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BLOOPERS Part 2- Cookies Cupcakes and Cardio

February 14, 2014 by Jenn

I like to maintain that the quality of the product that you get to watch on our YouTube channel is the quality with which I live my life. Hahahahaha . . . I doubt I’m fooling anyone. Since I know that I am FAR from perfect, I thought that sharing with you some of our bloopers from the last year or so would be good for your soul. Laughing is good for your soul. Laughing AT me is very good for your soul.

What I personally love about watching these clips is that I don’t remember doing any of them! Except the snake one by the lake. Snakes seriously gross me out. I am super embarrassed that Paul put those two hand-held GoPro shots in at the end of the video as I didn’t have any makeup on, and if you can’t guess the second reason, then that makes me happy! It’s (THEY’RE) kind of obvious!

So settle in, and have a laugh at me. I can take it.

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How to Make a Heart Shaped Cake / Valentine’s Day Cake

January 25, 2014 by Jenn

For this cake you don’t need to have a special pan. Though that would have been funny . . . “Here’s how you make a heart shaped cake. Take you heart shaped cake pan….” Annnnnnnnnd….CUT! Video done.

I have a sad sense of humour.

But seriously, this is a really easy way to make a heart shaped cake without the special pan. Collecting all of the awesome shaped pans is a storage nightmare. I recently just sold over 20 shaped character pans because seriously, when am I going to use those and they take up SO much room! I saved a couple of my favourites though to make a couple videos with.

The strawberries on top of this cake add a beautiful pop of red to the cake, and I love the white/red contrasting colours. You could use any fruit though and I think it would still look beautiful. It would also make for a great wedding cake and you could theme the fruit with the colours of the wedding party! The possibilities are endless.

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Rainbow Ice Cream Cake Recipe: How to Make a Rainbow Ice Cream Cake

January 18, 2014 by Jenn

I’ve wanted to make an ice cream cake for a while now, as I dream about the cookie crumb filling that Dairy Queen layers in their ice cream cakes! I’m drooling, just thinking about it. I found the perfect imitation of it, and it is so simple- just Oreos and fudge/ganache. It provides a crunchy base for this bright vanilla ice cream cake.

I’m not a huge fan of vanilla ice cream, but I swear I can taste rainbows when I bite into this one. It’s like a magical explosion in your mouth. With that explosion from the colour, and they the overwhelming delight with the cookie crust, this cake not only looks amazing, it tastes fabulous! If you’re not a fan of vanilla like me, you could replace the vanilla ice cream with pretty much any light flavoured ice cream that would work to dye.

The only difficulty when assembling this cake is getting your ice cream to be the perfect consistency in order for it not to be a melted mess, but soft enough to be able to mix the colouring into it. I brought the ice cream out about half an hour before I wanted to make the first layer, and just left it out while I did each layer. It was kind of a sloppy mess at the end, but it worked!

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How to Make Fondant: Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

January 14, 2014 by Jenn

Fondant? That’s the stuff you peel off a wedding cake, right? It’s that white, hard stuff that covers up the cake that doesn’t taste very good?

Before I first started decorating cakes, I really had no idea about what fondant was. I had heard Cake Boss talk about it, except he called it “fon-dawnt” (which has always annoyed me immensely!), and I knew that if I was going to be a wedding cake decorator, I would have to grow to love it, and I would have to find a brand that didn’t have a chalky, chemically taste to it.

I first worked only with Wilton fondant, but found that to be gross, to tear easily and to be better for sculpting figures. I then moved onto Satin Ice and found it to be tasty (as tasty as pliable sugar can be) and to cover cakes super easily. So, I never tried another brand. I know that many other brands exist, but I never felt the need to try them as I was satisfied with Satin Ice. That, and we went through fondant by the 10kg container and I didn’t have time to continue experimenting.

I had heard that you could make your own fondant, but under time restraints, I never took the time to look into it. Now, that we are not doing our cake business, and I have time, I did some research and learned how to make fondant from scratch! This version is made from marshmallows so it smells (and tastes) delicious! It also happens to be one of our most requested videos of all time! Every time we do a video involving fondant, we get asked for our own recipe. So finally . . . here it comes people . . . Enjoy!

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Ferrero Rocher & Nutella Cupcakes

January 10, 2014 by Jenn

I’m going to have to start out by saying that I have never really been a Nutella fan. Until we made these cupcakes, I really never understood what the fuss was about. I’d rather eat a peanut than a hazelnut. I’d rather have peanut butter and jam, than chocolate and hazelnuts. It was never in our house growing up as a kid, so I don’t think I ever really knew about it. But, when an Italian family becomes your family, you learn quickly about all things Italian. One of those things is hazelnut flavoured everything! I think I first tried a Ferraro Rocher at Paul’s mom’s house, and meh, didn’t really care for it. Apparently it had to be baked inside of a cupcake for me to really like it!

As far as Nutella went, I could never understand why bloggers were posting about it, drooling over it and giving it love I didn’t think it deserved. UNTIL I made this buttercream. This Nutella buttercream may be the absolute best thing I have ever tasted. No lie. It is rich, creamy and oozes smooth buttercream flavour. The hazelnut-chocolate taste is perfectly complimented by the sweetness of the sugar and saltiness of the butter. O.M.G. That’s how good it is. Good enough to talk in capitals.

The buttercream is one of those tastes that just the smallest amount will send you face first into the bowl. If you have strong willpower, I guarantee that it will be tested with this cupcake.

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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: chocolate cupcakes, ferraro rocher, ferraro rocher cupcakes, hazelnuts, Nutella, nutella buttercream, Nutella cupcake recipe, Nutella cupcakes, nutella frosting, nutella icing

New Year’s Ball Drop Cupcakes: New Years Cupcakes

December 27, 2013 by Jenn

Are you ready to PAR-TAY? These cupcakes are! They are covered in streamers, confetti and a ball drop for countdown . . . I don’t think I could have crammed more “party” onto them if I had tried.

I’ve never been to Times Square on New Years Eve, and I don’t think I’ll ever try (way too many people) despite my love for NYC, but watching the ball drop is pretty much the biggest iconic symbol of this holiday. New Years eve is one of those holidays that I have a love-hate relationship with . . well, it’s pretty much a hate/hate relationship. There is always the pressure to do something whether it is to find a party, to hold a party, to pay money for a party (ya, right!), or hide at home with the lights off and the door locked (me? never!). The overwhelming urge to be in bed by 9:30 that night usually kicks in and I’m barely able to stay awake for the 12:00 countdown. I hope you have a better attitude that I do when it comes to NYE . . and I hope you have better plans than we do! If you do, make sure you brag about them in the comment section as I’d love to hear about them and live vicariously. I think if we lived in a bigger city, we might have more to do, but that is not the case right, now so I’ll be on the couch.

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How to Make a Gingerbread House

December 22, 2013 by Jenn

This is the third video in our three part series on baking with Gingerbread. If you haven’t yet, make sure you check out the recipes for how to make Gingerbread Dough, and Gingerbread Men. This video is my favourite though as it was so much fun to make. I vaguely remember trying to make a gingerbread house from scratch as a teen but I think I tried to use cake or something as I remember the edges wouldn’t stand up or go together.

I did a lot of research before starting this project and the best tip I read was to use a soup can to keep the frame of the house up when you’re putting it together. It totally works and makes building the house so much easier. Did you think that I was classy when you saw my jar of Jamie Oliver pasta sauce? HAHA…I wanted to use my No Name soup of vegetarian chili but thought that might make me a little trashy for the viewers. Gotta keep up appearances!

Anyway, take this project on as you’ll LOVE it. It’s such a fabulous family task and you can let the kids go crazy decorating it.

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Filed Under: Cookies, Holiday Baking, Other Baked Goodies, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: gingerbread, gingerbread dough, gingerbread house, gingerbread house recipe, gingerbread men, gingerbread recipe, how to make gingerbread, how to make gingerbread house

Gingerbread Man Recipe

December 21, 2013 by Jenn

“Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m a marbled gingerbread man!”

When I think of Christmas baking, of course gingerbread men come to mind! Making gingerbread men requires a really good dough recipe, so make sure you check ours out, because rolling out cookies to cut can be a pain in the bum. You can decorate these gingerbread men however you want, but I wanted to make sure that I showed you a different way to do them, in case you were up for a baking challenge this holiday.

Marbling the royal icing creates a really cool effect . . . almost psychedelic . . . and it’s surprisingly easy when I show you how to do it. You can use any colour combination that you want- I went with the traditional red and green, but I think pinks and purples would be pretty too. Pretty much any colour goes for Christmas now. I was at Target the other day and the Christmas bulb pack they were selling had pink, purple and aqua in it, wrap that up in some white sparkly garland and you totally have a non-traditional, but beautifully decorated house! I should have bought that stuff . . . what was I thinking? I’m off to go get it.

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Filed Under: Cookies, Holiday Baking, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: gingerbread, gingerbread dough, gingerbread house, gingerbread man, Gingerbread Man Recipe, gingerbread men, gingerbread men recipe, gingerbread recipe, how to make gingerbread men

BLOOPERS Part 2- Cookies Cupcakes and Cardio

How to Make a Heart Shaped Cake / Valentine’s Day Cake

Rainbow Ice Cream Cake Recipe: How to Make a Rainbow Ice Cream Cake

How to Make Fondant: Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

Ferrero Rocher & Nutella Cupcakes

New Year’s Ball Drop Cupcakes: New Years Cupcakes

How to Make a Gingerbread House

Gingerbread Man Recipe

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