Visit Cooking Books for a compilation of great tips and techniques for covering a cake in fondant. (See the post here.)
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These cute carrot cake bites are from the ever lovely site, flagrante delicia. Find the recipe for the cakes HERE.
… Read More ...A Lesson in Fondant
This tutorial on creating fondant animals from Kitchen Wench is a must-read for anyone interested in working with fondant. Like our blogger, I’ve only dabbled lightly in working with fondant myself, and I find it surprisingly unscary and user-friendly. Kitchen Wench nicely demystifies the art for beginners and offers a list of necessary tools and how-tos for creating these adorable … Read More ...
Easy Puffy Daisy Cupcakes
The instructions for these “Puffed-Up Petals Cupcakes” look surprisingly easy at Wilton.com. To arrange as a bouquet, this cupcake stand is available at Wilton (as are the fondant and other supplies needed to craft this spring arrangement).
… Read More ...Baby Shower Cupcake Idea
I love this idea for decorating cupcakes at a baby shower: fondant letters. The blogger at “Confessions of a Bakeaholic” has graced us with beautiful photographs from a baby shower she hosted, including links to recipes she used. Find the cupcake recipe and instructions for working with fondant here.
… Read More ...Edible Alice in Wonderland
If Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy didn’t exist, Alice in Wonderland would reign as my all time favorite book. Note, I didn’t even discern “children’s” here, really, all time favorite. I’ve even written near-theses on the topic. Hence my excitement over the Alice dinnerware found by the indie crafts blog here. Well, imagine how ballistic I went over … Read More ...
Bilingual Cheesecake Ornaments
Clumbsy Cookie gives us the recipe and step-by-steps to create these stunning edible ornaments made from cheesecake, jam and fondant. So clever! AND she has the instructions en espanol, too. (Forgive me, I can’t figure out how to type the tilde on this computer. Hmmm… will have to figure that out.
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