Many pastry chefs, sugar artists, cake decorators and master bakers have longed to accommodate a popular request made by the modern bride which is to have the lace from her dress reproduced in sugar on her wedding cake.

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Silicone Plastique – is an amazing mold putty that has the consistency of cookie dough and is very easy to mix and apply. Created by a chef in order to bring the art of mold making into both commercial and home kitchens, Silicone Plastique® has become a valuable tool in the creation of custom food molds around the world. Mold making has always been considered a complicated task, yet with this silicone mold putty a new world of easy mold making has been made possible.

Seal-Dit™ – Food Grade Sealer – Seals wood, plaster, paper, cloth, sea shells and almost any porous surface, making these items suitable or the application of silicone mold making materials. If a porous material is not sealed, silicone will find its way into the microscopic holes in the surface, cure to a rubber and become mechanically locked to the surface. In other words, you are going to have to rip the object out of the mold ruining the mold and possibly the object being duplicated.

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Put these adorable cupcake toppers on top of a Pumpkin Spice White Almond Sour Cream cupcake with Decorator’s Cream Cheese Frosting

How to make tiny pumpkin pie slices for use on sugar cookes, cupcake toppers, cake decoration etc. You can use gumpaste, fondant or marzipan.

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A really simple little sherman tank cake.  Only takes about 45 minutes to make and is really cute.  My nephew loved it and even the turret turns a little.

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Learn how to package and ship your cookies bouquets by following these easy steps.

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You can make delicate and slightly transparent flowers, bows and butterflies using this technique.

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This is great for baby shower cakes or cupcakes. You can create a really adorable life-like tiny gumpaste baby using a First Impressions Baby Mold. This project is also commonly referred to as “fondant babies” or “marzipan baby”

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A lot of people have been asking for the photos that I took of my hiking cake while it was in progress.

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Just a quick demo to show what the flower nail method looks like. This method is an alternative to using “bake even strips” for a cake that requires less to no leveling after baking.
Hope this is helpful.

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How To Make A Sculpted Cake (Baby in a Flower Pot)

By the generous and very talented: Anne Hjelte/WelchSince so many of you seem curious as to how one of these things comes together, I thought you all might enjoy the picture filled journey down the path of a sculpted cake.

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Here is my technique, step-by-step, from raw dough to drying. It was developed simply from trial and error. Where applicable, I’ve photographed the procedure to give you a clearer idea.
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