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Apr
12

Sugarpaste – 3D figures

It was raining very heavy in KL, there’s nothing much to do except to stay indoors. So this is what I did this afternoon. Practicing making some animals, using fondant / sugarpaste. As usual, most of them are overweight , like this teddy bear. And this fat chick. Notice the sharp knife I’m using. You …

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Apr
11

Cupcakes decorating ideas – poured fondant

Hi, still on the subject of cupcakes decorating. This time using poured fondant. Basically, poured fondant is made by heating up roll fondant, either the one that you buy ready made or you make yourself from scratch. You can heat it up in two ways, by using the microwave or double-boil. If using microwave, just …

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Apr
10

Cupcake decorating ideas

I have to say that I’m not really good at cupcakes decoration. I guess I need more practice to be a pro like some of my blogger friends out there. Anyway, this morning I made cupcakes, using the basic mix. Here’s the recipe again. 3 eggs 1 cup butter (softened) 3/4 cup caster sugar 1/2 …

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Apr
9

Gum paste flowers – daisy

  Image : BluMania on flickr I made some daisies today..it was so much easier compared to making “Lily of the Valley” flowers. Here are the items needed to make the daisies. Untinted gum paste Rolling pin Tiny pencil or stick Small wire or use your cake tester/ satay stick Daisy cutter Sponge Water and …

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Apr
6

Soup with puff pastry top hat

I don’t know what you call this..soup in a mug, soup with pastry dome. I love having this whenever I go to Secret Recipe. Making this is very simple. Ingredients you need are : A can of your favorite soup, such as Campbell mushroom soup, Heinz tomato soup, the choices are endless. Onions, and any …

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Apr
2

Sugarpaste/ fondant make-up bag

Last night after watching ‘Return to River Cottage’ (I love that show!) I took out my fondant and started making this cute little make-ups. Actually, I followed the design from a book called ‘Perfect Party Cakes made easy’ by Carol Deacon. Making these little things will require your full concentration, sometimes I like doing it …

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Apr
1

Chocolate chip cookies

Who can resist chocolate chip cookies ? Whenever I pass by Famous Amos, I feel like buying the whole shop! Anyway, yesterday after the gum paste session, I baked some chocolate chip cookies for my daughter (and myself.. ). I got the recipe from an old book and just reduce the sugar content. Here’s the …

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Mar
31

Gum paste flower – Lily of the Valley

(picture from light2spill’s photos in Flickr) Lily of the Valley, what a beautiful flower.. I wish I have it in my garden. For now I’ll have to make do with the gum paste version . Finally, I’ve got all the things needed for my gum paste flowers project. To make this tiny bell shaped flowers, …

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Mar
29

Royal icing recipe

Apart from covering cakes, royal icing is also used to pipe additional features and to glue together parts of the gum paste flowers. If you can’t get hold of any meringue powder, here’s a recipe on how to make royal icing using egg whites. Ingredients : 1 egg white (reserve 1 more egg white to …

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Mar
27

Gum paste flowers – equipments needed

I have a confession – I’m running out of ideas on what to write on baking.. I’m more into cake decorating now, especially using fondants and gum paste. I think I’ll start a series on making flowers using gum paste. My main source of reference is, of course, from Wilton’s how-to book (coz I can’t …

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