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The Busy Girl’s Guide to Cake Decorating
Well, it’s just a fortnight until my book hits the shops.
‘EEEEEEEEEEK!!’
So it’s definitely time to fill you in on all the ins and outs of where you can nab a copy, or get me to sign it for you…..
How to Make an Easter Chick
How cute is this little chickie?
He’s made from a creme egg! When I saw these made by Helen at Casa Costello I knew I had to have a menace about and see what I could come up with!
(Do bob over and see more of Helen’s fab creations)
It’s also my first ever foray into video tutorials if you need a bit more than just the photos!
Day 2 – Father Christmas Cookie Lollies
On the second day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Father Christmas Cookie Lollies (and if you’re not singing – why not?)
You will need:
1 batch of Vanilla Sugar Cookie Dough
Lolly sticks
Sugarpaste in peach or pink, red and black (or a black icing pen)
White edible ribbon (Renshaws) or white sugarpaste
Royal icing
Pink lustre dust for the cheeks (optional)
Day 1 – Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake
On the first day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me (singing please!)…..Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake.
Hurrah! For me, Christmas starts on the 1st December, I have to be held back until today before festooning everything in sparkles and fairy lights because I’m a Christmas nut!
Stars and Sparkle Christmas Tree Cake
You will need:
1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here
Sugarpaste, white and dark blue
Small sugarpaste star cutters and medium star cutters
Gingerbread Man Cake
You will need:
1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste as per the instructions here
Sugarpaste in red, white and green
Chocolate sugarpaste (or regular sugarpaste coloured brown)
Royal Icing
Holly Wreath Cake
You will need:
1 x cake marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here
Green, white and red sugarpaste
Round fluted cutter
Edible red glitter
Steak knife
To create the two shades of green, take equal amounts of the green and white and knead together until fully combined.
Spooky Spectacular Halloween Cake
I thought I’d throw in a decorated Halloween cake to the projects pot this year using a really simple but effective cake decorating technique – brushed royal icing.
If you’d like to have a go at this cake at home (and it’s not half as tricky as it looks) you will need:
How to Cover a Cake with Sugarpaste
I’ve already shown you how to marzipan and cover a fruit cake with sugarpaste when we were making Christmas cakes last year (post here) but it’s useful to be able to cover sponge cakes with sugarpaste too. The preparation is a little different so here’s how to….
