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Chocolate Truffles Recipe

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Is there a better gift than home made chocolate truffles? They cost you an arm and a leg at the chocolatiers and yet you can make them yourself for a fraction of the cost. You will need your chosen truffle … Continue reading

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Despicable Me 2 3D Minion Cake Decorating Tutorial

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Despicable Me 2 is coming soon and my middle boy loves the cute minions so this year he wanted a minion birthday cake. There have also been some requests from subscribers for a 3D upright cake tutorial and despicable me … Continue reading

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Caramel Cupcake Recipe

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It was six o’clock in the morning, I just putting the finishing touches on a birthday picnic for my hubby to take to work.  Caramel cupcakes with salted caramel frosting sat at the top of the picnic basket alongside chocolate … Continue reading

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Chocolate Feather Decorations

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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 Box

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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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DIY Sweet Tooth Tour of New York

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If you’re in New York and you want to check out some of the sweet bakeries and pattiseries keep reading. Here are some of the best as well as what attractions there are around them to enjoy. 1. Dominique Ansel … Continue reading

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Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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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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Easy Cookie Monster Cupcakes

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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

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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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Marshmallow Fondant Recipe for cake decorating

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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?

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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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