Gumpaste Stargazer Lily/Stained Glass Window Cookies

Hello Everyone!!

Thanks for stopping by. It's been a little while since I have posted anything so today I thought I would share two new things that I learned. I have never worked to much with gumpaste but it is something that I would definitely work with again. On the cookies this was my first time using a glaze icing. I like the icing but it does not dry as hard as the royal icing. I am sure that I will use the glaze icing again also. The cookie on the right is done with white icing running through the blue to give it the effect of the sun shining through. The one on the left is done without the white. I actually like them done both ways. Well thanks for stopping by and if you feel like leaving a comment, please do.. Until next time, Happy Baking!!

How about an ice cream cone cake??

Hello again everyone:
You know, it never ceases to amaze me how creative you can get with cakes and cupcakes. I went to a class today at my local cake decorating supply store and we made an ice cream cone cake. This was really simple and quick; and when I say quick I mean like half hour quick!! How's that for fast?? Moms, this is a great idea for a child's birthday party and not to much fuss and yet simple and fun..just put your ice cream cones on the board with some icing to hold them. Bake your cupcakes and away you go with putting them all together and this is what you have when you are done!!! Isn't this just the cutest thing?  Until next time....happy baking and thanks for stopping by!!!

Wedding Cookies

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Last week was a busy week for me. I had 120 wedding cookies to bake and decorate. The colors were black and white so not to much mixing there. While it took me just a little bit longer than I expected to do them I was pleased with the way they turned out. I said I would post pictures when they were done so here they are...let me know what you think...I love to read everyone's comments!!!  The last photo were two cookies that I made special just for the bride and groom!!

New sketches

As I told you all in a previous post, I am doing wedding cookies for a client for May. The color scheme is black and white. I posted sketches of how I thought I would like to do the cookies. Well on the weekend I came up with another idea of how I wanted to do them...not sure yet but this is the way I think I am going to do them. The basecoat, of course; will be white with black accents(including the flowers). I think I like this design better than the first one I posted previously.  So here you go...what do you think??

Anyone for a "slice of cake"?

Hello:

Today was a fun day. I made this cake in the class I go to on Saturday morning. We have a lot of fun as a group and the lady that teaches us, who by the way; owns the business where we go..is absolutely wonderful and has a lot of patience...she has to with our group!!! Anyway, this cake was so much fun to do that I just wanted to share it with you..I think it would make a great top tier to any birthday or anniversary cake...what do you think???

Sketches

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I know I haven't posted anyting in a few weeks but I have been busy(as is everyone else). I thought I would show you the sketches of my ideas for decorating wedding cookies that I am doing for a customer in May. I am so excited to be doing these!!! I really hope she likes them(I'm sure she will). The color theme is the very elegant black and white...so of course, the cookies are going to be basecoated in white icing with all the details being done in black. I was thinking of using a black edible food marker instead of the black icing(we all know how black icing looks on the teeth)!! I am not sure though. I am going to do an experiment this coming week using both the black icing and the edible food marker..then I will decide. Here are the sketches...

Easter Cake!!

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Since Easter is only a few days away I thought I would share with you the cake I made at a recent class. I have taken the Wilton Courses(about a year ago)so it has been a while since I have done the basketweave technique for decorating. Where I take my classes now is at a cake supply store and it is really fun and the lady(Michele)who teaches the classes is terrific..anyway she teaches a new class every month and I have met so many nice people. The cake was actually made in two class sessions. The first session was making the figures out of gumpaste and fondant. So the lamb, bunny and chick you see on the cake are these figures. The following week we had to make a cake and bring it to class. So we decorated the cake with the basketweave technique and the flowers then we added our little figures to it and added a handle(which is not edible..made out of chenille)and here you have it...a cake made to look like an Easter basket....I think it turned out rather cute..don't you??  Till next time....Happy Easter and thanks for stopping by!!!