There are lots beautiful cake decorating ideas found in the internet today. But if you are searching for a tutorial on how to make miniature roses, you’ve come to the right website.
In order to make lovely miniature roses, you need to mix fondant with a bit of tylose powder to create a pliable paste. Take a small pea sized ball of this paste and roll it in your hands to form a small sausage shape. Take your rolling pin and flatten the sausage shaped paste thinly.
To make petals for your roses, you’ll need to pull the edges of the flattened paste with your fingers. To do that, position your fingers on each side of the paste and pull out the edges. Start from the bottom end and upwards. Use a cocktail stick or frilling tool to frill the edges of the paste and turn it over before rolling.
Start rolling the flattened paste loosely starting from the right end. Pinch in the bottom to secure the whole thing. Use your fingers or a fondant tool to gently open up the petals of your miniature rose. Once that’s done, you can cut the base of the rose using a scissors for a more finished appearance.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Dog Cupcakes
Show your love to your pet dogs by making cupcakes in honor of them. Making dog cupcakes is not that hard to do. You just need to have the following items: cupcakes, black edible pen, gray buttercream icing in a piping bag with a tip #21, white chocolate chips, chocolate chips, red jumbo hearts, and white chocolate wafer cut in half.
The first thing you need to do is pipe in some frosting on your cupcake. Begin piping half of the cupcake beginning from the center to the left side. Next, pipe frosting on the other side starting from the center to the right side of the cupcake.
For the snout of the dog, pipe two layers of three not-so-straight lines on the lower center part of the cupcake. Again, use the above mentioned piping technique. Once done, you can now attach the white chocolate wafer for the dog ears on top of the cupcake. Position it with the round side going out.
Take your white chocolate chips and make a small dot in the middle using the edible pen. This will be the dog’s eyes. Once done, place the chocolate chips just above the snout. Take a chocolate chip and place it on the snout just below the eyes. For the dog’s tongue, take your jumbo heart and insert it on the bottom part of the snout with the top part sticking out.
To finish off the dog cupcake, you’ll need to pipe in some fur on the dog’s ears.
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The first thing you need to do is pipe in some frosting on your cupcake. Begin piping half of the cupcake beginning from the center to the left side. Next, pipe frosting on the other side starting from the center to the right side of the cupcake.
For the snout of the dog, pipe two layers of three not-so-straight lines on the lower center part of the cupcake. Again, use the above mentioned piping technique. Once done, you can now attach the white chocolate wafer for the dog ears on top of the cupcake. Position it with the round side going out.
Take your white chocolate chips and make a small dot in the middle using the edible pen. This will be the dog’s eyes. Once done, place the chocolate chips just above the snout. Take a chocolate chip and place it on the snout just below the eyes. For the dog’s tongue, take your jumbo heart and insert it on the bottom part of the snout with the top part sticking out.
To finish off the dog cupcake, you’ll need to pipe in some fur on the dog’s ears.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Champagne Bottle Cake
I will be having a party with some friends at home and we will be toasting to some good news. I took this chance to make sure that I have the appropriately themed dessert. I will be serving wine and drinks together with the Champagne Bottle Cake I just created.
The Champagne Bottle Cake was made by stacking 3 fruit cakes together vertically. The cakes were secured using some skewer sticks before carving them into a round shape with a knife. To achieve a genuine champagne bottle shape, the fruit cakes were further molded by hand. To ensure that the cakes stay put, buttercream icing was used to stick each layer together. After coating the cake with several layers of dark tinted buttercream icing, it is then placed inside the fridge to cool.
To make the top portion of the Champagne bottle cake, an ice cream cone was coated with melted chocolate. Once cool, the cone’s tip was cut off and place upside down on top of the cake. Two large marshmallows are then placed on top of the cone and covered with frosting. The wine bottle label on the cake was made with fondant and some food coloring. The design and text could be customized according to the occasion that will be celebrated.
I wanted to surprise my friends even more so I placed some sherbet and bi-carb soda inside the ice cream cone prior to putting it on top of the cake. Upon serving, I will remove the marshmallow bottle top and pour some lemonade into the cone with the sherbet and bi-carb soda to achieve a realistic fizzing effect.
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The Champagne Bottle Cake was made by stacking 3 fruit cakes together vertically. The cakes were secured using some skewer sticks before carving them into a round shape with a knife. To achieve a genuine champagne bottle shape, the fruit cakes were further molded by hand. To ensure that the cakes stay put, buttercream icing was used to stick each layer together. After coating the cake with several layers of dark tinted buttercream icing, it is then placed inside the fridge to cool.
To make the top portion of the Champagne bottle cake, an ice cream cone was coated with melted chocolate. Once cool, the cone’s tip was cut off and place upside down on top of the cake. Two large marshmallows are then placed on top of the cone and covered with frosting. The wine bottle label on the cake was made with fondant and some food coloring. The design and text could be customized according to the occasion that will be celebrated.
I wanted to surprise my friends even more so I placed some sherbet and bi-carb soda inside the ice cream cone prior to putting it on top of the cake. Upon serving, I will remove the marshmallow bottle top and pour some lemonade into the cone with the sherbet and bi-carb soda to achieve a realistic fizzing effect.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Pony Birthday Cake
Are you ready to make your own pony birthday cake? Here’s how:
Prepare two 9-inch round cakes by cutting their domes off and placing them upside down. You’ll also need pony templates to ensure that the cake does come out looking as a pony. Position the body template on one cake and the head and tail templates on the other. Carve the cake carefully around the templates using a small knife.
Once you have the pieces, position them accordingly on the cake board and begin crumb coating the cake with light brown frosting before placing them inside the freezer for a few minutes. Once the cake has cooled, apply a final coating of frosting on the cake. Make sure the frosting is as smooth as possible.
Now, it’s time to put in the pony’s mane and tail by using darker brown frosting. For the tail, squeeze the piping bag down and release the pressure once you’ve reached the end. Use the same technique in putting the mane.
For the pony’s blanket, you can use pink (for girls) or blue (for boys) frosting. Pipe a square on the body and smooth it using a spatula. You can also pipe in the birthday celebrant’s age on the blanket too.
You’ll also need to add details to the pony’s hooves by piping some dark chocolate frosting on them. Use a large chocolate candy for the pony’s eyes.
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Prepare two 9-inch round cakes by cutting their domes off and placing them upside down. You’ll also need pony templates to ensure that the cake does come out looking as a pony. Position the body template on one cake and the head and tail templates on the other. Carve the cake carefully around the templates using a small knife.
Once you have the pieces, position them accordingly on the cake board and begin crumb coating the cake with light brown frosting before placing them inside the freezer for a few minutes. Once the cake has cooled, apply a final coating of frosting on the cake. Make sure the frosting is as smooth as possible.
Now, it’s time to put in the pony’s mane and tail by using darker brown frosting. For the tail, squeeze the piping bag down and release the pressure once you’ve reached the end. Use the same technique in putting the mane.
For the pony’s blanket, you can use pink (for girls) or blue (for boys) frosting. Pipe a square on the body and smooth it using a spatula. You can also pipe in the birthday celebrant’s age on the blanket too.
You’ll also need to add details to the pony’s hooves by piping some dark chocolate frosting on them. Use a large chocolate candy for the pony’s eyes.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
How to Make a Patrick Star Cupcake Topper
Do you know who Patrick Star is? He is SpongeBob Squarepants’ funny best friend. He is a pink starfish and wears a vividly colored pair of shorts. If you have a fascination for Patrick, show everyone how adorable he can be by making a cupcake topper in his likeness. Here’s how:
Aside from cupcakes and the usual frosting, you will need star-shaped sugar cookies as well. To begin making your Patrick Star cupcake topper, you’ll need slightly melted pink icing and drying rack. Put your cookie on top of the rack and begin coating the top part with the pink icing. Make sure that the surface of the cookie is thoroughly covered. Shake the cooking on the rack to let the excess icing drip off. Sprinkle a bit of red colored sugar on the cookie and let it cool.
As for Patrick’s cute shorts, you will need neon green and purple colored buttercream icing. Use a pastry bag to pipe in the shorts over two points of the star. You can use a butter knife to smooth in the buttercream. Next, you’ll need to pipe in a few flowers over the shorts using the purple buttercream.
Use white icing to make Patrick’s eyes and black icing for the eyebrows, center of the eyes, mouth and belly button accents. Let the cookie dry completely before putting in on top of a frosted cupcake.
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Aside from cupcakes and the usual frosting, you will need star-shaped sugar cookies as well. To begin making your Patrick Star cupcake topper, you’ll need slightly melted pink icing and drying rack. Put your cookie on top of the rack and begin coating the top part with the pink icing. Make sure that the surface of the cookie is thoroughly covered. Shake the cooking on the rack to let the excess icing drip off. Sprinkle a bit of red colored sugar on the cookie and let it cool.
As for Patrick’s cute shorts, you will need neon green and purple colored buttercream icing. Use a pastry bag to pipe in the shorts over two points of the star. You can use a butter knife to smooth in the buttercream. Next, you’ll need to pipe in a few flowers over the shorts using the purple buttercream.
Use white icing to make Patrick’s eyes and black icing for the eyebrows, center of the eyes, mouth and belly button accents. Let the cookie dry completely before putting in on top of a frosted cupcake.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Hello Kitty Cupcakes
Here’s a cupcake decorating idea that would appeal to girls and women alike – Hello Kitty Cupcakes! It is very easy to make and very cute too.
The first thing you need to do is frost your cupcake with white buttercream icing. Take a large marshmallow and cut it diagonally in half using a sharp pair of scissors. The cut marshmallow should look like a cat’s ear. You might want to further cut them in half to fully resemble Hello Kitty’s ears.
Push the marshmallow ears unto the sides of cupcake. Take a dollop of white frosting and smooth it over the ears to secure it properly and to eliminate any gaps. If you have trouble smoothing the icing properly, you can dip in your spatula in hot water and then smooth the icing. Just make sure that you have wiped off any water before using the spatula.
Grab your piping bag with red frosting and pipe in Hello Kitty’s bow on the upper right side of the cupcake, near one ear. To make the bow, create to small circles and join them together by piping a smaller circle in the middle.
For Hello Kitty’s whiskers, use black frosting and pipe in three short whiskers on both sides of the cupcake. Use the black frosting for the eyes and a yellow colored one for the nose.
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The first thing you need to do is frost your cupcake with white buttercream icing. Take a large marshmallow and cut it diagonally in half using a sharp pair of scissors. The cut marshmallow should look like a cat’s ear. You might want to further cut them in half to fully resemble Hello Kitty’s ears.
Push the marshmallow ears unto the sides of cupcake. Take a dollop of white frosting and smooth it over the ears to secure it properly and to eliminate any gaps. If you have trouble smoothing the icing properly, you can dip in your spatula in hot water and then smooth the icing. Just make sure that you have wiped off any water before using the spatula.
Grab your piping bag with red frosting and pipe in Hello Kitty’s bow on the upper right side of the cupcake, near one ear. To make the bow, create to small circles and join them together by piping a smaller circle in the middle.
For Hello Kitty’s whiskers, use black frosting and pipe in three short whiskers on both sides of the cupcake. Use the black frosting for the eyes and a yellow colored one for the nose.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Red Rose Petal Cake
Cake decorating ideas can come in many different inspirations. You might want to make a beautiful cake adorned with fondant animals because you had just came from a lovely farm or you could create a cartoon character shaped cake because it is your nephew’s favorite and you just love how his face lights up when he’s happy. If you absolutely love red roses, you might want to create a cake inspired by it too.
Here’s one of the most beautiful red rose petal cake you can create:
The first thing you need to do is mix ¼ to ½ lb of red fondant with a teaspoon of gum tragacanth or CMC powder. This will make the fondant very stretchable and pliable to ensure that your rose petals are very stable.
Roll the fondant thinly using a rolling pin. If you have a pasta machine, you can place the fondant it to make it even thinner. Once you’ve achieved the appropriate thickness, begin cutting rose petals using petal cutters. You will need to make a lot of petals to make the red rose petal cake stunning. Get your ball tool and ruffle the edges of the petals. Roll back the edges of the rose petals using a stick for a more realistic look. Afterwards, let them dry properly in a tray.
Using the perfectly dried petals, make a large red rose. Prep your cake by carving a portion off to accommodate your rose. Cover your cake with white fondant. Now, it is time to put in the rest of the petals.
Begin sticking in the petals one at a time on the outer edge of the gash of the cake. Use sticky water to secure them. You might want to put sponges behind several petals to ensure that they don’t droop. Once you’ve covered a sufficient part of the gash with rose petals, you may now place your pre-made rose. Let the cake dry completely before removing the sponges.
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Here’s one of the most beautiful red rose petal cake you can create:
The first thing you need to do is mix ¼ to ½ lb of red fondant with a teaspoon of gum tragacanth or CMC powder. This will make the fondant very stretchable and pliable to ensure that your rose petals are very stable.
Roll the fondant thinly using a rolling pin. If you have a pasta machine, you can place the fondant it to make it even thinner. Once you’ve achieved the appropriate thickness, begin cutting rose petals using petal cutters. You will need to make a lot of petals to make the red rose petal cake stunning. Get your ball tool and ruffle the edges of the petals. Roll back the edges of the rose petals using a stick for a more realistic look. Afterwards, let them dry properly in a tray.
Using the perfectly dried petals, make a large red rose. Prep your cake by carving a portion off to accommodate your rose. Cover your cake with white fondant. Now, it is time to put in the rest of the petals.
Begin sticking in the petals one at a time on the outer edge of the gash of the cake. Use sticky water to secure them. You might want to put sponges behind several petals to ensure that they don’t droop. Once you’ve covered a sufficient part of the gash with rose petals, you may now place your pre-made rose. Let the cake dry completely before removing the sponges.
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