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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This is the cheater’s way of doing choc cigarettes, it’s time consuming but it’s foolproof, and after many failed attempts at real ones, im going to settle for these
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Many wedding cakes, and birthday cakes have butterflies on them that are cloth, or plastic. This step-by-step guide will show you how to make delicate, realistic beautiful butterflies that can be edible, or not to garnish any cake.

Butterflies take a few days to make because of all the drying necessary between each step, so its a good idea to make a lot of butterflies at one time, and save them for later.

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In this “how to” guide, you will learn how to stencil royal icing directly onto a cake covered in buttercream. You will see how quickly and easily you can make the most intricate and amazing designs directly on your cake. You may also want to see the “How To” video for stenciling on buttercream, or cookies

Cake By: CoutureCakeCreations

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Before and After using the Melvira roller smoothing method on your buttercream frosted cake

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Don’t throw out those cake scraps! These little treats, (sometimes referred to as “cake truffles” or “cake bon-bons” are so easy to make and are absolutely delicious!
You can make these delightful cake balls using your leftover cake scraps, or even use an entire cake to make them!

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Frozen buttercream transfer is a method of transferring your art to your frosted cake. You are making a buttercream “plaque” to apply to your cake. It is similar to the more familiar method of transferring a design to a frosted cake with gel on waxed paper, and filling in the design with a star tip. It is also comparable to run-in (flood-work) sugar design work, and it will make a beautiful reproduction of your art in buttercream on small as well as very large cakes.1

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This is an easy and quick technique to get your butter cream smooth and creates a “faux fondant” effect on your buttercream iced cake.

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This technique works best with an icing containing at least one-third butter, but can be done with an all shortening icing with slight modifications in the chilling steps.

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