Cookie Monster cupcakes 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 cake post or chocolate cake recipe) Blue Buttercream (buttercream recipes can be found here) White chocolate melts ... »
Need something to do with the kids on a rainy day this school holidays? This one is a winner - let the kids make up their own recipe, plate it up and present it for 'judging'. Each of the boys started with five eggs, half a block of chocolate, a cup of cream, a small bowl ... »
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 number of cupcakes with buttercream. I wanted to develop a way of piping flowers without the need for specialty nozzles and piping bags. ... »
Basic butter cream or American buttercream is an easy cupcake frosting to make. Today we will look at the basic recipe and some of my favourite variations. UPDATE: See seven different frosting recipes in a taste test and in the Aussie sun for a heat test on this more recent post. You may also like ... »
Take 2 x 250g (8.82 ounces) packets or 5 2/3 cups marshmallows and split into white and pink. So you end up with 250g (8.82 ounces) or 2 3/4 cups white marshmallows (eat the pink ones or use in hot chocolate). Add one Tablespoon of water and microwave on high for 30 seconds, stir, repeat until melted. Mix in 450g (15.87 ounces) or ... »
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 fondant was made using this recipe and the marshmallow fondant recipe can be found here. Which fondant ... »
Every little boy wants a pirate birthday party and of course a pirate cake... will he have a pirate ship or a pirate treasure chest cake? You'll find plenty of inspiration for your pirate birthday cakes here and scroll down for pirate party and food ideas. Pirate Birthday Cakes (hover your mouse over the images for ... »
Fondant Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup or 176g (6.21 ounces) glucose syrup 1 tablespoon or 15ml glycerin 1 tablespoon or 14g (0.49 ounces) gelatin 1 tablespoon or 15ml water 900g (31.75 ounces) or 7 cups plus 2 Tbsp pure icing sugar Extra 1-2 teaspoons of water as needed Fondant Recipe Directions Place the glucose syrup and glycerin in a heatproof bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over the top and then add t... »
"Your flight has been delayed..." " Your flight has been cancelled. Please collect your baggage". Not the words you want to hear when you have a cake to make! I usually plan ahead sufficiently to ensure that I do not have a very late night before a kids party. I need energy for the party. ... »
Happy Easter for Sunday. Here are some egg hunt clue ideas for you to use. While away on holidays visiting family, my mum set up these clues for our kids - an early Easter egg hunt. There were two eggs and a clue at each stop. They had to take turns reading the clues out ... »
What theme do you have for a first birthday? I chose to use his favourite toys like sock monkey, owlie, little teddy and the fabric that my sons nursery is decorated with. Before he was born I bought fabrics that I liked for his nanny to make him a cot quilt, as is tradition in our ... »
My youngest is now a one year old, running around the house opening draws and pulling things out of the pantry cupboard. I wanted his first cake to be special - not just in looks but in taste. He had never had chocolate, lollies or cake before so this was a big day. The cake I ... »
The fondant decorations on this cake were based on some of my little ones favourite toys - I wanted something that he would recognise. He gave the biggest smile when he saw the cake - priceless. Fondant Teddy Bear, Owl and Sock Monkey Video Instructions for Fondant Teddy Bear Video Instructions for Sock Monkey Video Instructions for Fondant Owl Here ... »
As my youngest son's first birthday is rapidly approaching I realized that I have never posted the 1st birthday cakes for my other two boys. So here is a pic of the first fondant covered cake I ever made. I used a book from the library, yes it was back in the ... »
As we walked to the party venue carrying this cake my eldest remarked "Mum everyone is staring at us". I reassured him that they were looking at the cake not us. Step 1: Make your fondant details up to 4 weeks ahead of time (fondant basics tutorial) and allow them to dry hard. For this cake ... »
Dessert Candy Buffets can look impressive on a small budget or they can look cheap on a big budget. Use these tips to get your table looking like it's out of a magazine. 1. Work out your budget - This is the best place to start because it effects everything else. Think about the number of ... »
Are you UP for a challenge? Download the printable pattern below for this gingerbread mansion from the UP movie and start baking. Purchase the UP Gingerbread House Pattern To make the size house shown print on A3 paper. Hover over pictures for instructions. For this house I used the gingerbread dough recipe from masterchef. I swapped half the glucose ... »
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 make your lemon curd and italian meringue. Lemon curd recipe 165g (5.82 ounces) or 3/4 cup caster sugar 2 eggs plus 2 yolks zest ... »
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 ganache melts down over the warm cake. Serve with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream. For ... »
Rich chocolate cupcakes with creamy mint chocolate ganache and a slice of peppermint crisp. You can eat these as is or heat them in the microwave, let the ganache melt down over the warm cake and serve with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream. For the chocolate cupcake recipe I use best ever chocolate cake ... »
Thomas The Tank Engine Train Cakes (scroll down for party food and ideas) There are over 8,000 Thomas cakes on the internet. Yes, I have looked at most of them! This is a selection of some of the best ideas to inspire your cake making (hover your mouse over the images to see description). ... »
LEGO® Parties ... scroll down for cakes, food & even more fun lego stuff (hover your mouse over the images to see what it is that is great about each party). LEGO Cakes Lego is shiny, perfectly formed and a very familiar shape to most people, so it is hard to make a cake that looks ... »
The Pokemon cake - pokeball is a jello poke cake covered in italian meringue . The black stripe is a licorice strap and pichu, snorlax and piplu are made from fondant . Video tutorials for snorlax and pichu are below. You can make the fondant decorations well ahead and assemble the cake the day before ... »
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