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Twilight Birthday Cakes

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:11:15 +0000

If you’re planning a Twilight-themed birthday party, there are several fun, creative and beautiful cake ideas you can choose from.

Twilight Book Cover Cake The image of the two hands holding the apple is a popular one for Twilight cakes. There are several ways to execute a twilight book cover cake, the image shows a set of [...]

Free ebook for making fondant leaves & flowers

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:06:28 +0000

I have to share with you the free eBook I got from CleverDough Cakes. It’s the same Amanda that has the awesome funcakes ebook. This one has a great marshmallow fondant recipe that’s really silky and easy to work with. It also has less fat than my fondant recipe. It dries a bit faster, [...]

Free Cake Decorating Newsletter

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:47:11 +0000

When I first started looking around for cake decorating information, I joined a free newsletter that’s supposed to help you learn to be a professional cake decorator. It had tips on managing a cake decorating business and running a cake decorating company, but also plenty of practical tips and resources for decorating cakes.

I ended [...]

Birthday Traditions

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:58:39 +0000

Birthday traditions are special in our house. We have a few birthday traditions that the kids love, they look forward to them all year long.

Birthday Poster My 13 yr old feels that it’s very important that everyone wakes up to a decorated house on their birthday, so she makes a birthday poster and [...]

Decorating Cakes with Gumpaste

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:17:19 +0000

Gum paste is pliable, is easy to shape like modeling clay, can be tinted, painted on and dries with the texture and crispness of a Necco wafer. It is considered “technically” edible, but it is not palatable, especially when dried because it’s hard and bland.

Gum paste is versatile. It can be made into life [...]

Cake Tint Spray-on Food Coloring

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:40:19 +0000

This cake tint has to be the absolute most amazing product on the planet. I was first introduced to it at my friend Emily’s house, she had sprayed the popcorn pink for a Princess party. Isn’t that genius? Obviously it dries fast if it can be used on popcorn, even though it’s [...]

Cake Decorating Tools

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:21:34 +0000

Decorating a cake can be so much fun. TV cake decorators make it look so easy. The bottom line is, anyone can create a cake that looks too pretty to eat.

The first thing you need is a good set of tools. Luckily, most of the tools you need for cake decorating are already in [...]

Cake Decorating with Edible Flowers

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:43:46 +0000

I adapted this chart from one published by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service – Basically theirs had several more flowers listed, but these are the only ones that would be suitable for cake. I mean,you don’t want to put onion flowers on your cake, or [...]

Making a Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:33:44 +0000

Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty Birthday Party

Hello Kitty is a popular birthday theme. Hello Kitty is simple, fun and sweet, supplies for a hello kitty party are easy to come by and to make.

Making a Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

A Hello Kitty cake can be really easy to make. For a double layer cake, cook Three round [...]

Nutritious Birthday Cakes

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:35:50 +0000

Healthy Birthday Cake Recipes

I found a few recipes for yummy nutritious birthday cakes, try this Peach Upside Down Cake that can be frosted. I’d recommend a cream cheese frosting, personally. There’s also this Gluten Free Carrot Cake, even if you’re not into carrot cake, you have to check out the picture, it looks so terribly [...]