Decorating cupcakes #23: Christmas Wreath

Posted by admin on May 19th, 2013 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingHow to make Christmas cupcakes with a wreath on it.
This one is truly easy to do, even if you have a couple of dozen to decorate.
Music by: Jason Shaw@Audionautix.com

Duration : 0:2:53

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Decorating Cupcakes #10: Cute Monsters

Posted by admin on March 29th, 2013 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingAll the ideas for assembly and ingredients came from the book “What’s new cupcake” By Richardson and Tack

Buttercream Frosting/Icing

2/3 cup butter — softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons cream or milk

Directions:
In a bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating well. Beat in vanilla and enough cream or milk until desired spreading consistency. 1 batch frosts a 2-layer, 13 x 9-inch cake or about 2 doz cupcakes

All the ideas for assembly and ingredients came from the book “What’s new cupcake” By Richardson and Tack

Music by: Jason Shaw http://www.youtube.com/user/audionautix
Jason Shaw@audionautix.com

Duration : 0:5:36

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Cake Decorating: Decorating with Buttercream Icing

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2013 and filed under Decorating | 20 Comments »

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Hi, my name is Amanda Oakleaf. I am owner, head baker, decorator of Amanda Oakleaf Cakes in Winthrop, Massachusetts where we do custom cakes of all kinds — wedding cakes, birthday cakes, sculpted cakes. Anything you can think of we can make it into a cake. And today I will be talking to you about cake Decorating. So now we’re going to go through the steps of butter creaming a cake. We bake our cakes in two. One is the ticker version twice as high as the other. That way when you cut this one in half, and this one, we’re just going to level it. We’ll have three layers of cake and two layers of filling inside. This tool that I have here is a cake leveler. It’s just a serrated wire and we adjust the notches on the side to the cake we want. We just want to take off this dome on the top of the cake. That way your cake stacks up nice and level. We’re going to cut our most thick one in half. Now we have three layers of cake. So you want to start with that. A little bit of butter cream on the cardboard round helps the cake to stick. First layer. Make sure it’s centered right in the middle of the cardboard. A big scoop of frosting in the middle. You want to use a miss america wave technique and that will spread the frosting evenly and spin the turn table with your opposite hand as you go. And don’t worry if some hangs off the edge, that’s perfectly fine. We’re going to use that later to frost the sides of the cake. Now to level it off you want to spin the turntable with one hand and then use the spatula spreader to level it. So make sure you keep this level and keep one hand still.

Duration : 0:3:32

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Decorating Cupcakes: #6 “Chrysanthemum Flower”

Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2013 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingA pretty flower cupcake suitable for birthdays or bridal and baby showers.
So simple and so pretty!
I found the coloured sugar at my local bulk food store that also has lots of cake Decorating supplies in it. You may also find this at a craft store like Micheal’s.

It takes about 25 mini marshmallows per cupcake.

Music by: Jason Shaw http://www.youtube.com/user/audionautix
Opening graphics by: Dan (JustAVlogger)

The original design of this cupcake by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, it is in their book “what’s new cupcake”
They actually make this cupcake in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU86IqJpOT8&playnext_from=TL&videos=mA0w4CD1H3A

Duration : 0:3:7

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Decorating Cupcakes: #4 Monarch Butterfly

Posted by admin on December 12th, 2012 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingThis is an idea I found in the book called “Hello, Cupcake”
by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson

Monarch butterfly decoration make with candy melting wafers and icing.
I get my melting wafers at the local bulk food store, but they are also available at certain craft stores like MIchael’s

Music in the video by: Jason Shaw http://www.youtube.com/user…
Opening sequence created by Dan (JustAVlogger)

Duration : 0:3:24

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Baby shower cupcake decorating ideas: Baby cupcake rattles

Posted by admin on November 27th, 2012 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

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Baby shower cupcake decorating ideas: Baby cupcake rattles

If you’re planning a baby shower, these adorable cupcakes shaped like baby rattles are the perfect addition to your table. They’re so clever and fun, nobody has to know how easy they are to make. Professional baker and author Liv Hansen shows you how, using a technique created by Betty Crocker.

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Duration : 0:4:26

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Decorating Cupcakes #38 : Sea Turtle

Posted by admin on February 24th, 2012 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingFound this idea in a Better Homes and Gardens cupcake magazine.
Recipe for butter-cream icing on my channel page on the left side near the bottom.

Duration : 0:4:55

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Decorating Cupcakes: #65 Cupcake Dinner (veggies, spuds, chicken)

Posted by admin on February 14th, 2012 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingFound these cupcake ideas in “Hello Cupcake” by Richardson and Tack

Peas and carrots at: 00:23
Mashed potatoes at: 00:51
Corn on the cob at: 01:38
Chicken leg at: 02:32

Starburst candies melt after a few hours in contact with frosting so add the starburst details just before serving.

Duration : 0:3:55

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Decorating Cupcakes #86: Pandas

Posted by admin on February 13th, 2012 and filed under Decorating | 21 Comments »

decoratingHow to make two kinds of panda cupcakes.
I based these on photos I found on the internet combined with my own twists.
Hello Cupcake uses a mini cupcake for the panda head, that’s cute too. decorating

Bright white buttercream frosting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLGDPYcrOnI

Duration : 0:8:37

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Decorating Cupcakes #46: Father’s Day “The backyard BBQ”

Posted by admin on February 7th, 2012 and filed under Decorating | 25 Comments »

decoratingThis will be the second (and last for this year) Father’s day cupcake. I saw a photo of a BBQ cake and then designed this cupcake, but then found “my” design on this website, not so original I guess, lol.

http://familyfun.go.com/fathers-day/fathers-day-recipes/grate-gift-for-dad-888883/

They give alternatives to different kind of food in this one (pork chops, skewers) and they use chocolate icing with orange sprinkles to make the “coals”. This is a good idea and I think was the missing “something” I was looking for.
They also use a toothpick and make “grill marks” on the food with black food colour, I also wish I would have done this too!

Apple Cupcake coming up tomorrow!

Duration : 0:3:29

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