This is inspired by Julia M Usher’s “cookie box”. Thank you Julia for sharing. I used tylose treated fondant for the body of the cookie box. You can also use modeling chocolate.

here’s the link to the video tutorial on how I did and decorated this cookie box:

xo-Rose

Here’s the video tutorial on how I made these fondant ruffled flowers. I used tylose treated fondant for these lots.

Enjoy and Happy decorating :)

xo-Rose

This is a two part video tutorial on how I made the Spring themed “Faberge Eggs” pictured above. I apologize for this video tutorial being two parts as I had some difficulties shooting it the first time so I had to totally chuck the whole tutorial and walk away from it :) The first part is how I made the “eggs” and the second part is about what I used to decorate the “eggs”.

Here’s the link to where you can buy a 5 cavity silicone bake ware that’s similar with the mold I used in the video.
http://www.amazon.com/Freshware-5-Cavity-Half-Silicone-Baking/dp/B004GJ5A1A/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1363353766&sr=8-18&keywords=easter+cake+pan

Two part video tutorial:

This is how I made my “Sweets for my Tweetheart” Valentines Day Inspired Truffle Cakes :) It will also show you 4 simple designs to choose from for decorating your Valentine truffle cakes.

Enjoy!!

xo-Rose

Here’s the link to the tutorial:

I have been obsessed recently with modeling chocolate and all the beautiful things you can create with it. I was just playing around with my white and red modeling chocolate when I accidentally mixed a little bit of red with the white and so this Blush Pink Rose was born done FREE HAND.

Here’s my little video tutorial on how I made this Blush Pink Rose :)

Enjoy and Happy Caking :)

MODELING CHOCOLATE.

That’s what has been consuming me lately. I’ve always been fascinated by it ever since I started decorating cakes for a hobby but I’ve never been brave enough to want to try making it myself until I saw Choccywoccydoodah creations on Cake Masters page. Several failed attempt later using 4 recipes I found online calling to use GOOD quality chocolate and the Bain-Marie technique, desperation consuming my will, I went through my cupboard and found several packages of Wilton Candy Melts,...and my chocolate brain went “hmmmnnnnn,..I wonder,..I wonder,..” and so I grab the red candy melts package, two microwave safe bowls, two spatulas, a measuring cup and what’s left of my light corn syrup…..with heart thumping :) I went to work,..and these modeling chocolate roses are the product of that “accidental” concoction. I later found out that I am not the first to use candy melts for modeling chocolate but the recipe I am about to share with Y’ALL is MY own recipe measurements-FOOLPROOF, soooooooooo easy peasy to make and a product of my modeling chocolate desperate mind :)

Here’s the link to the video tutorial which also contain my foolproof recipe.

Enjoy and happy caking :)

Here’s my very effective way of using my CLICKSTIX letter cutters.

Enjoy and happy caking :)

My friends, I am sharing with you all part 1 of my video tutorial on how I made some of the BAUBLE CAKES shown on the photos above. I’ve made BAUBLE CAKES using RKT, baked half sphere cakes and the “cake pop technique”. In this video, I will be showing you all how to make bauble cakes using the “cake pop technique” which in my opinion is the easiest way of making bauble cakes specially for beginners.

Bauble cakes are great for Christmas themed individual cakes :)

Just a heads up my cakey friends, I had accidentally said in the video that I will be dipping the rounded cakes in melted chocolates, that was a slip up that wasn’t suppose to be there-it was a case of mouth faster than my brain. I failed to remove that part when I was editing :) so do pardon my little boo boo.

Happy caking :)

This ruffle flower is a spin off from one of my previous ruffle flower. This is great as a cupcake topper specially for vintage themed cupcakes. Happy caking my friends :)

My cakey friends, here’s another tutorial on how I made the fantasy/ruffle flower shown on the above photo. You can use 50/50 gum paste and fondant mixture or plain gum paste or plain fondant to make this. Happy caking :)

Here’s the part two of ruffle flowers seen on the above cake photo. This video showed how to make the little ruffle flowers. Just a heads up, I used 50/50 gum paste and fondant mixture on all the ruffle florwers shown on this video.

My cakey friends, here’s a video tutorial on how I made the big ruffle flower on the above cake. Just a heads up, I used 50/50 gum paste and fondant mixture on all the ruffle flowers shown in this video.

You will have to choose a “solid” piece of material to make a silicone border mold out of. You can’t use a flimsy ribbon with a lot of holes in it as it will not leave a good impression on the silicone mold. TEXTURE of the material is also very important so I highly recommend materials that has a lot of texture and details but solid at the same time.

In this tutorial, I have to use “seal-dit” to seal the materials I am making a mold impression of. I bought seal-dit from makeyourownmolds.com. Here’s the link to it-http://www.makeyourownmolds.com/how-to-use-seal-dit-this link is very helpful as it tells you what seal-dit does and how it affects your finished silicone mold.

To start with, gather your materials listed in this photo. I bought my silicone from Michael’s. They sell two brands-1.Amazing Mold Putty and 2.Easy Mold Silicone Putty.

Each brand comes with two components that must be mixed in equal amount to create a silicone mold. Each of this box cost $19.99, I always use my 40-50% coupon to buy this (reducing the cost even further)

The “dish” I used is made out of cardboard box top that I fashioned into a long rectangular open top container about 1/2-3/4 inch deep, 1 inch in width, length should depend on how long do you want your mold to be.

with your rough bristle brush, brush seal-dit all over the border material to be molded (including the backing if using beaded materials) brush off/wipe off excess seal-dit, set side.

take equal amount of silicone component (I use my ever trusted tablespoon to measure the silicone component, you can also use a weighing scale. 1 tbsp of each silicone component will make a 1 inch wide by 8 inch long border mold, if rope border mold with 1/2 inch in diameter is being created, 1 tbsp of each silicone component will yield a 1 inch wide by 5 inch long silicone border)

Knead this until uniform color is achieved, work fast and precise as you only have 3 minutes of working time with this type of silicone mixture

1. roll your silicone mixture into a sausage shape, remember, we’re making a silicone border mold
2. lay silicone mixture into the prepared “dish”
3. flatten the mixture into the dish by pushing down on it with your index finger
4. lay your prepared border material on top of the silicone mixture
5. push down on the border material to embed impression into the silicone and create a cavity, you can use your index finger to do this or you can use the top end of your brush (or even a ball tool). if border material have scalloped edges, use the top end of your brush to push the edge down into the silicone. remember to work fast and precise as this brand of silicone mold material has only 3 minutes of work time.

let cure per package direction

to remove molded border material off the cured silicone mold, simply lift one end of the material

and pull it away from the silicone mold. molded material will come off easily without any resistance

sample finished silicone border mold with its corresponding sugar impression :)

here’s a simple project I made using my homemade silicone rope border mold

all the buttons on the above photo was made out of fondant, brushed with golden bronze luster dust, all from my homemade silicone molds
You can also find more pictures of my cake projects using my homemade silicone molds on my facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CoutureCakesbyRose

The box comes with two different colored component.

varieties of knick knacks one may use to make a silicone mold impression :)

hunt around your house for a “dish” deep enough to hold the mold you’re planning to make. It doesn’t have to be fancy, even a disposable container cover will do :)

take equal amount of each silicone component, knead together until mixture is of uniform color, place mixture in a “dish”

press the object to be molded face down into the silicone mixture

let “cure” for 25 minutes or per package direction

to remove cured silicone mold from the “dish”, run a thin knife along the edges, it should freely fall off the dish, if this doesn’t happen, gently tug at the edges of the cured silicone mold and pull it off the dish. To remove molded object off the silicone mold, bend the cured mold backwards, the molded object will gently “pop” off the silicone mold,..and voila,..you now have a homemade silicone mold :)