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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 [...]

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 [...]

Perfect Cartoon Cakes

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:02:07 +0000

Have you ever wondered how to duplicate a cartoon character onto a cake PERFECTLY? It’s easy and fun, people will be amazed with the results. Carton birthday cakes are easy to make. Almost anyone can make one and when you see it you’ll say “I can’t believe I did that.”

Print a black [...]

Making Perfect Homemade Cakes

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:06:30 +0000

Maybe you’ve seen this picture on my sidebar, I just have to say that Before I had kids, I had no idea how to make a Birthday cake. now, I’m so cool I’m even making my own fondant. Have you seen those cake decorating TV shows? The rolled fondant that they use [...]

Carnival Birthday Party Ideas

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:45:01 +0000

A carnival theme is popular for birthdays

Carnival Party Invitations

make it look like a carnival flyer using a desktop publishing program send them “tickets” to your carnival party

Carnival Party Foods

cotton candy popcorn funnel cakes deep fried anything corn dogs corn on the cob hamburgers frozen bananas

Carnival Party Decorations

use cotton candy bags to cover the wall so it looks like a cotton candy stand use a [...]

Birthday Cupcake Ideas

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:06:56 +0000

Cupcake technology sure has changed a lot since I was a kid. I remember my mom bringing cupcakes to my class in first grade. Did you know that in a lot of places, parents aren’t even allowed to do that anymore? It was the equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame at the [...]