Creative food craft ideas
These ultra cute bakery labels from the Layer Cake Shop on etsy are great for personalizing your goodies and enticing recipients into the box. They have tons of fun flavors. Aside from the standards–yellow cake, brownie, buttercream–they offer mint, peanut butter, Bavarian, poppyseed, even kiwi.
(Check out the rest of the store, too, especially the “Holiday Shop.”)… Read More ...
I wish I was ten again so I could get the “Cupcake Maker” by Girl Gourmet. This dandy little kit, that includes microwaveable cupcake mix, decorates cute cupcakes with the pull of a lever. They even offer refills, cupcake displays and cupcake carriers (extra, of course).
Everything about the web site is girly girly girl. You can even watch the … Read More ...
Ever wonder how fancy desserts at fancy restaurants look so fancy? Think professional chefs painstakingly paint those intricate designs on chocolate? Not so. The process is surprisingly easy. Chocolate Transfer sheets from Fancy Flours (a store offering everything the baker could possibly need to create edible art) take the mystery out of such desserts. The prints come in every imaginable … Read More ...
This freaky fruit is no miracle of nature. The treats are easy to make (only one step!)
Disney owns the web site, FamilyFun.com, which is supposed to be a resource for moms, dads, and kids. But the clever craft and recipe ideas definitely transcend the family and have a universal appeal. Sure, striped fruit may be a good way … Read More ...
The good people at cakespy are at their cleverest again. This salad is really candy in disguise. The salad-turned-dessert comes with step-by-step instructions, and you can be creative with your own garnish ideas.
Visit cakespy for great, cakey art, for interviews with bakers and edible artists, for lots of links, and for local bakery guides.
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Need a clever, quick way to turn cupcakes from drab to fab? Well, OK, even unadorned, ooey, gooey, yummy cupcakes are rarely drab, but you can most certainly make them more fabulous (and memorable).
“The Peach” etsy shop offers tons of homemade and kitschy toppers and charms to personalize cupcakes for any occasion, party or inside joke.
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The yummy, consuming world of edible crafts is thriving. With more and more resources on creating and decorating with food, crafters already interested in making fantastic things from bits and pieces are making fantastic things from food, especially sweets.
And so, the edible art guru at bakerella is at it again, trying her hand at cookie decorating. (Wait, could it … Read More ...