Friend asked me to do cookies for sister's baby shower...onsies decorated for twin boys.
I have made NFSC before for classes I teach but not for "orders". And usually just teach decorating with buttercream so we don't waste so much cake.
Did the onesies with Toba's glace...AMAZING results....and a lot less stress and mess than with most cakes!
I really, really understand now why people do a lot of cookies instead of cakes. I could totally get into cookies and forget about cakes and a lot of the time/worry they cause me!!
Cookie ingredients are a lot cheaper than cake ingredients too...at least the way I make them.
It was much cheaper!
And....when I used to make them I never bothered to use any method to make sure they were all the same thicknes...this time I rolled out with 1/4 inch dowels under rolling pin.
And....found out how many cool cutters a local store has, including the large Onesie cutter I needed!
I <3 doing cookies! I've been doing so many cookies I almost forgot what a pain in the butt cakes were (=
I could totally forget about cakes for a while.
Toba's glace is powdered sugar, milk, and corn syrup.
I used Gemini's adaptation with the ratios of 3 cups p/s, 3 T milk, 3 T corn syrup (I used vanilla flavored). I used a peanut butter like consistency to outline and then a glue like consistency to flood------and even THAT convinced me since I didn't have to obsessively de-grease like I thought I would always have to with royal icing.
Cookies are a WIN:WIN in my book!
Well I must be the only one then because I hate doing cookies..Will take decorating a cake over decorated cookies anyday...LOL
Well I must be the only one then because I hate doing cookies..Will take decorating a cake over decorated cookies anyday...LOL
I know! I felt the same way for a long time....wasn't even impressed by NFSC but never really gave it the old college try. Now I'm hooked, especially with Toba's glace.
I just hate how much time it takes to do them..I can ice a small cake in 10 minutes flat and have it decorated in 30 minutes and charge $100.00...Cookies take me hours to do and I never seem to get the money out of them that I should...LOL
I just hate how much time it takes to do them..I can ice a small cake in 10 minutes flat and have it decorated in 30 minutes and charge $100.00...Cookies take me hours to do and I never seem to get the money out of them that I should...LOL
Wow I have some onesie cookies going out this weekend.
I luuuuuuvvv doing cookies! It is so peaceful and stress free. I have no problem with sitting and working on one cookie for an hour (well only if it's under a dozen needed). lol. I'd take a cookie order for a wedding over the wedding cake any day.
I remember you told me Kiddiecakes I should charge more for mine. You made my day that day!
Dreme..I was just on your site again the other day telling my 8 yr old daughter that you are one of the best cookie designers I have seen and that I wish I had the patience and creativity you have...one can only dream...and YES..I stand by my statement..You should charge more because you are worth it!!!I would order from you in a heartbeat....LOL
I will definitely have to start designing more cookies. I copied these off of one I saw on here and they don't look quite as good, but they are pretty good.
I think I'd rather spend an hour on a cookie than some of the fiddly fondant details of a cake!
Kiddiekakes, I know what you mean about the 100.00 small cake. My ideal cake anymore is one with American Buttercream and 10 inch round. Dots or a few flowers....rosettes on top even! I am getting burned out on making cakes in general. Don't even want to make my white choco IMBC anymore. It seems like I turn the whole house upside making cakes anymore.
But these cookies.....they were so mess-free, I was able to keep them to a confined area and clean up was a breeze. I'm so smitten!
I'm glad you found your niche...LOL..If customers were more willing to pay the price for the cookies I have done in the past..I would do more of them..but just not cost effective to make a good return and they won't pay $5.00 a cookie...
Have you seen Dreme website..Now that is a cookie!! WOW....
Money wise, cakes are a way-y-y better deal than cookies! Or maybe it's just because I tend to gravitate towards intricate cookie designs. And the fact that few people I've dealt with want to pay more than $1 a cookie. But I still view cake decorating as a chore, because it takes me away from decorating cookies!
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