Edible flowers are often used as a garnish or as an ingredient in salads.
While not all flowers are edible, there are many out there that are.
Very few supermarkets carry edible flowers, but they are available at specialty markets that carry gourmet produce.
These flowers can be stored up to a week in the [...]
In cake decorating circles, sugarcraft is probably the most misunderstood term.
What exactly is sugarcraft? To clear things up a bit, sugarcraft is a type of cake decorating that is three- dimensional.
Sugarcraft is decorating that stands out from all other forms of cake decorating.
Sugarcraft is to cake decorating what clay is to sculpting.
It [...]
After you have baked the cake, and it has cooled, the next step is decorating the cake.
While this can be a fun and pleasurable task, this is also the step that takes a bit of skill and patience.
I hope, these tips will allow you to have more fun decorating your cake.
Let’s begin [...]
You need to bake a cake for a special occasion, you know you are creative, but you need a fresh idea to work with.
Every celebration includes a cake to be shared among the guests and family members.
It is tradition to have a cake baked by a bakery, or to have a relative bake [...]
When you begin cake decorating, you can get by with a heavy duty mixer, icing tips, icing bags, cake pans, ready made or recipes for homemade royal icing, mixing bowls, spatulas, and metal icing spatulas.
Later on you will want to spread your wings and expand your cake decorating and baking inventory.
Below are some [...]
Did you know that the first cakes baked in America where small loaves of sweet bread? Look how far we have come.
Home bakers should not be intimidated by the elaborate cakes being made today.
You do not need to be a pastry chef to make beautiful cakes, you just need the know-how and practice.
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There is a magic about a beautifully decorated cake at a gathering.
Whether it is a birthday cake or a 4 tier wedding cake.
A work of art in confection is the centerpiece of any special occasion.
While it is a long haul from spreading canned frosting on a sheet cake, to creating a work [...]
I remember my mother making fruit cake, she would use candied cherries that she would buy them in little air tight containers.
They came in two colors, red and green, but they did not have the best taste.
The candied fruit available now is much more beautiful and tastier than it was then.
Trust me [...]
Cake decorating cam be a wonderful hobby and is a great way to express your creativity.
Cake decorating is a lot of fun and very rewarding, if you feel you like it well enough you can turn it into a full time profession.
Cake decorating does take a measure of artistic skill.
Anyone can master [...]
Below are the most common cake decorating mistakes and easy ways to rectify them.
Anyone who has ever frosted a cake knows there are times when the icing will pull apart the top of the cake and cake crumbs get will into the frosting.
To stop this from occurring, you should start with a crumb [...]
