Step by step homemade baking recipes
In this video, I show you how to make an Easter Egg fondant topper for a cupcake! It is a quick and easy way to add some seasonal excitement to your Easter parties or family dinners.
You will need:
2-4 different colours of fondant
fondant roller
gum glue or water
pastry cutter or knife
What will you be doing to celebrate Easter?
Easter is coming up quickly around the corner . . . why is it so early this year? Or is that just me thinking that it’s early? Regardless of when I “think” it’s supposed to happen, the Easter bunny has puked into the aisles of the local stores, and the Cadbury Cream Eggs are flying off the shelves!
I actually happen to love Easter . . . well, duh, who wouldn’t love a holiday where CHOCOLATE comes to town? Four days off, endless supplies of chocolate and a delicious ham dinner cooked by my Mom . . . BEST holiday ever!
To add to the Easter excitement in Cranbrook (and everywhere!), we have created a video that is a How-To video based on a cupcake design that we released last year for our 2011 Easter celebrations. If you are a beginning decorator, you will find this video completely within your comfort range!
Valentine’s day has come and gone . . . once again! And I next year, I’m taking the day off so I can focus on our orders and clients! We are so FORTUNATE to have had so many people want to include us in their need to send their loved one something SWEET! My Fortunate Friday post is dedicated to all of you <3
I have posted some of our cupcake ideas and corresponding YouTube videos but here is a run down on them if you want to review . . . Heart Shaped Valentine’s Day Cake, Heart Shaped Cupcakes for Valentine’s Day Video, How to Make Valentine’s Day Cupcakes- Video.
My mom and dad happen to celebrate their anniversary on the 1st of February, so this year I made a personalized cake with a Valentine’s Day feel to it! Unbelievable, it is their 34th anniversary! I say unbelievably because that is more years than I have been alive . . . can you imagine being with someone for THIRTY FOUR years? Relationships are certainly worth working for <3.
My dad in secret asked me to make a cake to surprise my mom with. I totally took advantage of my dad saying, “Make whatever you want,” (LOVE the freedom of design) . . . so what better to make than a Heart Shaped, Valentine’s Day cake!
I saw this idea on Pinterest, which is slowly taking over the world!!! Hahaha . . . it might not be taking over the world, but it’s surely taking over my spare time, and what little I have of it! If you haven’t seen it yet (where have you been) make sure you go and request an invite (makes it seem like an exclusive club or something) and try it out! It has tons of ideas for everything! I use it for kindergarten ideas, along with cakes, cupcakes, and recipes galore!
All you need for this simple activity are some glass marbles, cupcake liners, and cupcake batter! [Read more…]
No, it is NOT too early to post about Valentine’s Day cupcakes! I went into good ‘0le WalMart yesterday (sorry Dad if you’re reading this . . . pretend you didn’t hear that! . . . he doesn’t go to WalMart as they’re non-union) and the shelves are already FULL of pink, red and white chocolates, marshmallows and candies! If you want to argue with me about it being too soon, don’t bother, take it up with the huge box stores! I’m just a little minion, following in their wake 😉
But in all seriousness, Valentine’s Day is extra special to us, as it is the first time we ever had orders come in for JJ’s Custom Cakery! You could say that Valentine’s Day is how it all got started. What were you expecting I say? It’s when Paul and I declared our LOVE for each other?? Hahaha! Nope! BUT, it WAS when the LOVE of our business sealed us together, forever! That has to be romantic on some level? [Read more…]
We started out the 2011 summer season by setting up a booth at the Cranbrook Farmers Market, which is held in downtown Cranbrook every Saturday morning throughout June-September. We met so many amazing people, and other vendors, that when the possibility of getting to take part in a Winter Market, we jumped at the chance!
My first thought was, “No tent to set up! Yay!”.
Paul, while I was manning our cupcake booth, managed to make his way around to many of the other vendors. I feel like I got to see a bit of the market through the lens of his camera. After seeing these pictures, I’m almost glad that I was stuck behind the table as I surely would have put a serious dent in my wallet!
This year, there was no Christmas Cookie Exchange for my friends and I (well, they might have had one, who knows!? . . . I wasn’t part of it if they did). G and I decided that it just wasn’t going to fit into the jam packed season . . . disappointing, yes, as I love to hang out with the girls and sip on bevies, but I had bigger plans.
This year, I baked the equivalency of an entire exchange all by myself.
Why would someone do this? Just to see if I could! I had christmas platter orders to fill and I thought that choosing cookies that I would like to receive would be the ones that would be best to give! After two days straight baking cookie after cookie, I was exhausted, but so happy with the results.
In my humble opinion . . . these are the favourite cookies that have been from the plate to my mouth in a while. My criteria for defining these cookies as my creme de le creme?
They must be:
A. Delicious. If you’re going to eat the calories, it better be worth it!
and B. Simple! I didn’t want to have to spend hours upon hours messing with dough and multiple steps!
So here they are . . . enjoy!
1. Sugar Cookies
These cookies are my all time favourite to have during the holidays!
I make mine with Almond Extract, as well as Vanilla Extract, and it totally makes the cookie the greatness that it is!
