I used pre-colored red and black Satin Ice fondant for this cake. The flowers were made with a set of metal flower cutters. I simply layered the flowers and added a bit of texture to them with a toothpick.
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Jul
Tutorial: How to stencil with royal icing on gumpaste, fondant or buttercream
By admin | Filed in Tips & TechniquesStenciling is super easy to do and will add such an amazing amount of detail to your cake. You can do it on the top of a cake, the sides of a cake, on cupcakes, etc. It can be done on buttercream or fondant/gumpaste. For purposes of this tutorial I will be discussing stenciling on fondant or gumpaste. I recommend practicing this technique on a scrap piece of fondant or gumpaste before you do it on a cake.
Materials:
- Stencil
- Fondant or gumpaste
- Palette knife
- Rolling pin
- Royal icing
1. Roll out your fondant or gumpaste and lay your stencil on top.
2. Hold the top of your stencil with one hand and spread royal icing over the stencil. Scrape of your excess royal icing. Also, make sure to not lift your knife up while spreading the royal icing. This will help ensure a flawless even coat.
3. You now have your completed design! 
Stenciling also looks great on bows!
****Special Note**** If you’d like to stencil on buttercream, allow your buttercream frosted cake to crust for a few hours or even over night. Then follow the above directions.
Ribbon roses are a nice way to add a simple girlie touch to your cake creations. Use them on wedding cakes, birthday cakes, bridal shower cakes and more. Follow these quick and easy steps to make your very own ribbon roses. You can also make these with gumpaste.
- First, knead your fondant until it is soft and pliable. Then roll it out to 1/8″ thick and cut it into a 1 1/2″ by 6″ strip.
- Now fold the bottom of your strip up about 1/4″. This will give a nice rounded rim to your rose when it is rolled.
- Begin at one side and gently start to roll up your rose. Make sure to pinch the bottom of the rose as you go along to help add a little dimension to the rose. Once your rose is rolled up, cut off the excess fondant at the bottom.
- Finally, add some leaves to your new rose and attach it to your cake with a dab of royal icing.
I decided to make a gumpaste princess crown just for fun! I used Satin Ice gumpaste and some silver dragees to give it a little more pizazz.
Amazing!!!! That’s all I have to say about these brownies. They’re a nice twist on an old favorite. A super gooey chocolate brownie center is sandwiched between a crisp graham cracker crust and a fluffy marshmallow top. These will bring out the inner child in everyone.
Directions:
-Pre-heat oven to 325
-Melt 12 tablespoons of unsalted butter and mix with 3 cups of graham cracker crumbs, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 2 pinches of salt and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Press mixture into greased 9×13 pan. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden, and remove from oven.
-While your crust is cooking make your favorite brownie mixture and layer it ontop of the graham cracker crust. Bake brownies according to box directions.
-Place large marshmallows on top of cooked brownies and place back in oven under broiler for 1-2 minutes.
-Serve your yummy treats to your guests!
These are my Cinnamon Banana Cupcakes With A Caramel Twist. Please help send my cupcakes to the 62nd Annual Prime-Time Emmy Awards by voting for them at:
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You can also view the recipe at the above link. Thanks a million!
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Jun
Pink and Green Baby Shower Cake
By admin | Filed in Baby Shower Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Cakes, Fondant CakesThis fabulous cake is comprised of layers of vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. I covered the cake using pre-colored Satin Ice fondant. I have to say that I LOVE the pre-colored fondant. It saved about 30 minutes of time because I didn’t have to add drops of color one at a time. I would recommend this product to anyone. The booties, nameplate, pacifier and bows were all handmade using gumpaste.
This cake was for my husband’s birthday. He loves golf! The cake was layers of chocolate and vanilla cake with peanut butter frosting. I used vanilla Satin Ice fondant to cover the cake and Americolor gel colors to dye the fondant. I have seen other cake with a golfer blowing a ball into the hole and decided to do my own twist. All of the figures are hand sculpted. I had a blast making this cake!!
Satin Ice has been a favorite of mine for a while now. The flavor and consistency are superior to other brands I have tried. Satin Ice has now come out with a line of pre-colored pastel shades and I must say they are amazing! The colors they offer are Baby Pink (pictured), Pastel Yellow, Pastel Green, Baby Blue and Lavender. I’m going to be trying the Baby Pink shortly for a baby shower cake and I’ll be sure to post some photos!
Materials:
- Gumpaste
- Floral Wire
- Floral Tape
- Circle cutters
- Ball tool
- Rolling Pin
- Dust Puff (filled with half cornstarch/half powdered sugar)
- Sponge pads (thick and thin)
- Paint brush
- Water
Steps:
- Set up your work area with all the tools you will need. Dust your work surface with your dust puff.
- Cut a 4-6″ piece of floral wire and wrap it with floral tape. Now form a small hook at one end. You will also need to make a gumball size piece of gumpaste to form your bud.
- Slide your gumpaste ball onto your floral wire towards the hooked end. The hook will just help secure the ball into place. Shape your ball into a cone to form your rosebud.
- Roll out your fondant until you can almost see through it and use the small circle cutter to cut 1 petal for the center of the rose and 3 petals for the first layer. Use your large circle cutter to cut 5 more petals, which will form the outer layer of the rose. Make sure to keep your circles covered so they do not dry out.
- Take one petal at a time to work on.
- Using your ball tool, create a ruffled edge on the top half of your petal.
- Attach the petal with a dab of water at the base of the rosebud you made. Repeat step 6 for all remaining petals. Make sure to leave 10 minutes or so between each layer of petals so that the layer will have time to settle a bit.
- Enjoy your beautiful rose!
Tips:
- You may want to hang your roses upside down to dry.
- Add a bit of luster dust to the edges of the rose to give it a little extra sparkle.
- You can add more layers to create a bigger rose.
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