Easter Bunny Cupcake Photo Tutorial!
Shhh, don’t tell my son I “borrowed” his TinkerToys!!! ;o) Tip #233 Grass TipAdd some crushed chocolate cookies as “dirt”!Enjoy!
Purple Passion Platform High Heel Tutorial
Shoes are the number one accessory; women brag about how many pairs of shoes they have in their closet. Mariah Carey had Mario Buatta designed an elegant space with gold-leaf and bleached-wood floors for her stilettos. Although my husband has to share his closet with my left over shoes I do not have a special built room just for my shoes, I would not object to one! I admit I adore shoes, wearing them, looking at them, and shopping for them, so it only seems..Read the whole story » !htt...
Easy Buttercream Ruffles
Ruffles are everywhere these days, and recently I had a bride want ruffles on her wedding cake. But not fondant ruffles – Oh no, she wanted butter cream ruffles. So I took a few hours to figure them out and I documented the process. Let’s start with an image of the technique, almost completed: Pretty, huh? The best part is, you only need 2 tips to accomplish this look! I have seen a rose tip used to make ruffles, but I have found that the Ateco Tip 070 is absolut...
How to make a 2D Horse Cake Tutorial
I made this cake a while back when I just started doing cakes professionally. If done today I’d probably do a much better job such as decorating the board. Never the less this is one of the popular posts on my blog and has helped a few newbies with their sculpting. So I though it was worth a share. I added just enough pictures that I thought were necessary, I have more progress pictures on my blog post just in case you have any doubts.http://veenaartofcakes.blogspot.co.il/2012/02/how-...
Christmas poinsettia tutorial
to get in the christmas spirit i thought i would put together a little tutorial on making a christmas poinsetti you will need flower paste, vein rolling pin, corn flour, ball tool, 28g wire, foam pad, green rolling board, dust colours ..red, burgundy and forest green, paste colours….christmas red, mellon and spruce green, oasis block, poinsettia cutter.colour up 3 amounts of flower paste in red, green and yellow. i start by making the centres of the pointsettia, take a small b...
Easy Monogram Template Tutorial
Monograms have been a big trend with wedding cakes now for a couple of years. I do at least one or two monograms a month. I have several different methods I use, but this will be my new “easy monogram” method. And I must confess that I been obsessed with Pinterest lately, so I asked my hubby to help me make my tutorial “Pinterest Friendly”. I’m not sure that it is Pinterest Friendly (its longer than I expected), but it is a very easy method for making monogra...
Modelling Chocolate Cookie Monster
Made from modelling chocolate & a pair of small scissors you’ll need blue modelling Chocolate in NZ I prefer Chocolate Earth brand as mall ammount of white & a tiny amount of black (you can use fondant for white & black if easier), small ammount of pale tan & brown modelling chocolate (or fandant) small pair of Scizzors, ball tool, cake dummy & a knife(optional rubber ended brush) you’ll need roughly these dimensions for the body/head/arms & legsRoll a c...
Gumpaste vase
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.
