decorating | Dessert-o-licious
Dec 09 2011
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 Gingerbread Houses in the lobby of Le Parker Meridien on 56th street in Manhattan. There [...]
Sep 23 2011
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 to roll out a piece of fondant! We started by covering a styrofoam cake round [...]
Sep 22 2011
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, garlands, ruffles, swags, bows and star flowers. After every class I would leave with my [...]
Sep 20 2011
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 shapes, including fruits, vegetables and flowers. A typical American recipe for marzipan consists of almond [...]
Apr 30 2010
This cake is so perfect for a baby shower or a newborn baby boy, isn’t it? Originally posted on Flickr by Milen@.
Apr 23 2010
This is such a beautiful, simple cake, isn’t it? Originally posted on Flickr by IcingDreams (away).
Dec 11 2009
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! Originally posted on Flickr by bossacafez.
Dec 04 2009
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.
May 06 2009
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, but she also made some extras in the beginning of the class. She had also [...]
