I just read on Facebook about a way to make your covered cake boards scratch and dent-proof.
Cover cake board and/or drum with fondant, as you would normally do. Place it in a 170 degree oven...
I’m in the process of making cake pops and cupcakes for my grandson who is turning 1. When it came to the eyes, I started rolling little balls of fondant, but it was difficult to make them all...
Although this is not a tutorial, it is information relating to how to secure cupcakes in a Cupcake Bouquets.
As you know, buttercream can get fairly heavy and when we make those beautiful...
I’m sure that many of you are asked to use fresh flowers on cakes – especially wedding cakes. Here is an excerpt from Sugar Ed Productions about this very topic that I’d like to share with my...
Many of us make Swiss or Italian buttercream, but the process of bringing the mix to a cool stage so we can add the butter without making a soupy mess takes a long time.
Looking through the...
I just finished watching a tutorial on airbrushing and learned of a new way to make spatter paint on cakes. Most of us use a toothbrush or a brush of some kind dipped in paint to splatter a cake...
I found this recipe on Facebook, which will allow you to make piping gel for pennies on the dollar!
Piping gel
Yields 1/2-cup
Ingredients:
• 1/4-cup cold water
• 1/4-cup corn starch...
In the past, I’ve struggled with taking pictures of my cakes with nice backgrounds. Most of them end up with a background I didn’t like, (chairs, couches, windows) or just a plain wall. ...
I just finished watching a tutorial from Colette Peters and she highly recommends using lemon extract instead of Vodka or Gin when mixing luster or pearl dust to paint on fondant,
While Vodka...
Hi, bakers…this is not an actual tutorial, but more a tip regarding the addition of simple syrup to your cakes. If you are in a big hurry, or simply forgot to make your syrup ahead of time, you...
I believe I may have asked this before, so if I have, I apologize if I did (senior moment)…
The last two or three times, I have noticed that the texture of my cakes is a little too wet for my...
Browsing through the web, I ran across “glam sticks.” To be honest, I had never seen or heard of them before – but what a wonderful idea – kudos to whoever thought of it first!
You can purchase...
