[VIDEO] How to make a tiny teddy bear

Aine2 shows you how to make a mini teddy bear out of sugarpaste (gumpaste or fondant)...
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[VIDEO] How to make a Looped Bow Cake Topper

Aine2 Shows shows you how to put together ribbon loopy bows to make a pretty cake topper. The finished bow should be inserted into a posy pic before being pushed into a cake. Half fill the posy pic with a little fondant to hold the ribbon topper in place. Watch and Learn!You may also be interested in How To Make A GumPaste Bow ...
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[VIDEO] How to make a rose with a 5 petal cutter

Aine2 Shows you how to make a fondant/gumpaste/sugarpaste rose with a 5 petal cutter. Watch and Learn! ...
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How To Make Chocolate Cigarellos (Nati's Way)

Items Required Scissors Acetate Non toxic marker (suitable for writing on plastic) Bowl Hot water Pot Chocolate Sticky tape Spatula or flat knife Hobby knife Spoon This is the cheater's way of doing choc cigarettes, it's time consuming but it's foolproof, and after many failed attempts at real ones, im going to settle for these :D. ...
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How To Make an Image Icing Plaque

You will need the following things: - Edible Image Printer - Piping Gel - Gumpaste - Fondant - Lollipop sticks or Popsicle sticks TIP: Lisa has put together a 3-Part "How To" Primer on Printing edible images Edible Images Chapter 1 - The Basics Edible Images Chapter 2 - Edible Paper Types & How To Apply Images to Your Ca...
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How To Make A Gumpaste Stargazer Lily (Asian Lily)

HOW TO MAKE A GUMPASTE STARGAZER LILY (Asian Lily) Equipment needed: 24/26g wire (white taped) Thin wire (very thin) Thick glue (cellogen/tylose etc) Ground rice/Rice flour - coloured Lily cutter & veiner Mould for drying petals Scalpel / exacto knife Rolling pin Balling tool Buttercup Yellow Luster Dust Orchid Pink Luster Dust Tweezers * note, I use white wire as the petals are quite fine and green would show ...
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How to Make a Cowboy Hat Cake

Step by step instructions for making a cowboy hat . This particular cake was made for a coworker for her 50th birthday First you need to make the brim of your hat as this will take a few days to dry. You can use either fondant or a fondant/gumpaste mixture to make the brim. I used a real hat brim to make a template. I drew around the brim onto a large gift bag but a shirt box or poster board would work well also ...
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How To Make A Royal Icing Tiara

In making this tutorial to teach you all how to put together tiaras I learned a few things in the process as well. I will share them with you now so that I don't forget. #1. When making a tiara with a lot of dots such as this one, ALWAYS start off with using JUST lines for at least the first layer for structure, using just dots as I did will ensure that it will break when unmolding it as you can see in the picture. Next t...
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How To Make a Gumpaste Bow

I find the best way to do these bows is to make them directly onto the cake or shoe or whatever it is I’m making, but for the purpose of the tutorial, I’ve made this one on a work board. Tools: Here are the tools I like to have on hand. Rolling Pin Ruler Confectionary Toolset Luster Dust Cutter/Embosser Saran wrap Use a ball of modelling paste the size of a marble. Roll ...
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How to Package & Ship Cookie Bouquets

Learn how to package and ship your cookies bouquets by following these easy steps. Individually wrap each cookie in cello bag or shrink wrap Layer with bubble wrap or tissue paper Wrap entire bouquet in bubble wrap or tissue paper Cover entire bouquet in shrink wrap and shrink using heat gun or blow dryer on low setting. Place packing fill (shred, packing popcorn, lots of crumpled paper, etc.) in box Place cookies...
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Quick & Easy Smooth Icing Using a Roller (Melvira Method)

The “Melvira Method” is intended to help you create a perfectly smooth icing surface on your cake, ideal for decorating. To complete this method you will need to purchase a high-density foam roller at your local hardware or paint supply store. Most discount stores do not carry the high-density foam, please insure that you purchase the high-density foam roller refill heads or you will be left with a ‘spackle-like’ texture on your icing. The rollers are ...
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How To Make Your Own Cookie Cutters

Items required: Roll of aluminum flashing (the heavier the gauge the stronger your cutter will be and the harder it will be to bend) You can find this at your local hardware store. photograph of shape you want your cutter to be a ruler or straight edge an old pair of scissors (or tin snips if you get a really heavy gauge aluminum) a knife or any sharp instrument (used to score aluminum) twine clips (mini ones work great and cost about .35 cents each at the hard...
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How to Make A Gumpaste Shoe

Items Required Fondant Rolling pin Gumpaste Americolor food coloring Fondant cutter & embosser Scissors Cardboard Gumpaste Glue Paintbrush Luster dust Pencil Ruler Saran/Glad Wrap Shoe template from galleries Colour your gum...
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Christmas Ornament Cupcakes

You will need the following things: - Fondant or (MMF) - 4.5” round cookie cuter - Plastic ornament mold, and - Cupcakes(of course) Roll the fondant out to about 1/8” of thickness .Use a 4.5” cookie cuter and cut out the shape. Place the shape carefully inside of the mold pressing gently around the m...
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How To Make Cake Balls!!!

Don't throw out those cake scraps! These little treats, (sometimes referred to as "cake truffles" or "cake bon-bons" are so easy to make and are absolutely delicious! You can make these delightful cake balls using your leftover cake scraps, or even use an entire cake to make them! Tools Needed: Decorating gloves Mixing Bowl with lid One cooled cake – any size and any flavor (or you can use all those ...
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How To Make A Pillow Cake

Pillow cakes are such a neat design and are actually pretty simple to make. In this tutorial I'm going to show how to do a square pillow cake with curved sides as opposed to the straight sides. If you would like to do a pillow with just straight sides, just omit the steps that cut the curves out of the cake. Cutting curves into the cake does reduce the cake size a bit (but if your family likes cake scraps, then you are okay!). Don't restrict yourself to square cakes either! Pillo...
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Canada: Wanting to start a Cake Decorating Business, but where do I begin?

Wanting to start a Cake Decorating Business in Canada, but where do I begin? The most commonly asked question, (and usually the first question asked) is, "Is my business name idea already taken?" NUANS® - Newly Upgraded Automated Name Search In order for you to register or incorporate your business, a corporate name search report is required by the Federal and the provincial governments. These reports are used to determine the availability of a corporate/business name b...
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How To Make a Purse Cake

Items required: Fondant cutter & Embosser Fondant Rolling Pin Ruler Serrated Knife Viva Paper Towel Crusting Buttercream Bake a sheet cake 11x15 and cut into 1/3 Stack your pieces on top of one another.. Here I have the wooden dowels showing, so you will know where to place them at.. But you will push them down through the cake, so that they dont show. Side View of the Purse Cake Here I have crumb coated the cake in Crusting Buttercre...
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How To Make Fondant Swags

Items required: 3 to 4 wooden skewers (knitting needles or chop sticks) Small rolling pin Fondant Gumpaste Garland Marker (optional) Mix together equal amounts of fondant and gumpaste and let stand for 1 hour. Make equal markings on cake covered with fondant. To get the best results, use a garland marker. Roll out small amount of fondant-gumpaste using very little powdered sugar and cut into a rectangle. Place rectangle against the c...
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How To Make a Fondant Fairy

 Satin Ice White Fondant Ready-To-use - 5 lb You need to color your fondant mass first to get all the colors you need.  Ivory Food Color .75 oz  Soft Pink Food Color .75 oz  For the skin color I use little ivory and soft pink. Make enough for hands legs and head. FAIRY 1 (Pink Fairy) Choose your dress, accessory and hair color and prepare the fondant. If you don’t have  mold for the face make one from gumpaste and dry it fo...
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