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Wedding Cake

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I just made a 3 tier wedding cake today. Kneading a 5.5 lbs fondant for the first time was challenging esp when I planned to use dark brown fondant to go with my rises. After mixing the colors and kneaded for a while...it turned[...]

Want some tea?

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Hello Kitty Cupcake

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A good friend of mine is a HUGE hello kitty fan and had sent me an email with the word "PERFECTION" in the subject line and this picture of a Hello Kitty Cupcake . I KNEW right then and there I had to try to copy it for her. I was leaving for a[...]

Sweet sweet sugarworks

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It was the beginning of April when a friend of mine asked me to prepare a cake for an event he was organizing. As an art historian he is involved, with some of his colleagues, in trying to save the local concert hall the Beethovenhalle ; there[...]

Sweet sweet sugarworks

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It was the beginning of April when a friend of mine asked me to prepare a cake for an event he was organizing. As an art historian he is involved, with some of his colleagues, in trying to save the local concert hall the Beethovenhalle ; there[...]

Alice in Wonderland Cake

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I made this cake recently for two little girls. I had a lot of fun creating the design for this cake. It's five layers of white cake with a strawberry filling. I frosted it in vanilla buttercream and covered the cake in green fondant.[...]

Sam the Snowman Cake . . . from Rudolph!

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One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine trees crusted with snow . . . -- from The Snowman, a poem by Wallace Stevens   Before we get too much further into the[...]

Cherry Blossom Cake + Prosperity Butter Cookies

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Gong Hei Gong Hei everyone! I'm just a few days early, but here's to wishing all of you a prosperous and healthy new year ahead. May all of us have the sweetest moments in life and to continue whipping up delish desserts. As mentioned in my[...]

Blackberry and Mascarpone Buttercream Filled Cake

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Let me begin by saying I've cooked for 50-plus people a number of times; I've baked every one of my daughter's and son's birthday cakes for the past four years (6 cakes total and probably hundreds of cupcakes); I've made a cake and numerous[...]

Kursus: Gum Paste I

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