Creative food craft ideas
Both novice and more experienced cake decorators will find useful tips at Cake Journal, a blog written by a talented cake decorator in Denmark. She offers online tutorials and detailed instructions for cake decorating techniques, such as how to work with fondant, how to make sugar flowers, how to make a cake stand, and how to prepare royal icing. … Read More ...
I first found these darling “mushrooms” on the “Museum of Happiness” blog. Scroll down her “Food” page and find all kinds of edible craft links (I especially like the link to Rainbow Jell-O from the “Do Better” blog). After some quick digging, I found the original link for the tomato-topped eggs at “The Clubhouse Scene,” … Read More ...
Chocolaholic? Artist? Baker? Check out both of these sites for great chocolate inspiration. La Cerise, a Zurich-based blogger, created this Princess cake-topper from chocolate as a much tastier alternative to fondant. (And goodness knows, we could all use a tastier alternative to fondant.) She offers very detailed notes and step-by-step instructions, and photographs along the way. I’ve been getting more … Read More ...
The Clumbsy Cookie blog…a blog after my own heart (because my life somehow ended up immersed in cookies). Clumbsy Cookie has many great links, how-tos, recipes, and ideas about baking and beyond. Check out these Lavash Spoons. She provides the recipe, photos and step-by-step instructions. As a bonus, there’s also a yummy looking recipe for a vegan “Peanutella” dip. … Read More ...
And speaking of edible crafts you can’t consume (see yesterday’s post)…. These towel dessert favors are adorable. I’m guessing some of you clever crafters out there can figure out how to make your own, but if not, they are available at americanbridal.com and beau-coup.com. They come in different “flavors” of cheesecakes, cakes, mousses and parfaits.
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The blog “Cake on the Brain” offers a step-by-step tutorial to making these cute mini chocolate pumpkins perfect as a cupcake or cake topper. She has a slew of other categories and recipes to peruse, too, so you may spend a bit of time with “Cake on the Brain.”… Read More ...
Something that has become more and more clear to me over the past year–from starting my own online biz, my own blog and from mining the internet for great food sites–is the importance of good photography. The difference between a gorgeous photograph and one that is overexposed or poorly lit or any of the other bad photography terms I don’t … Read More ...
It’s been a looooong time since I’ve been to a party with Jell-O shots on the serving trays. Come to think of it, I’ve never been served a Jell-O shot on a serving tray. But these orange slices made with vodka are pretty enough to display with pride at any party. The Food Network (Canada) gives you the easy two-step … Read More ...
The use of tiny figures and food as a backdrop force us to view that which we consume in an entirely different light. Photography team Akiko Ida (from Japan) and Pierre Javelle (from France) have created a phenomenal gallery at their site, minimiam. Workers jackhammering watermelon seeds, dads moving their kiwis, a safety crew perplexed over a cracked eclair, … Read More ...
Learn to make these lovely, delicate flowers on the Happy Love Strawberry blog. Happy Love Strawberry combines detailed instructions with beautiful photography to give us all a tutorial–as guided by “Alex’s Granny”–in sugarcraft roses (gumpaste in the U.S.). If I wasn’t already an Anglophile, Happy Love Strawberry’s cake love would’ve made me one. Oh, and by the way, they … Read More ...
You might not want to actually consume this cute cupcake tote, but if falls nicely under the category of things-inpspired-by-clever-baking. The husband and wife team at the etsy store, “Space Oddities,” offer this yummy bag, as well as other things–mirrors, cards, buttons, a bit of geekery and more. Feeling extra special? Put a cherry on top. Totes … Read More ...
TasteSpotting, a virtual portal to the food and drink world, offers links to all kinds of cool products, recipes, how-tos, news, trends and people. Anyone can post their photograph and link, but they do moderate and can deny submissions (hence, there is good quality control). Read their submission guidelines to get ideas on what they will accept…it’s a vast … Read More ...
Amy Atlas, a NYC event planner, is best known for her gorgeous dessert tables. I’m leading you to no recipes or how-tos, but I firmly believe scrolling through her “eye candy” is a must for anyone interested in baking or edible crafts. Her photography is crisp and pristine and the subjects even more incredible. She orders the … Read More ...
The super-popular book, Hello, Cupcake
! by Alan Richardson and Karen Tack, is chock full of incredible, clever ideas (like “TV Dinner” cupcakes, garden cupcakes with “veggies” on top, “slumber party” cupcakes, even a little Van Gogh thrown in there.) You can join their club on the “Hello, Cupcake!” web site at www.hellocupcakebook.com and post your own cupcake creations each … Read More ...
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 ...
