How to Make Strawberry Roses

Strawberry Roses

What a pretty way to serve strawberries as a snack or a cake cookie decoration alternative to icing! Learn how to cut strawberries into roses.

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Cannoli Cake

Cannoli Cake

Cannoli cake is a take on the beloved Italian cannoli pastry. The best part is the luscious, velvety filling. My sister, Elina, shared this recipe with me. She is always baking up delicious cakes, pastries, and other goodies, not to mention her beautiful cupcakes. She is like the Cupcake Queen. Since she is an amazing baker, I totally trusted her judgement and knew that it would be delicious. I was right. Except it was even better than I expected.

I used a foolproof sponge cake recipe from Cook’s Illustrated, brushing each layer with a chocolate liqueur syrup. The filling is made with ricotta cheese, cream cheese and mascarpone cheese. Doesn’t that sound heavenly? Smooth and creamy, this filling is the perfect texture and combination to complement the tender sponge cake.

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Making realistic Tree bark Cake

Realistic Tree bark Cake

• I started with ivory fondant that I then added extra AmeriColor ivory to darken it.  

• Then using the Oak Tree Texture Mat I rolled out a section at a time to cover the cake.  

• I place the fondant over the mat and roll until I can barely see the texture through the mat. 

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How to Frost a Cake

How to Frost a Cake

There are many, many, many ways to frost a cake. Ultimately, the technique you choose to use will be based on what makes you comfortable, but I'm hoping that this guide will give you a place to start!

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How to make a perfectly level cake! Amazing!

level cake

My friend’s wedding is coming up this weekend, so the cakes were baked last week and are happily camping in the freezer, wrapped in plastic and tinfoil, awaiting transport to Vancouver in a few days. Baking the cakes was something I was a little worried about, despite the relative success of the trial run – would they bake evenly, would I have enough batter, would they taste good enough? Turns out all my fears were totally unfounded: the cakes turned out perfectly. They baked in flat, even layers (thanks so the wet towel/cake diaper trick) and they all baked in exactly 50 minutes, no matter which pan size. Even the big 10-inch baked evenly all the way to the middle without a heating core or anything.

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How to Ice a Cake

Ice a Cake

Let’s get back to basics and down to business here.  Smoothly iced and structurally sound cakes are the building blocks of almost all decorative cakes. I am happy to share my years of experience and show how to ice a perfectly smooth cake.   Using the following tips and tricks, you will be well on your to creating a variety of designs.  Today, I will be working with Whipped Vanilla Frosting.  The same techniques will apply when using fudge, ganache, cream cheese, and any meringue-based buttercream.  For super-smooth finishes, use Italian Meringue Frosting. You Will Need:

– Even layer cake rounds

– 1 batch buttercream or desired frosting

– Filling of your choice

– Pastry bag and large piping tip

– Turn table

– Large and small off-set spatulas

– Straight edged icing smoother or bench scraper

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How to Bake Hearts inside a cake

Hearts inside a cake

How to put an image inside a cake so each piece cut is the same.

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OREO Cookie Balls Wreath Tutorial

OREO Cookie Balls Wreath

You know that OREO is America’s favorite cookie, right!?  There’s nothing better than sharing it with with people, except when it is crushed and rolled up into the delicious, simple goodness that is the OREO Cookie Ball. Since the recipe that only calls for three ingredients, the options are virtually endless.

I decided I wanted to create a gorgeous “holiday” way to display these little Oreo balls of deliciousness.  I am having a holiday craft night with some friends this weekend and this will be the perfect dessert worthy of ooh’ing and awe’ing!

I decided to use my favorite Milk Glass Cake Stand to bring to the the event, and came up with a super cute and easy way to display the OREO Balls into a wreath!

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Christmas Tree Cupcake Cake Tutorial

Christmas Tree Cupcake Cake 

It's the last day of the 24 Days of Cupcakes series!  I hope you enjoyed all the delicious recipes and were able to get some useful tips.

You ever see those cupcake cakes in the grocery store?  Well they are super easy to make.  Here is one that I created for my office co-workers to say Merry Christmas!

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Autumn Leaves in Chocolate | Tutorial

Autumn Leaves in Chocolate

Hi everyone!  It’s time for another fall themed tutorial.  Today’s cake design features a simple idea and method for creating an autumn themed cake that is as unique as it is beautiful.  This design would be perfect for any fall occasion, or on your Thanksgiving dessert table.  I hope that you enjoy it!

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How To Make Classic Chocolate Fudge Cake

Classic chocolate Fudge Cake 

So easy yet so impressive, you'll want to make this classic chocolate fudge cake every time there's something to celebrate! This recipe really is fool-proof and gives plently of scope for decoration - once you've made one chocolate cake, you'll want to make another..

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How To Make a Chocolate Cage

Chocolate Cage

Dress up a cake with a gorgeous chocolate border all around it, also known as a Chocolate Cage. I personally think it looks like a fancy fence.

Frost the cake with a thin layer of icing or frosting, so that you have an even and smooth surface. (For the recipe of this cake, click HERE.)

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Over the Moon Cake (Recipe)

Moon Cake

A simple chocolate cake gets added snack appeal from bat-shaped sugar cookies. 

For this dessert, you'll need a box of Betty Crocker Super Moist German Chocolate cake mix, which chef Mary Maher enhances with a couple of choice ingredients. To add flavor and moistness, replace the 1 1/3 cup water the recipe calls for with the same amount of grade-A dark maple syrup, and swap the 1/2 cup oil with an equal portion of pumpkin pie filling. 

When it comes to frosting, Maher recommends Duncan Hines Classic Vanilla and Classic Dark-Chocolate Fudge flavors. To make the frosting silky and easier to spread on the cake, she suggests fluffing it for 15 seconds with a hand mixer.

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How to make a chocolate tree cake topper

chocolate tree cake topper

When it comes to decorating cakes and cupcakes, I don’t like to rely on fondant all the time. I adore using chocolate in my cake designs. Even though the chocolate pieces are fragile, I think they make cakes look very appealing with very little effort.

Today, I will show you how to make a Fall- themed chocolate tree. I used it as a topper for a mini cake. You can make a smaller version and use it on top of cupcakes.

To make this tree, you will need the following supplies:

Melted dark chocolate, Melted orange chocolate, Melted yellow chocolate, Melted red chocolate, Piping bags or squeeze bottles, Lollipop sticks, Wax paper, White paper, Tape, Pen.

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