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”

Click here to buy the baby mold used in this tuorial

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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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This project is a cute idea and a great place to start if you have never carved a cake before.

I’ve made this goose a couple of times, each time used a different combination of cakes to work with. One could use a 1/2 egg or football shape cake for the body and a small (6″ OR 8″?) square to create the head, neck and tail; cut from a 9×13 sheet or even use round layers.

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