A patterned roll cake is a fun way to make a colourful cake without using fondant. My boys requested one with the 'dumb ways to die' characters on but my favourite is the striped roll cake. Recipe for pattern on roll cake 50g (1.76 ounces) or 1/4 cup margarine or butter 50g (1.76 ounces) or 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp icing sugar 50g (1.76 ounces) egg whites (approx ... »
Instagram Cake For friendly, filtered fun you can't go past Instagram. Twelve million people use it daily with Instagram photos receiving 8,500 'likes' per second! But amongst all the happy snaps, I do wonder if we are becoming a generation of socially dissatisfied tourists inspecting the highlight reel of other people's lives. One young mum ... »
The perfect sponge cake should be light, fluffy, moist, tall, soft on the edges and of course beautiful. Easy with the right recipe, painfully frustrating with all of the rest. After testing many, many sponge cake recipes my kids got tired of taking sponge cake in their lunch boxes to school. So I ... »
Without so much as a taste, we kissed Hello Kitty goodbye... Sure, the cute cartoon cat is adored around the globe and frequently requested on my YouTube channel, but in our boy-filled home this lovely cake was never going to hold pride of place at an 11-year-old's birthday party! So instead, I put a notice ... »
Here's a super easy rainbow cake that is bright and fun for a rainbow themed party. To make this rainbow cake you will need: Serves: 8 Three quantities of the basic buttercream recipe Three 20cm (7.87 inches) round cakes of your choice. To make three of the sponge cakes make one and a half times this perfect sponge cake recipe. 1/2 cup ... »
Inspired by the ombre fashion trend this pink ombre cake is super easy and will delight your friends at your next party. You can just as easily turn it into a blue ombre cake or purple ombre cake but for my liking the rose pink is the way to go. You will need: Three 20cm (7.87 inches) round ... »
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 cake, so I filmed the making of his cake for you. You will need: round cake boards ... »
This page gives you all the videos so far that show different techniques for piping using a bag, no piping tips needed. For the recipes associated with each video click the links shown under the videos. 1:18 cut to replace star shaped tip caramel cupcake recipe 1:58 straight cut to pipe cupcakes chocolate peanut butter cupcake recipe 4:47 cut for ... »
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 macarons.The kids crept downstairs and we cooked bacon and eggs. Breakfast in bed ... »
Snickers, reese's peanut butter cups, butterfingers, baby ruth, peanut m&m's and oh Henry, all make it to the Top Ten list of the worlds most popular chocolate bars. How m&m's count as a chocolate bar I am not sure, but the point is they all contain the winning combination of chocolate and peanuts. If ... »
"Truck truck" a cute little nearly two year old voice said when I asked him what type of cake he would like for his birthday. The next day the response was 'raa raa'. He swapped back and forth between the two answers like he was playing ping pong. So the final decision came down to ... »
Mickey was everywhere, even honeymooners donned Mickey Mouse hats with veils. It was Disney World after all, but I still did not expect the level of devotion that the adults had for the Disney characters. These cupcakes are a tribute to our time spent at Disney World and to all those Mickey Mouse LOVERS! ... »
You can make this Mickey Mouse Cake without the need for any special pans. Follow the step by step guide in the video and your little one will be excited when they see their Mickey Mouse cake. To make your mickey mouse cake you will need: Black fondant (if you want to make your own you'll ... »
After being inundated with comments on my YouTube channel from One Direction fans, I finally relented and designed a cake with the 1D logo on top and as well as inside. For your One Direction cake you will need: * 2 packets vanilla cake baked in a 16x24cm (9.45 inches) tin * 1 packet red velvet cake * cream cheese ... »
This is a beautiful moist and delicious chocolate cake with the crunch of toasted pistachios and almonds on the side topped off with rich ganache and chocolate flowers. Perfect for Christmas or any other special gathering. Chocolate Cake Ingredients: Makes two 8inch (20.32 centimetres) round cakes or 24 cupcakes 200g (7.05 ounces) of 70% cocoa dark chocolate 315g (11.11 ounces) or 1 1/3 cups... »
Minecraft is a game where you can explore, create, discover, mine and craft a whole world. In the game it takes patience to build anything. This cake is the same it takes 1,280 tiny fondant squares to make this 3D minecraft logo. minecraft cake instructions To start with you will need to make a cake. ... »
To make the house you will need the gingerbread house template: To make the size house shown print on A3 paper. Gingerbread Recipe To make this house required three batches of dough. This is a beautiful recipe that tastes delicious and is easier to make in large quantities than other recipes I have used in the past. 430g (15.17 ounces) ... »
They look disgusting, but they taste amazing. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom chilled monkey brains are served as a dessert. These ones are made of chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, cheesecake brains, white chocolate skull and fresh raspberry jelly for blood. Paramount pictures held a public event to launch the release of the blu ray ... »
You can imagine my kids excitement when I was approached to make a cake for an event to promote the release of the The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists DVD. The event organizer, working on behalf of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment was hosting a screening of the film and a modelling workshop with the ... »
Meringue cake is a pavlova that is dressed up for the ball. Its' proper name is a Spanish Wind Torte and as a child I used to admire the photo of it that adorned the front of Time-Life Foods of The World Book, "The Cooking of Vienna’s Empire". It is a perfect gluten and wheat ... »
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 here Doll to go inside you cake - or you can make your own out of fondant. The video ... »
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 don't like buttercream try italian meringue instead A doll to go inside you cake Cake board or cake stand ... »
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 a little girl's 1st birthday cake. Making a tiered cake is a fair bit more involved than a single layer so here is a walk-through of what ... »
Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe Cream cheese frosting is delicious on carrot cakes and red velvet cupcakes. I find the traditional version a bit too sweet and cloying, so here is my recipe. 250g (8.82 ounces) or 1 cup cream cheese (this should be the block cream cheese - not the spreadable cream cheese that comes in a tub) 90g (3.17 ounces) or 1/3 cupbutter 2 cups or ... »
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 one cute little booklet. You can purchase, download the pdf, print and assemble! Frosting Recipes included ... »
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