214 days ago
by thewhiteboxcakeco |
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This tutorial will show you how to make delicate royal icing collars to decorate the edges of your cakes, and also, using the same basic method, will show how it can be applied to all sorts of other uses!
You’ll need clear film, trex or vegetable fat, the image/collar you’ll be recreating in icing
Stick your image to a cake card of similar size and then cover the whole image with a sheet of clear film. Make sure it’s stuck down nice and flat!
Smear the enti...
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453 days ago
by tortacouture |
45 comments »
OK, so I posted some time back in one of the forum posts about how I achieve sharp edges on fondant, and while for the most part my technique is much the same, I am always learning how to do things better and I’ve changed some things. Here are some examples of cakes I’ve done using this method:
So anyway, this is how I go about getting sharp edges.
Basically my secret weapon as far as this technique goes is most definitely chocolate ganache – whether it be milk chocol...
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218 days ago
by TheGreedyBaker |
11 comments »
Material list:
CakeButtercream IcingTurntable or Lazy SusanAngled Spatula2 Cardboard Cake Circles (Ideally the same size as your cake but no less than 1” smaller and definitely not larger)Cake lifterLarge Shallow TrayApprox 1kg Rainbow Sprinkles (I recommend this amount! Leftovers can be stored for future use)SpoonSmall Rice Bowl (or similar)
1. Begin with the cake you wish to cover and place it on a cake circle base.
2. Creating a nice crisp finish, coat the outsid...
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223 days ago
by thewhiteboxcakeco |
8 comments »
This tutorial will show you how I go about ganaching all my cakes…..this is how I do it…there are plenty of other ways that work as well as other tutorials showing a similar method…I make no claim to inventing this technique, and am just showing you how I get the cakes I make to look like this!!!
For a full tutorial with written instructions, please visit my facebook page and look under my photo albums.www.facebo...
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380 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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396 days ago
by Tea Party Cakes |
14 comments »
Here is a tutorial on how to make a gumpaste tulip
Supplies you will need:
- gumpaste- tulip cutter- floral wire (22 guage and 26 guage)- wire cutters- grooved cel board- veining mat/tool- thin foam- rolling pin- chocolate egg mold (for drying the petals)- lily stamens (I used Wilton)- tweezers- petal dusts in desired colours- vegetable shortening- cornstarch- styrofoam block (to hold stamens for drying)See more
Using your wire cutters, cut enough wire for 1 pistil and 6 peta...
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