This has got to be the cutest cookie I have stumbled upon on Pinterest! As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to recreate it!
Flooding Sugar Cookies
December 11, 2012 by
Decorating with royal icing is a learned art. There are hundreds of blogs dedicated to cookie icing and decorating. I, by no means claim to be a master of royal icing cookie decoration, but I want to show you how easy it is if you break down the process. The most important element to master, and to remember before you start, is that the consistency of the icing is most important. If the royal icing is too thin, it can run off the cookie, blend with other colours etc, or if it is too stiff you won’t get the smooth, uniform appearance that a flooded cookie should have.
In this video, I show you how find the proper consistency of the icing for flooding, how to flood it, and how to fill in any gaps that might be left.
In the following posts, I will be covering three different ways to use royal icing to decorate the sugar cookies I showed you how to make in a previous post found HERE. How to make Royal Icing can be found HERE and you will need one batch of it, coloured in any colour that you want. If you intend to make the Santa belly cookies, you will need to colour your flooding icing red.
Santa’s Belly Sugar Christmas Cookies
Christmas Tree
Eggnog Cupcakes
December 10, 2012 by
Eggnog is a treat that has always signified Christmas to me. I can remember from a young age as soon as the eggnog came out, Christmas had begun! Yes, it’s full of fat, and if you make it from scratch it has raw eggs in it, but just ignore those small, insignificant details :). Now, as an adult (really? How did that happen?) I love it with a little shot of spiced rum, on ice, and it’s heaven in a cup. I do have to admit that as much as I love eggnog, I find it extremely “commercial” that it is now coming out in grocery stores immediately after Halloween. Seriously, do we really need the indulgence of eggnog for two months instead of one?
Pumpkin Shaped Cake
October 18, 2012 by
I’ve got one more Fall video to show you! Please bear with me, it’s one of my favourite times of the year . . .Eeek!!
This is an idea that I saw on Pinterest . . . where did our ideas come from prior to Pinterest?? Seriously . . . did we have to use our brains and think like individuals or something? Phewf, glad that is over with.
To make this pumpkin shaped cake, what you’re going to need is a bundt pan, two batches of any flavour of cake batter and coloured buttercream (we have all of these videos up on our channel if you need recipes). Using the bundt pan, you’re going to bake each recipe of cake batter, let them cool, level them off, put them on top of each other, and then ice it like a pumpkin! Easy and cute!
Now, if that confuses you, just watch the video and it will all make sense. Enjoy!
One person on our YouTube channel suggested that you pipe a face on it to make it look like a jack-o-lantern . . . that would be so cute as well!
Spider Web Halloween Cupcakes
October 12, 2012 by
I have exciting news . . . P and I have a pet! Of course we have Ruby already, but since I got her before I met P, we’ve been looking to find one that both of us choose together!
We’ve been hiding our pet in the garage all summer, and he (we think he’s a he) actually found us! Herman (our pet) appeared one day in the garage window, and stayed there until last weekend when we caught him, and put him in a cage. He will have a happy life in his cage, with branches, freshly sprayed water, and corn padding liner. Herman is a Diamond Back SPIDER! Yes, we have a pet spider . . . and yes, he is our pet. He gets talked to, put in the sun, watered and fed (nasty, dirty, gross stinkbugs!) It started out as a joke, but now its kind of nice 🙂
With spiders on the mind constantly at home, and at school (you can’t teach Kindergarten in October without studying spiders!). I was bound to come up with a tutorial for a spider themed cupcake.
This video is dead easy way to have people impressed with your decorating skills!
You will need two colours of buttercream . . . I chose orange and black for Halloween purposes obviously, but you could use any two colours. ** by the way, when did purple become a Halloween “colour”?
I hope you enjoy the video . . . and I will send your well wishes to Herman, because I know you’re happy for us 😉
Black Velvet Cake: Halloween Cake
October 11, 2012 by
I’m going to get a little disgusting for a minute. So stop reading if you don’t want to be grossed out.
If you eat this, your poop will be green.
I warned you!
This cake is a play on a Red Velvet cake, but instead of red, we’re using the black dye for the cake! It’s perfect for a spooky Halloween cake . . . which is bound to impress your family, guests, or coworkers.
But remember, if you don’t want to be asked uncomfortable whispered questions in the hallway at work, “Um, Jenn? Was there something in that cake that… maybe…might have…um…?”.
Black Velvet Cake, Part 1
Black Velvet Cake, Part 2
In this part of the cake series, we use the Cricut Cake! **Curses** Now, as you may know, my Cricut Cake can be slightly temperamental, but, thanks to the beauty of video, it appears flawlessly executed! If you are currently “bargaining” with your Cricut Cake, YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT!! In this video, we are using Photofrost Icing Sheets which we airbrushed black to match the cake theme of bats and Halloween.
The beauty of using the Cricut with icing sheets is that they tend to travel through the Cricut smoother and is cut easier than a fondant/gum paste mixture. It is more like true paper. Using the icing sheets makes for less time spent rolling, setting up, tearing, re-rolling, re-setting….etc!
Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes
October 10, 2012 by
Pumpkin Pie, without a doubt is my favourite pie!! I’m always so excited when fall comes around, and I can find Pumpkin Pie everywhere!!
I knew there had to be a way to combine my love of pumpkin pie, with my love of cupcakes, and thanks to the glory of Pinterest, I did!! Hands down, the best part of this recipe is that the frosting is the pumpkin pie FILLING! Oh, it is to die for good!
Having the pumpkin pie filling as the frosting, as seemed to be confusing to some viewers on our YouTube channel…hopefully, you won’t find it confusing!! The filling component, that is baked in the beginning of the video, is cooled, and used as the frosting. I don’t think that is confusing. Seems simple enough to me, and hopefully to you too!
I hope you enjoy my tutorial video on How to Make Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes!
Chocolate Dream Bars: Baking with My Mom
May 13, 2012 by
Happy Mother’s Day!
This was a very special mother’s day video that my mom and I filmed together and it was such a special activity! I was working on about four hours of sleep, so I was a bit delirious, but working in the kitchen with my mom, who taught me how to bake, brought me back to life that day!
When we first discussed our idea to bake with my mom for our Mother’s Day video, I approached my mom with the concept, and we brainstormed different recipes that we could do. I really wanted to have something that would be special to both of us, and that would be something that we could reminisce over.
Thanks for baking with me Mom, and Happy Mother’s Day!
Chocolate Dream Bar Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter
3 tablespoons white sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 cup coconut
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
Top with chocolate buttercream and you have an amazing treat to enjoy with your loved ones.
