• Last updated 9/10/09 by Anonymous

Posted by Anonymous 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. 1. The preliminary scketch A week before the day of the shower, I started all my prep work.....which included: making the flowers, out of gumpaste *making modeling chocolate and kneading in all the colors I would need *making the umbrella out of... read more

• Last updated 9/6/09 by antonia74

Posted by antonia74 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. CUTTING & BAKING No Fail Sugar Cookies Recipe (NFSC) I prefer to make my cookie dough fresh for each order. Less storage in my freezer and they are soft and ready for rolling. I really like the recipes you will find at cookie cutter websites. They tend to be less butter/more flour ratios that are great when you don't want a cookie that spreads or... read more

• Last updated 9/1/09 by kakeladi

Posted by kakeladi 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 9x13 sheet or even use round layers. Step 1) I had three 9" x 1&1/2" heart cakes to work with. Two layers of heart cakes are stacked - the point of the heart is the tail section.  The 3rd heart is cut... read more

• Last updated 8/11/09 by susanscakebabies

Posted by susanscakebabies 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. I have had so many ask for directions I thought it might me helpful to post them with some pics to help out. Thanks for all your interest everyone. Hope you find this... read more

• Last updated 8/9/09 by boonenati

Posted by boonenati This step by step guide will show you how to make a gumpaste shoe Items Required Fondant Rolling pin Gumpaste Americolor food coloring Fondant cutter & embosser Scissors Cardboard Gumpaste Glue Paintbrush Luster dust Pencil Ruler Saran/Glad Wrap Shoe template from galleries   Colour your gumpaste in whatever colour you want to use for the shoe. Roll out a thin piece of gumpaste, and using the sole template cut around it with the fondant cutter. Cut out and fold your support template, using... read more

• Last updated 8/3/09 by Jackie

Posted by Jackie   This cake style is often referred to as "mad hatter cake", topsy-turvy cake, whimsical cake, titled cake, or slanted cakes. This technique is a fun optical illusion that makes your cake appear topsy-turvy. Cake By: tonedna I finally got an interesting project to demo and a working camera all at the same time. People ask me all the time how I do the topsy-turvy Mad Hatter ish cakes on my site and how on earth I get them to the customer site without a disaster. I know there are lots of folks out there doing lopsided cakes and using... read more

• Last updated 7/28/09 by boonenati

Posted by boonenati 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 :D Items Required Scissors Acetate Non toxic marker (suitable for writing on plastic) Bowl Hot water Pot Chocolate Sticky tape Spatula or flat knife Hobby knife Spoon Before starting on this you will need to cut up your acetate. I had really large sheets of acetate for this project so I cut it up in this way. They were all cut even because i wanted to ensure all the cigarettes... read more

• Last updated 7/28/09 by boween

Posted by boween You will need the following things: -Edible Image Printer - Piping Gel -Gumpaste -Fondant -Lollipop sticks or Popsicle sticks TIP: Lisa has put together a 3-Part "How To" Primer on Printing edible images http://cakecentral.com/articles/category/edible-images Choose your image and resize it properly on your computer Print out your image using your edible image printer Cut out your image [Image after being cut out] Roll out a mixture of 50% Gumpast / 50% Fondant (MMF is not recommended) Remove Backing from image Lightly... read more

• Last updated 7/18/09 by Jackie

Posted by Jackie   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. In this exampe I have used Vellum non-edible paper Realistic Butterflies for your cake View our butterfly cake gallery or... read more

• Last updated 7/5/09 by Liis

Posted by Liis Learn to make an adorable little fondant fairy and gumpaste pink fairy with step by step photos and instructions You need to color your fondant mass first to get all the colors you need. For the skin color I use little ivory and soft pink. Make enough for hands legs and head. FAIRY 1 (Pink Fairy) Choose your dress, accessory and hair color and prepare the fondant. If you don’t have  mold for the face make one from gumpaste and dry it for  few days Mold for the face is made from this doll. Prepare the plate or a base for your figure.... read more