Category Archives: Frosting & Decorations

Rock Candy Geodes Recipe

Posted on March 21, 2013 by ann

Geodes are beautiful so let’s make them delicious too. Follow the step by step instructions to make fondant or chocolate rock candy geodes. You can give them as a gift on their own or use them in cake decorating. Fondant … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Feather Decorations

Posted on January 12, 2013 by ann

Do you want something unique on your cake or dessert? Give these chocolate feathers a try. If you made the chocolate flower already then you will not find these too hard to do. As always with chocolate decorations you chocolate … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Chocolate Flower

Posted on December 8, 2012 by ann

Chocolate Flowers are a beautiful addition to any cake and even though they look complicated they are reasonably easy to make. Watch the chocolate flower video below for a step by step tutorial. How to temper chocolate and what chocolate … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Chocolate Box

Posted on November 3, 2012 by ann

Chocolate boxes can be used as gifts filled with strawberries or sweet treets like chocolate truffles or fudge. Chocolate Box Instructions Step 1. Cut out the sides and lid of your box out of plastic. The plastic needs tobe thin … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Decorations using Transfer Sheets

Posted on October 14, 2012 by ann

Chocolate transfer sheets allow you to add flair to your desserts. With plenty of patterns to choose from you are bound to find something that suits your style or event. The pattern is made out of coloured cocoa butter on … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Princess Cake Using Fondant

Posted on August 5, 2012 by ann

How to make a princess cake step 1 Make your cakes and gather what you need You will need: A round and a bowl shaped cake – see recipe at end of post 1 quantity of buttercream - see buttercream recipes … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Princess Cake using Buttercream

Posted on July 30, 2012 by ann

How to make a princess cake step 1 Bake your cakes and gather what you need: A round and a bowl shaped cake – see recipe at end of post 1 quantity of buttercream - see buttercream recipes here if you … Continue reading →

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1st Birthday Cake – PINK Birdies – How to decorate a tiered cake

Posted on July 22, 2012 by ann

A large lump of PINK fondant sat on my bench top waiting to be rolled – pink looks very foreign in our house. This tiered birdie cake is for my friends little girl who is turning one. Making a tiered … Continue reading →

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How to Make Chocolate Bowls

Posted on July 17, 2012 by ann

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In this post I will show you how to make seven chocolate bowls using 3 different techniques – balloons, ice and lined containers. You will need to use chocolate melts or tempered chocolate to make these, if you are not … Continue reading →

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Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Posted on July 9, 2012 by ann

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe Cream cheese frosting is delicious on carrot cakes and red velvet cupcakes. I find the traditional version a bit to sweet and cloying so here is my recipe. 250g (8.82 ounces) cream cheese 90g (3.17 ounces) … Continue reading →

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My Little Book of Frosting Recipes

Posted on July 2, 2012 by ann

Frosting recipes are spread all over this blog and you can access them for free. But for those of you who like things organized I have made ‘My little book of frostings’ here you will find eighteen frosting recipes in … Continue reading →

Easy Cookie Monster Cupcakes

Posted on June 25, 2012 by ann

Cookie Monster cupcakes will go down a treat at any little kids party and with this technique they will be done quickly without the use of any fancy equipment. You will need: Cupcakes (vanilla cake recipe at bottom of princess … Continue reading →

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How to Pipe Butter Cream Flowers Using Only a Ziplock Bag

Posted on June 10, 2012 by ann

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Believe it or not, you can make these buttercream cupcake frosting flowers using only a ziplock bag. They are super easy and quick, making them ideal if you need to frost a large amount of cupcakes with buttercream. I wanted … Continue reading →

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Buttercream Cupcake Frosting Recipes

Posted on June 10, 2012 by ann

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Basic butter cream is an easy cupcake frosting to make, today we will look at the basic recipe and some of my favourite variations. To completely cover and fill two 20cm (7.87 inches) round cakes layered on top of each … Continue reading →

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Marshmallow Fondant Recipe for cake decorating

Posted on June 2, 2012 by ann

Take two 250g (8.82 ounces) packets of marshmallows and split into white and pink. So you end up with 250g (8.82 ounces) white marshmallows (eat the pink ones or use in hot chocolate). Add one tablespoon of water and microwave … Continue reading →

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The Great Fondant Review – Which fondant is best?

Posted on June 2, 2012 by ann

Which brand of fondant is the best? Which one is smoothest? Whitest? Holds it shape? Here we review and compare between satin ice, duff, fondx, home made, bakels pettinice, orchard, cake art and marshmallow fondant. For this review the homemade … Continue reading →

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Recipe for home-made fondant (sugar paste)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by ann

Fondant Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup glucose syrup 1 tablespoon glycerin 1 tablespoon gelatin 1 tablespoon water 900g (31.75 ounces) pure icing sugar Extra 1-2 teaspoons of water as needed Fondant Recipe Directions Place the glucose syrup and glycerin in a … Continue reading →

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My Babies 1st Birthday Cake – the fondant decorations

Posted on March 12, 2012 by ann

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The fondant decorations on this cake were based on some of my little ones favourite toys – I wanted something that he would recognize. He gave the biggest smile when he saw the cake – priceless. Fondant Teddy Bear, Owl … Continue reading →

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Chocolate decorations for desserts

Posted on February 11, 2012 by ann

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Chocolate is so versatile it makes a great decoration for most plated desserts. Here are just a few examples of what you can do. Firstly make sure you are using tempered chocolate or your decorations will not set firm. VIDEO … Continue reading →

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How to fix seized chocolate

Posted on February 3, 2012 by ann

Water is to chocolate what kryptonite is to superman. Just a tiny drop and melted chocolate seizes and becomes thick and grainy. So how do you fix seized chocolate? You add more liquid – while adding more kryptonite might kill … Continue reading →

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How to temper chocolate in the microwave

Posted on January 21, 2012 by ann

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Why Temper Chocolate Have you ever melted chocolate to make decorations only to find once it sets it is soft, dull and bends over when it is not in the fridge? That is because it is not tempered. Chocolate manufacturers … Continue reading →

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How to Make Sugar Decorations for Desserts – Spun Sugar Recipe

Posted on October 8, 2011 by ann

Add some crunchy texture and some wow factor to your next dessert with these easy and highly versatile sugar decorations. This recipe is not suitable for children due to high temperatures of the sugar syrup – but they will … Continue reading →

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Lemon Meringue Cupcake Recipe

Posted on September 25, 2011 by ann

These are one of my favourite cupcakes, light fluffy italian meringue offset with tangy lemon curd and vanilla cupcake. Vanilla Cupcakes: Make the cupcake using the vanilla cake recipe on the bottom of this post: vanilla cupcakes While they are cooking … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Orange Cupcake with Ganache Frosting Recipe

Posted on September 23, 2011 by ann

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Chocolate ganache can be infused with any flavour you desire, so do some experimenting. For these cupcakes I used orange and topped them with a jaffa. You can eat them as is or heat in the microwave until the … Continue reading →

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Cupcake Frosting – Chocolate Mint Ganache Recipe