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Octopus Baby Shower Cookies
Last weekend I was asked to make the cookies for an under the sea baby shower. The mother to be loves octopuses, the entire nursery is wonderfully painted with ocean theme and several octopuses. I took some photos of the room and then went back to my studio and began...
Elegant Cameo Cookie
3 dimensional royal icing or pressure piping is an awesome method to customize you cookie and/or cake designs. There are several cameo moulds on the market, however they are available to everyone. If you design your own cameo it now becomes a one of a kind. Special...
Piped Cherry Blossom Tree Cookies
Washington D.C 's Cherry blossoms are huge tourist attraction. D.C. hosts a national Cherry Blossom Festival every year. To honor my daughter's commencement from, The George Washington University, (on national mall). I created royal icing cherry blossoms on a cherry...
Royal Icing Brush Embroidery with Elegant Border
Beautiful designed brush embroidery cookies are the perfect choice for any wedding, bridal shower, or special anniversary! The cookie aboves takes brush embroidery to the next level. Pipe a delicate border and you have a special delicious wedding coookie! Supplies...
Learn to Pipe Royal Icing Flowers on a Sugar Cookie
A few days ago I was thumbing through The Art of Royal Icing by Eddie Spence, when I saw this flower design on a cake! I decided to create a sugar cookie inspired by the flower. For this project you will need: Equipment: PME writer nozzle #1 or Wilton/Ateco #1 PME...
Wedgwood Mother’s Day Cake
English royal icing over-piping has been around since 1900, the technique fell into the background in the late 80’s with the arrival and popularity of smooth fondant. The beauty of intricately piped details, scrolls and swags was almost a lost art. Luckily, Martha...
White on White Over-Piped Sugar Cookies
Edible wedding favors have become a popular choice for couples to give their guests as a thank you and reminder of their special day. These cookies are a Lambeth inspired with scrolls, toothpick roses and leaves, and are a perfect delicious choice for any wedding. For...
Learn More Lambeth Method of Cake Decorating
European over piping with royal icing is an amazing skill to know, the beautiful dimensions are breathtaking. If you want to pipe beautiful cakes using Joseph Lambeth method you need to commit yourself to practice. Pipe with royal icing several times a week. Covering...
Limoges Inspired Wedding Cookies
Painting on fondant or royal icing is fun and rewarding. Surprisingly you don not need to be a master painter to create a beautiful hand painted cookie or cake. If you have never painted on royal icing or fondant practice on a coated cake board first. Watch the video...
How Pipe Letters in Royal Icing
Nothing completes a cookie or cake than custom lettering. Although it can seem intimidating with practice a few tips you will find piping letters in royal icing is fun and as easy as writing with a pen. A few tips for success : Use the correct consistency Work with a...
Bridgeless String-Work Holiday Cake
Most cake decorators refer to this style of royal icing extensions as Australian string-work, but it actually originated in the UK, by master cake decorator Ernest Schulbe around the late 1800s early 1900s. It is also known as 'wing work' and associated with South...
Learn How to Pipe Royal Icing Oriental String-Work
Oriental string-work looks complicated, but actually it is not as hard as it appears. If you have an understanding to the the three essentials of cake decorating and good royal icing recipe You can recreate the cakes above or elevate your string to another level. You...