new adventure each day at 2:00 pm CT. I skipped school on November 17th 1981 to watch Luke and Laura”s wedding, I actually missed a few more days leading up to the event. I cried in 1994 when Maxie Jones needed a heart transplant; her recipient being her cousin BJ and again in 1995 when Stone Cates died. I inadvertently turned Sydney, my daughter,... Read the whole s...

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videos #1: how to assemble a large "exploded" flower on a tiered cake

175 days ago by costumeczar | 0 comments »

I did a video showing how to assemble the large flowers that use a center and extra petals around it. Since I have another one to make this weekend I thought I’d share the link. This style of cake looks best when the tiers are taller and closer in size to each other, rather than more of a pyramid shape. For example, a 5-7-9-11 will look better than a 5-8-11-14. The taller tiers make it easier to apply the flower petals in a flatter shape and make it look better. One thing I didn&#...

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Edible mesh fence

129 days ago by Sweet_Tooth | 2 comments »

Hi guys, hoping you all can help me please. I’m making a cake for next weekend and need to make an octagonalCage for the top of the cake. It’s a UFC themed cake. I have tried royal icing but it’s very delicate and easily breaks. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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my first surpaste dahlia flowers #1: Dahlia flower

20 days ago by monimon | 4 comments »

This is my first dahlia flower, im attempting to make others and will be uploading them soon. this flower is for a bridal shower cake and i will upload pics of that.

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