If you love to decorate your cakes with fondant and decorations, the chances are you need to use edible glue to fix things into place. When I bake at home, I like to make fondant flowers to create ornate sprays across my cakes, especially at Christmas time when I want my creations to ...
The chunky nature of the dust makes a fabulous feature in the center of flowers, and you may use a little royal icing to glue the thick particles into place. Suggested Read: What Is Fondant How to Use Luster Dust? If you use molds to make candies or chocolates, try dry brushing the ...
If tempering milk or white chocolate, heat to 110°F. Remove from the double boiler. Make sure all equipment that comes in contact with the chocolate remains completely dry. Any water will cause the chocolate to seize. Gradually seed in the remaining chocolate to bring the temperature down, ...
What is the best choice for sugar flowers? Thanks! Reply Anna Marie Cirino March 29, 2022 at 2:11 am Thank you for the excellent instructions for making & working with fondant, as well as how to make a bow—very clear & very comprehensive as to the ins & outs, as to why /why ...
Modeling chocolate is perfect for covering cakes, cupcakes, or cookies. You can sculpt it into shapes, press into silicone molds, make decorative flowers or all kinds of toppers for your cakes or cupcakes. It’s the perfect alternative if you don’t want to use fondant and it tastes so mu...
4 cups water – to make the milk 3 Medjool dates, remove the pits 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pinch of salt Method: Place the almonds in a bowl, cover them with fresh water. Cover the bowl and allow the almonds to soak for 12-24 hours. ...
Then they added fondant (a sweet, creamy icing made from sugar, corn syrup and water) and marshmallow for smoothness. Then they poured the mixture into kernel-shaped molds in cornstarch trays. They had to do this three times, walking backward, once for each color. Because the work was so...
Plaid Crafts has a fun new line of resin products that make it easy for anyone (even beginners) to start crafting with resin. I used one of their silicone coaster molds with a fondant mold to craft this cute piece.Resin Fairy Ring Tray Supplies...
It might take a bit of time to develop your style, but you will naturally the more cakes you make. I found that I loved working with American buttercream and enjoyed colorful, playful cake designs! What Goes Around Comes Around I rarely work with fondant, and whenever I’d get a ...
An artist friend loaned me her tumbler, which hadn't been used for 20 years; but it had all the carbide grits with it. The loan tumbler was a much better make than the Chinese one that I bought. Between the two tumblers I was able to get 50 of them ground off and fire polished....