Holiday Tipsto have fun without the stress... Consider hosting a holiday brunch - prepare and freeze dishes ahead so you need only heat and serve in the morning. Casseroles are labor-savers and can be dressed up for the holidays with fresh herbs or drizzle with sauce, bread crumbs or grated cheese before baking. For speedy clean up, [...]
Creating a Chocolate Sunflower (can be done with royal icing too - click here for Royal Icing Recipe) 1. Photocopy the template to the desired size. Tape the template on a sheet pan or flat surface. cover the template with parchment paper. 2. Melt 1/2 cup of ark chocolate and 2 cups of white chocolate. 3. Divide the white [...]
Coloring Black Icing Here is some good advice when working with black icing colors. I always add Hersey's Cocoa powder to any icing before going black. You can not get a ture shade of black from a white icing. This may answer that question of black icing colors being ashy or charcoal. Try working with paste [...]
CAKE CRUMBS... Don't throw the cake away if it crumbles and don't throw away crumbs that flake off when you are leveling the cake to frost... turn these bits and pieces into wonderful desserts and cookies and no one will ever know your secret! I've included two of my favorite 'must have' desserts that I purposely [...]