456 days ago
by PeggyDoesCake |
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How to Cover a Square Cake Drum – (12” or smaller)
Materials Needed:
Cake drum (I always use ½” thick)
12” x 12” sheet scrapbook paper
Roll of contact paper
Scissors
STEP 1Trim your craft paper to the size of your cake board. If you’re using a 12” inch square cake board and a 12” x 12” inch scrapbook sheet (like I’m using today), you don’t have to do any trimming! Awesome!
STEP 2Cut your contact paper about 6 inches bigger ...
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378 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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380 days ago
by MyCakeFairyDotCom |
4 comments »
Thanks to a few people who have urged me to share the process of making a fondant fairy plaque, I’ve created a photo tutorial. Enjoy..and let me know if you have any questions :)
I found a fairy image I liked by Googling “fairy coloring pages.”. I’ve also done several ‘Rainbow magic fairy’ cakes in the past. Print at least two copies to scale for your cake.
In this photo, you see the bottom of an 8 inch cake pan. I made a seven inch round ...
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450 days ago
by cakedarla |
3 comments »
In order to make gum paste carnations on wires, you need to make the bases in advance. I like to make mine at least a day ahead and let them dry overnight.
You’ll need 22 gauge (food safe) floral wire, needle nose pliers, gum glue (dissolve a pinch of gum paste in a small amount of water), a small food safe brush, and gum paste.
Using the pliers, make a small hook at one end of the wire. Pinch off a small amount of gum paste and roll into a little bulb. Dip the hooked end of t...
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444 days ago
by cakedarla |
4 comments »
To make (non-wired) gum paste carnations, you’ll need: gum paste, rolling pin, small modeling tool (or popsicle stick, chopstick, etc.), carnation cutter or a scalloped round cutter, shaping foam, dusting pouch, dog bone/ball tool, veining tool, frill stick, gum glue, food safe brush, empty egg carton.
Making the Base:
Dust work surfaces to precent gum paste sticking. Roll a marble-sized (or larger, depending on the size of carnation needed) ball of gum paste. Elongate the bal...
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420 days ago
by bakerlou2 |
9 comments »
As this is a question I get asked quite a bit, I decided to photo my latest cupcake bouquet every step of the way to show exactly how it’s done. It’s fairly easy to do and by using different colours and decorations you can create a beautiful bouquet that not only looks lovely but tastes great too!
BakerLou – Cupcake Bouquet Tutorial
You will need:A suitable container (I like to use metal buckets that are easily available from florist suppliers, they are approx 6”...
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157 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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362 days ago
by cupadeecakes |
8 comments »
I posted this to my blog this morning, but I wasn’t sure if I could share videos on here or not. In this video, I present the method I use to get a diamond / harlequin effect on my buttercream cakes. Hope you enjoy!
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161 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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311 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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