For these cookies, you’re going to need to check out previous posts/videos… Sugar Cookies (one batch of dough) and Royal Icing (coloured in brown, and red).
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?
Cupcake Eating Contest at Sam Steele Days
November 15, 2012 by
Feeling hungry for some cupcakes? How would a cupcake eating contest work for your pangs of hunger?
What? You already feel full? I don’t blame you . . . I was glad that I was the organizer of the contest, not in the contest! Since I’m WAY late on putting this up, I’ll just let you watch and enjoy!
If you would like to enter next year’s contest, 2013, please contact us!
We will also be looking for sponsor’s for 2013 as well! Our sponsors for 2012 were amazing, and we can’t thank them enough! Denham Ford, Williams Mortgage, we appreciate you hopping on with your Tier One sponsorship 🙂
Chris Nault
Mayor Wayne Stetski
Lana Kirk and Patricia Whalen
Mayor Wayne Stetski congratulating Chris Nault
Cupcake eating contest winner Chris Nault
100th Video Contest!
November 12, 2012 by
I am super excited to announce that we have reached ONE HUNDRED videos on our YouTube channel, CupcakesandCardio! I can hardly believe that we have worked this hard, and reached this milestone.
We are successfully running a cake/cupcake company focusing on custom orders, weddings and Farmer’s Markets, while I continue to teach full time Kindergarten (and occasionally update my blog)! It is taking a lot of hard work, long hours, but with our YouTube channel being instructional, I feel it is a natural jump from my day to day job. Reading and hearing from the viewers and fans is awesome, and makes it worthwhile!
Some of my favourite comments have been from the younger crowd who say that they are using the videos to bake with their mom/dad and that makes me super happy as that is how my roots in baking began. My personal favourite videos that we have done over the last 100, was the one with my mom when we baked a recipe of my Grandma’s Chocolate Dream Bars , and the one that we did as a surprise for Payten, Birthday Cake Surprise!
If you would like to enter the contest, head on over to our channel, and leave your comment which video is your favourite! The winner will be chosen on November 30, 2012, at random! If you leave a video response, you get a double entry.
Thank you to all of our viewers for making the hard work worthwhile!!
xo Jenn
How to Make Ketchup Cake
November 11, 2012 by
Ketchup chips, yes.
Ketchup and fries, yes.
Ketchup and eggs, yes.
Ketchup and cake? NO! Oh, yes, definitely yes!
I know it’s not your average vanilla or chocolate cake, but this cake deserves attention! It is rich in spices, which will remind you of carrot cake, and rich fall flavours found in pumpkin and apple cakes.
The ketchup is not an over powering flavour in the cake. It’s almost like an after taste. Be sure to pair it with cream cheese icing!
Ketchup Cake Recipe:
2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) cinnamon
1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground ginger
1/2 cup (125 mL) tomato ketchup
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
2 tbsp (30 mL) red food colouring
3/4 cup (175 mL) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups (375 mL) packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
For procedure, check out the video . . . enjoy!
