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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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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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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This came about from a cake I made of a baby and my husband liked the baby butt and baby feet so much he thought I needed to post a picture of just that so I did and it was a hit, then I told a customer about it and they loved it so I made a whole cake that highlighted those ever so loved baby feet. Since then it has a been a huge hit and my top selling cake.
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How To Make Buttercream Poinsettias. Here is a step-by-step technique, from making beautiful poinsettia flowers in buttercream or royal icing. This Cake Decorating idea is great for holiday cakes and cookies.

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Ice Cream Cone Christmas Trees! Celebrate with Christmas Trees! As the holiday draws near spruce up your cakes and gingerbread houses with these festive trees.

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Step-by-step Instructions on making a 3-D Fireman’s Helmet Cake

This cake was made as a “his” cake for a “his and her’s” bridal shower for friends of mine in New York.  It would also make a great grooms cake or birthday cake.

It helps to have a picture of a helmet or a plastic fire helmet to get your dimensions.  I was lucky enough to be able to borrow an actual fire helmet for this one.

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The inspiration for this cake was a cake I saw on the cover of Debbie Brown’s Magical Cakes. I altered the idea to create an academic themed cake for my grad advisor’s birthday, dressed in academic regalia from her alma matter. The owl has a to-do list for her students.

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