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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In this “how to” guide, you will learn how to create chocolate ribbons. These ribbons can be used to cover the sides or top of your cake, or can be used in any number of culinary creations.

These are not the thick malleable chocolate ribbons made with sugar syrup but thin ribbons of chocolate, which can be used to encase the sides of a cake, cheesecake, cupcake, or ice cream ball. Here is an idea.. Why not make your own designer chocolate ribbon cupcake holders?

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In this “how to” guide, you will learn how to stencil colored buttercream 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 fondant, or cookies

Cake By: marcimang

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