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Fondant grass using a sieve

70 days ago by JustForTheCakeOfIt | 24 comments »

I just posted this on facebook today and thought I’d share with all of you here. It was a trick I learned in College and still use today. It’s my first tutorial and quite simple; but, it is useful if you’ve just run out of royal icing or buttercream, lost that grass tip, want your grass a bit finer than from a garlic press or don’t yet have an extruder. Hopefully it will be helpful to a few of you. Thanks for looking. :) You only need 5 tools:■a mesh sieve■a thi...

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Tutorial Super Mario #1: Tutorial Super Mario

129 days ago by cesare | 5 comments »

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Cream Icing Rose - How I make mine

136 days ago by LMCakeDesign | 11 comments »

IngredientsPettinice with added CMCSugar Glue Tools Plastic BagSpoons(Plus anything you might find around the house to support outer petals) Make cone shapes, the size depends on how big you want your rose and how much icing you have to use. Make a wee ball of icing and push it out between a sheet of plastic. Make it slightly Longer than your cone. Make it slightly Longer than your cone Wrap the petals around the cone using sugar glue to adhere it. Make sure...

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Healthy Chocolate Cake...Yes I said Healthy...it's actually tastes amazing...Yes Really..LOL

144 days ago by Ciccio | 18 comments »

This is raw Vegan cake so it’s Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free & Sugar Free(no added sugar but contains healthy sweetner from dates) Now Ingredients:Base3.5 cups Walnuts (raw not the roasted salted) 3.5 cups Cashews (raw not the roasted salted)2 cups Dates (ordinary dried no added sugar)1 Tbsp Vanilla paste or extract (not essence)6 Tbsp Coconut Oil (This is an oil that is very good for you)24 Tbsp Cocoa1Tbsp of the draind juice from the dates (further down youR...

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Tutorial #5: 3D World Cake

163 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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Ribbon Rose Tutorial

462 days ago by designercakecompany | 8 comments »

A number of people have asked me exactly how I make the ribbon roses on my bouquet cake so here’s a quick tutorial. The Equipment I use a small cutting board, a rolling pin and a scalpel. How to make the rose1. Roll a small piece of fondant into a sausage shape. 2. Roll the sausage flat with your rolling pin but don’t flatten it too much. You want it to be thick enough that you get a soft curved edge. 3. Smooth one side of the paste slightly with your finge...

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Fantasy Flower ...

447 days ago by Cynthia Jones | 15 comments »

The final product =)

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Gumpaste Tulip Tutorial

399 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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How I Made My Ranunculus Flowers

268 days ago by isugarcoatit | 7 comments »

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Tutorial on Gumpaste Hibiscus Flowers

270 days ago by CakesbyMaylene | 3 comments »

I decided to create this very easy and simple tutorial to demonstrate an easier way (at least for me) of creating this flower rather than doing the petal by petal process and the outcome is just as stunning. Enjoy!

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