If you bake and decorate cakes for your family and friends most likely you don’t have an edible printer or an inkjet printer with edible ink and edible image transfer sheets / wafer paper. In this post I’ll teach you how to transfer an image to fondant/gum paste without an edible printer. You will be […]
How to Make Chocolate Balls / Spheres
If you’re trying to learn how to make chocolate balls / spheres to decorate your cakes, I’ve got the easiest way to show you. I have both half-sphere silicone molds and full sphere ones and, in my opinion, using the full sphere molds below plus the method I’m presenting is the easiest way to make […]
How to Make Modeling Chocolate for Decorating Cakes, Cupcakes, Cookies
Modeling chocolate is perfect for covering cakes, cupcakes, or cookies. You can sculpt it into shapes, press into silicone molds, make decorative flowers or all kinds of toppers for your cakes or cupcakes. It’s the perfect alternative if you don’t want to use fondant and it tastes so much better as well! However, it tends […]
Teddy Bear Fondant Cake Topper Tutorial
As promised, here is the full tutorial for making the cutest Teddy Bear Fondant Cake Topper, the one I showed you in Part I of my Safari / Jungle Themed First Birthday Party post. Here are all the posts from Daniel’s birthday party in case you missed them: Part I – Dessert Ideas Part II – Appetizers, […]
How To Make Safari / Jungle Animals Fondant Cupcake Toppers – Tiger, Zebra, Giraffe, Elephant, Monkey, Hippo, Bear, Lion
As promised, here is the full tutorial on how to make Safari / Jungle Animals Fondant Cupcake Toppers, the ones I showed you in Part I of my Safari / Jungle Themed First Birthday Party post. Here are all the posts in case you missed them: Part I – Dessert Ideas Part II – Appetizers, […]
How to Make Fondant Ruffle Flowers
When it comes to ruffle flowers there are endless designs and variations. You can’t really go wrong with making one of these because there is no right way of making it! You can use any type of cutters you have available, in the same size or different sizes – round, fluted round, lace cutters etc.. […]
Fondant Bow Topper
Materials & Tools: Fondant (colour of choice) Rolling pin Some cornstarch for dusting Exacto knife, pizza cutter or any other small sharp knife Edible glue Melted candy or royal icing to glue the loops together in the same colour as your bow (optional) Plastic wrap or paper towels Glitter dust & a few drops of […]
Fondant Penguins
I made five fondant penguins and a few Christmas trees and used them to decorate my second Christmas cake. You could use them to decorate cupcakes as well. The ones lying on their backs are too cute :)! Materials & Tools: Black ,white, orange and red fondant Rolling pin Blade or flower leaf tool for […]
Christmas Tree Toppers for Cakes or Cupcakes
I have already started thinking of my baking projects for this holiday season and guess what I have on my list… cakes, cakes and more cakes : -)! Since I need to make some decorations ahead of time I wanted to try a few versions of Christmas Tree Toppers. All of them turned out pretty […]
