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I had a wonderful time demonstrating some “Trendy Fondant Accents” to the club during our August meeting! Thank you so much! Here are the tutorials on what I showed.
- Chris Wingler
Ruffle Flowers
http://cakeoricandothat.blogspot.com/p/ruffle-flowers.html
Pom Poms
http://cakeoricandothat.blogspot.com/p/pom-poms.html
Billows
http://cakeoricandothat.blogspot.com/p/billows.html
I happened to be looking for something else on CraftGossip and accidentally lingered looking at some lovelies. So even though I rarely have time to post Quick Bites anymore (since they turned out not to be very quick on my end!), here are a few gems:
- How to make clever tulip-shaped cake pops by Strawberry Chic.
- Operation Game cookies by Oh,Sugar! Events. (And yes, for those who saw the great Burton Farnsworth at our cake show in Austin last weekend wearing an Operation Game shirt, I just emailled him about these cookies!)
- An epic peacock cupcake by No Ordinary Cake. Indeed!
I haven’t had time to post Quick Bites lately (and in part because I’m not sure many were reading them…more comments would inspire more posts!), but I stumbled across this gem on Google+ and had to share:
Strawberry Mascarpone Cream Cake (or Ice Cream Cake)
Photo from SheSimmers.com.
Leela of SheSimmers.com has a brilliant yet simple methodology of assembling this lovely cake and she shows you how in photos on the linked page. Brava Leela!
As promised at our last club meeting and in my previous post, here’s a tutorial on how to make a really gross zombie-skin cake:
I had a big cake win this weekend when I was given permission to make a cake for Weird Al Yankovic during his visit to Austin on his latest album tour. I just posted a tutorial on how I made it, plus some tips on creating for celebrities:
How To Make An Accordion Cake and How To Create For Celebrities
Working on another how-to post for this evening as well!
For those who attended our gummy class or are otherwise interested in my experiments on the subject, I’ve posted two updates on my blog of recent nifty discoveries:
Whether it’s this week, next, or just after Labour Day, kids in North America are heading back to school! Here are some fun goodies to inspire you for back to school treats of your own.
First up, two book-themed cakes by Sprinkle Bakes: a gorgeous one called Words Take Flight and then a Birthday Trip To Narnia with the White Witch plus a recipe for Microwave Turkish Delight.
The Decorated Cookie Blog also takes a confectionery trip through literature with Harry Potter Painted Marshmallows and applies the same technique to some First Day of School Marshmallow Pops.
Hungry Happenings did some experiments to find a non-corn-syrup-based modelling chocolate recipe and discovered that, when combined with some fruit leather, she’d made tasty and adorable little books. Check out her recipe and tutorial here. She’s also got a round-up of some of her other school-themed treats here, some of which I think I’ve featured here before.
For a tutorial on making little monogrammed fondant books, check out this post by A Baked Creation.
The Sugar Turntable shows you how to make Chalkboard Cookies (via CraftGossip).
If your favourite student is into puzzles and you dig a bit of a baking challenge, go for this Rubik’s Cube Battenburg Cake by S’tasty.
It’s not just kids going back to school. If you happen to know a grown-up heading off to train for cop duty, you’ll definitely want to make these Police Academy Themed Cupcakes by Bake Happy. Even if you don’t, check out the creative use of parts of cutter shapes and texture pins.
Today on Quick Bites, lots of fun with cupcakes!
Making Cupcakes
- First, maybe you want a cupcake or two but don’t want to go to the trouble of mixing a big batch and then finding other people to eat them with you. Because eating an entire batch of cucpakes would be wrong. Yes. Very wrong. Why are you looking at me like that? Anyway, lucky for you How Sweet Eats posted this recipe for One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes For Two (via CraftGossip).
- For those who want a little more, Krissy’s Creations has a recipe for Hot Fudge Cupcakes You Eat With a Spoon (via Cupcakes Take the Cake). You’re welcome.
- Want to swirl two colours of icing on your cupcakes? You can buy two-part bags or use Our Best Bites’ handy instructions for using two bags for two-toned icing out of a single tip.
- Add cute chocolate butterflies and dragonflies to your cupcakes (or any cake) with advice from Sisteroo (via CraftGossip).
Amazing Cupcakes
- Do you like cute cupcakes? Then warm your heart with this The Cupcake Blog post of a incredibly adorable Chilly Penguin cupcake by Little Cake House. Also via The Cupcake Blog are these sweet little VW Beetle cupcakes by Lindie Sugar Art.
- Don’t like cute cupcakes? Consider yourself exterminated by these two different yet equally awesome Dalek cupcakes: first HepKitten’s post of fondant-wrapped little techno-beasties and then these elegant drageed invaders on Cupcakes Take the Cake made by Crumbs & Doilies. Either way, you’re going to need a Doctor.
- Now, what if you love cute cupcakes and nerdy sci-fi cupcakes but also want a phenomenal cake to go with them? First of all, you’re asking a lot. Secondly, Jcake Homemade totally has you covered with this phenomenal Star Wars Cake and Cupcakes, which was also found at The Cupcake Blog.
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