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Cream Cheese Penguins Recipe. Guest Post! Sculptable frosting by Cheryl of Sew Can Do. Some of you may already know this, but every now and then my friend, Cheryl from Sew Can Do, and I like to switch things up a bit and swap posts. Cheryl is all fabric, I’m all sugar. But sometimes we even like to switch that up a bit, too (though I take baby steps into her world, since needle and thread aren’t my friends like they are hers. Seriously, just check out her etsy shop and the crazy cuteness.)

When I spotted these sculptable frosting figures she created, I knew I had to try my own (look for future posts with that experimenting). And these also inspired my casual dabbling with fabric, which I shared with you on Tuesday. Wouldn’t these toppers be so perfect for those cupcakes? Hey Everybody! With this frosting you can cut and sculpt all sorts of fun shapes and designs, like those made with modeling chocolate or fondant, but with all the flavor and a softer texture of a buttercream frosting.

You’ll Need: 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature. Of Wedding Cakes, Sweets and more...in Ipoh, Perak.: July 2009. Just got myself a box full of butterfly cutters of different sizes and shapes. So, now I'm having a butterfly craze! This is the finished product where I dust them with lustre dust using a big blusher sized brush. I call them Spring Butterflies. Equipments to prepare: rolling pin, flower former, folded paper, dusting pouch, butterfly cutter, tips and white flower stamens. Tips used are 1, 2, 3, 104, 101, 81 and 97. Firstly, roll out the gumpaste. Cut out the butterfly using the cutter.

Dust cornflour or icing sugar on both sides to ensure it is not sticky. Use various tips to cut out designs. Fold the butterfly and place them on the folded paper on a flower former. Mold the body and stick in the feelers. Another variation is the Summer Butterflies below. How to make gumpaste roses by. Back | Lessons | Gumpaste Cutters | Home | Lessons - gumpaste | Recipe-gumpaste You can enlarge these pictures General instructions: The highlighted links will take you to the necessary products. Color the gumpaste as desired. TIP: don't color too deep because later when you apply petal dust it will look nicer. Roll gumpaste on a very smooth clean CelBoard using a Celpin (small rolling pin). It should be as thin as possible. This tool is used for light veining while smoothing..3. Once entire rose is completely dried, dust using petal dust of a slightly deeper or contrasting color, to bring it to life.

Gumpaste Roses Lesson 2 Tools, Rose petal cutters, Calyx cutters, Gumpaste, Petal Dust, Florist tape, Wire. St. Louis Toasted Ravioli Recipe. Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes with Strawberry Centers (Sweetheart Cupcakes) I made these for my boys (and my daughter, too - can't leave anyone out!) And they were ALL GONE within 20 minutes of me putting them on the table.

Super easy to make, super delicious, and super cute when you cut one in half! Ingredients: 1 package cake mix, chocolate 1 package strawberries, cleaned and hulled 1 package pudding, chocolate Fresh mint sprigs,optional but awesome Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. We call them 'Sweetheart Cupcakes' because I made them for my sweethearts, and because the strawberry looks like a little symbol of love...before they started to shove them into their mouths, that is. ;) Split Banana Pops. Stef's Whoopie Pies with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe. Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies - Kitchen Travels. We've all heard the saying, "life imitates art. " But I think "life imitates cooking" is even more apropos. It goes something like this: you have a recipe. A good recipe, one you've made over and over again. You know the ingredients, you know the steps, and you know if you follow the recipe, things will turn out just the way you hope.

Just as you're expecting. Except we all know recipes don't always turn out the way we expect them to, even when we think we've done everything right. These brownies are a good example. But on that day, it didn't. Life is like that. The good news is, in cooking and in life, we can always try the recipe again, tweaking and refining until we find what works. Chocolate Peanut Butter BrowniesInspired by Hershey's Cocoa (recipe) and Kitchen Sink Recipes (swirls) As I mentioned, on this last batch the batters turned out much stiffer than they have in the past. Preheat oven to 350° F. Makes 16 brownies. Best Basic Crêpes recipe. Tips for Cookie and Brownie Mix In a Jar Article.