Gingerbread House Windows 5 Ways

Gingerbread House Windows How To

This video tutorial shows how to make five different styles of gingerbread house windows including cut holes, stained glass, lit candy, overlay, and freestanding style. VIDEO: Gingerbread House Windows 5 Ways Here is my recipe kit Gingerbread House Dough Recipe & … Continue reading

Gingerbread House Candy Video

Gingerbread House Candy Decorating

VIDEO: Gingerbread House Candy Here are my gingerbread house candy decorating tips including: – Where to buy candy for gingerbread house decorating – Which kinds work best and worst – How to display your candy in clever & accessible ways – How to … Continue reading

5 Modeling Chocolate Seashell Designs

Modeling Chocolate Seashells Tutorial

Here’s how to decorate a beach themed cake with FIVE kinds of edible seashells hand sculpted in modeling chocolate. These designs are appropriate for a wedding cake, birthday cake, baby shower cake, or any special occasion cake. Click below to view the video and read the article … Continue reading

Cloth vs. Disposable Pastry Bags

Cloth Versus Disposable Piping Bags

You can usually tell how clean a pastry kitchen is by how well the piping equipment is maintained. In well-managed kitchens, the pastry bags get emptied and cleaned at the end of every shift. There are places for the bags to … Continue reading

Modeling Chocolate Kanzashi Flowers

Folded Kanzashi Flowers Tutorial

This style of folded modeling chocolate flower is an adaptation of a Japanese ribbon technique known in English as Tsumami Kanzashi. These flowers make beautiful 3D edible cake decorations. Click below to watch the video and read the article Modeling Chocolate Kanzashi Flowers Click on the link below to watch the … Continue reading

Piping Highlight Reel

Piping with Parchment Paper Cones

I’ve created a 7 minute long compilation video with all my best tutorials on parchment paper cone piping, Click below to watch the video. Parchment Paper Cone Piping Parchment Paper Cone Piping Click above to watch the video Brought to you … Continue reading

Gingerbread House Smashing

Gingerbread House Smashing

I pulled together a little video of this giant gingerbread sandcastle adventure. VIDEO: Giant Gingerbread House Building & Smashing This giant gingerbread sandcastle was the dessert at Viacom’s Holiday Beach Bash in Santa Monica, California, 2014 Note to readers: Please … Continue reading

Giant Gingerbread Castle

Gingerbread House Cookie Castle

This giant cookie sandcastle is my biggest gingerbread house yet. Click the link below to see closeup photos of this 100% edible dessert. >> Giant Gingerbread Castle << Check out my kits Gingerbread House Dough Recipe & Baking Instructions Gingerbread House Decoration & Construction Gingerbread House Tutorials  Complete … Continue reading

30 Gingerbread House Ideas

30 Gingerbread House Ideas

Here are 30 articles about gingerbread cookie & candy house with ideas and inspiration for your holiday baking adventures! click below to read the article >> 30 Gingerbread House Ideas << >> 30 Gingerbread House Ideas << click above to read the article … Continue reading

Viral Cake Adventures

Mexican Fiesta Cake Design Ideas

Here’s what happens when a cake design catches hold on the internet. It grows and morphs and gets even better. These are the chronicles of one viral Mexican fiesta cake design and 50 more versions of it that followed, featuring photos of cakes made by bakers … Continue reading

Doll Cake Video Tutorial

Princess Doll Cake Tutorial

This is a five part 3D princess doll cake tutorial with 5 short videos (10 minutes total) demonstrating various techniques with buttercream frosting and modeling chocolate. Click below to access the >>Princess Doll Cake Video Tutorial << Click below to access the >> … Continue reading

Buttercream Cake Frosting Recipes

American Buttercream

When faced with the challenge of frosting a classic wedding or special occasion cake with buttercream, the goal is to make it look crisp and symmetrical. This is entirely possible with the right technique and some practice! 3 Keys to Smooth Cake Frosting #1 Start … Continue reading

Cake Writing Font Templates

Chocolate Cake Writing Templates

Here are some free chocolate cake writing templates that you can download to use for practicing or for decorating cakes in a wonky style font including the uppercase and lowercase alphabet, Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, Congratulations, Best Wishes and Bon Voyage. … Continue reading

Beta Testing New Ebook

Beta Testing

Beta Testing is Now Closed. Thank you to those who participated! This week, I am beta-testing a new video ebook about the fundamentals of cake frosting with buttercream. I am currently looking for individuals to give the material a test … Continue reading

Chocolate Garter Belt Video Tutorial

Modeling Chocolate Garter Belt Cake Decoration

This video tutorial demonstrates how to make lace or garter belt cake wraps made of white and dark modeling chocolate decorated with piped chocolate. Click below for the full tutorial: >> VIDEO: Chocolate Garter Belt Tutorial << >> VIDEO: Chocolate Garter Belt Tutorial << Brought to you by … Continue reading

Chocolate Dripping Effect on Cakes

Chocolate Dripping Effect

This video shows how to use melted chocolate to decorate the edges of cakes with a drippy chocolate effect. VIDEO: Chocolate Dripping Cake Decorating The birthday cake in the video is the same one that was featured in last week’s … Continue reading

Icing Swag Piped Gingerbread House

Royal Icing Piped Swag Gingerbread House Design

Here is a modeling chocolate figurine sitting in a pool of pink royal icing beside her strawberry-colored swag-piped gingerbread house. This design includes an optional chimney attachment. Follow this link to read my Royal Icing Wreath Tutorial The highlight of the … Continue reading

Chocolate & Cookie Waterfall

Gingerbread House Waterfall Tutorial

Here is how I made the chocolate waterfall for the Wonka Candy Factory Gingerbread House. First, I created a DIY paper gingerbread house template for the whole structure. Here’s a look at how the waterfall element evolved from creation to completion. Once the … Continue reading

Royal Icing Vine Inlay Gingerbread House

Royal Icing Inlay Vin Design Gingerbread House

If you look up close at this yellow, white, and green fancy gingerbread house, you can see that the vine patterns are seamlessly inlaid into the royal icing. All you need is a piping bag and toothpick. This effect was … Continue reading