As the weather here in NY starts to cool down, I’ve got one thing on my mind and that’s Gingerbread Houses! Luckily for me, so did City Harvest who teamed up with pastry chefs around the city to set up … Continue reading
Now that we learned all sorts of piping techniques, it was time to learn how to cover a cake! After all, in 2 lessons time we were going to start working on our final wedding cakes and we had yet … Continue reading
After finishing up with our Marzipan fruits, we moved right on into learning how to pipe borders, rose buds, and full and half roses. So much time was spent on learning how to make shells, reverse shells, rosettes, fleur-de-lys, rope, … Continue reading
And just like that, the last course of school began, cake decorating. We started the course with a full lesson on marzipan. Marzipan is a paste that is made from almonds and sugar that is usually then formed into various … Continue reading
Don’t these just make you want to bundle up with your cutie? I love how the cookies are placed on the sugar like snow! They simultaneously make me want to sit by the fireplace and go out to holiday parties! … Continue reading
Flickr Fridays are back! And what better way than by remembering all of the good times we had last weekend. Gobble Gobble! Originally posted on Flickr by Lala512. … Continue reading
Tonight I went to a cupcake class at the Brooklyn Kitchen with my friend Cherryspoon. It was tons of fun and I got to play around with lots of different fillings. The instructor had pre-made some chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, … Continue reading
I love to bake, but I never know what to do with all of the finished products, so I wind up not baking as often as I would. But, I just came upon the Drop In & Decorate site and … Continue reading
I’ve always been drawn to those beautifully drawn cookies in the stores and wondered how to make them, but they look so difficult to do. Apparently, the secret is royal icing, which is basically all egg whites and confectioners sugar … Continue reading
As much as I love cookie and cake decorating, I feel like everyone is doing it. One area that I love equally as much but I feel isn’t as popular yet is brownie decorating! I just came across this great … Continue reading