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, […]
Discover The Easiest Way To Pit 100 Cherries in 10 Minutes – No Pitter Required!
We’ve been quite obsessed with fresh cherries this summer! They are in season right now, so juicy and sweet that my mouth is watering just typing this!!! I love having them fresh but also like adding them to smoothies, pies, ice cream/popsicles or making homemade cherry jam – so tasty! BTW I’ll be posting a […]
Rich Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients for 24 cupcakes or 48 mini cupcakes: 2 sticks butter (1 cup / 230 g) 1 cup cocoa powder (110 g) 2 cups cake flour (220 g) 1 ½ cups sugar (340 g) 1 tsp baking soda 3 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 4 eggs 1 ½ cups (360 g) sour cream 1 […]
Chocolate Mousse Filling with Hazelnut Flavour
Ingredients for filling a 10-inch cake: 200 g (1 1/5 cups or 7.5 oz) chocolate chips or grated chocolate (semi-sweet, milk or white chocolate) 3 egg yolks 2 egg whites 200 ml (4/5 cup) whipping cream, at room temperature 110 g (1/2 cup) sugar, divided 3 Tbsp hazelnut liqueur 60 g (1/4 cup or 3 […]
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.. […]
Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting/Filling
This Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream is delicious on its own but you could mix in some fresh raspberries as well, place them on top of the filling between the cake layers, or just arrange them on top to decorate your cake. Ingredients […]
Strawberry Vanilla Cake
Ingredients for two 26.7 cm (10.5 inch) strawberry vanilla cakes: 5 eggs 1.5 cups (165g) sugar 1 cup (225g)unsalted butter 1.5 Tbsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt ¾ cup (175ml) milk 3 tsp baking powder 2.5 cups (275g) sifted cake flour ½ cup (75g) strawberry pudding powder (optional, I usually add this to get a stronger […]
