Step by step homemade baking recipes
In this video we will show you how to make Easter Chocolate Bark! It makes a delicious chocolate snack that can be made quickly and easily! It needs about an hour to set up in the fridge, or could be done faster in the freezer. The steps to making the bark are quite simple: melt, cool, eat!
Keep on reading for the How To, and make sure you check out the video as well 🙂
I get lots of questions on what kind of tools I use in my YouTube videos, so I thought I would take the time to review some of them for people who are interested in learning more. This video is focusing on Fondant Mats.
Using a fondant mat is super important if you are not one of the lucky (aka rich) people who have a fondant sheeter. I use my fondant mat to roll out fondant for covering cakes, making fondant/gum paste creations, and I have also used it for pastry and sugar cookie work.
Here’s a fun Easter cupcake decorating idea … digging bunnies! In this video we show you how to make a fondant rabbit digging in a cupcake. It’s super easy, super cute, and can be created by any level of decorator!
I’m dreaming of spring. Begging for spring in fact! It’s time for the snow to leave behind the brown, ugly grass that is covered in deer poop (we have an urban deer problem, if you haven’t heard . . . YouTube search it . . . warning it’s nasty) . . . okay, well maybe that is not what I’m waiting for, but in order to get to the beauty of green grass and flower buds, we have to get through the ugly parts.
Often when I’m piping with royal icing, as I’ve told you I find it relaxing, my mind easily wanders. Spring time brings such hope and excitement, thoughts of summers passed, and beauty in the outdoors. Spring is one of the most beautiful times here in the East Kootenay’s and brings with it the abundance of wildflowers. These five petaled apple blossoms carry me into thoughts of spring immediately, as outside my bedroom window at my parent’s house was an apple tree. I remember it being planted, tiny as can be, and now, it is this great huge thing that is in constant need for trimming. I always knew when spring had arrived . . . when the pink buds bloomed on the tree.
As a baker always looking for a shortcut in the kitchen (and through life), I love sharing products that help me save time in the kitchen.
I am always using my KitchenAid Stand Mixers for making cakes, cupcakes and buttercreams, and CONSTANTLY having to clean the paddle blade. Over. And over. And over. Scrape the bowl, wipe the blade. Scrape the bowl, wipe the blade. Repeat.
Well, not any longer!
I have been using the BeaterBlade for the last month and it seriously cuts all that scraping time in half. The sides of the blades are made of flexible material, and scrape the sides, and bottom so I don’t have to turn the machine off and mix anything in by hand. I love that it means I have one less spatula that I have to clean every time I’m baking something (there’s that shortcut for me again!).
If you need more information on the BeaterBlade, make sure you check out their website (I linked it at the top of the post). They have been excellent people to work with and I’m happy to sing their praises. Now, with all the extra time on my hands, I’m off to find something fun to do!
The flavoured Vodka’s finally hit Canada after months of tempting ads and Pinterst pins . . . why does it take so long to get anything to Canada?? I really don’t get it. Is our government so much more rigid that the rules for companies are that much greater? All I wanted me was some Cake Vodka! Well, I finally got it . . . it took a great connection at the local liquor store to make it happen 🙂 Marshmallow vodka is my Bestest’s favourite . . . but I’m sticking with cake!
This recipe is a combination of a traditional Oreo truffle (using cookies and cream cheese), which I posted about a while ago here, but instead of using plain ole Oreos, you have to get yourself some Birthday Oreos!! They are so delish, and are bound to make you happy as they have sprinkles in them! Life is better with sprinkles.
What would go better with birthday Oreos than a cold glass of milk, right? Wrong. Cake Batter Vodka! I used the vodka in the chocolate coating that covers the truffle, and they are goooooooood.
Oh, the luck of the Irish is coming our way! I have a miniscule amount of Irish blood in my white body . . . my Mom’s, Father’s Father’s . . . Father?. I can’t quite remember the lineage, but I know it’s in there somewhere! Along with English and Scottish too . . . as every other white person does 😉
We all can use a bit of luck in our lives, so rather than chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, I’ve decided that looking for a Leprechaun may be more futile. Bahahaha! My Kindergarten kids like looking for Leprechauns, so I’ll let them do it for me.
