Easter small edible cake/cookie decorations? Where to buy?
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petalique
2 months agoContinued…
Whoopie pies — these are from Steve’s (lobsterorder.com) and mine will look like this.
sweet marshmallow bunnies. Peeps would work, but how to fasten them to an unfrosted, non-sticky cake top (top cake of the whoopie pie)?
Sweet little sugar decorations, but from where?
There look like fondant ”carrots.” I have no experience making fondant anything.
Adorable sugar frosting blue bunnies made with a pastry bag, fluted tip and a steady hand with a good eye. I have no experience with pastry bag decorating. Yhis sort of decoration would adhere to a cake-y cookie top. I’d have to spend hours at you Tube university and 20 pounds of 10X to ”master” these. So sweet and I would only want this exact shade of blue ;)
Thanks for any help.Alternatively, I could try making a French pastry cream fruit tart, but I think my tin tart pan is only 8” or 9” in diameter.
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Comments (21)Kathleen, I do love that store too, I did go in there 2 weeks ago, just to look, I usually head to the back where the "sale" stuff is, but no luck for me! That is one beautfiul store.... cyberdancer, thank you. I purchased the rabbit at a place called the Mole Hole. They only had one, and I just had to have him (but I will be eating peanut butter for a while....) Yes, I think they are a "open" style of rose (bought at Michaels), here is a close up for you (one of the many pics I took, but I didn't post cause it would be way boring to look at all my "practice pictures" LOL Luvs, thank you. I know what you mean about decorating the sugar cubes, I have seen them in a few magazines and they are so cute. Yachter, LOL, I know what you mean, as soon as I get rid of something I find that I NEED it later and just want to kick myself! karen, you are right, real birds nests are a small engineering miracle of nature! And yes, they would probably just torture your kitties LOL, I can just picture them batting them around like volleyballs LOL My dog would just simply tear them to shreads (even the fake ones if he could reach them) he is a stinker......See MoreCake decorating advice needed (pics)
Comments (14)I would do a blue background. if you have a small star cookie cutter you could use it as a template to scatter stars where the mask doesn't cover. Or do them freehand. Fill the stars in with bright yellow icing and sprinkle them with edible glitter. Wilton makes a great edible glitter. A little goes a long way and you can buy a jar at Michael's or similar stores for around 3 dollars. I sift a pinch of glitter between my fingers rather than shake from a jar....See MoreAny cake decorators out there?
Comments (14)Ditto on the photo, Tracey! Lovely cupcakes!! My largest tip is #789, and even though I do have some large couplers, there is no way my 789 will fit with the coupler. I bought it at Michaels and asked the woman there just how do I use it if I don't have a coupler. It has a rectangular, long opening and the edges are "serrated"--there's probably a term to describe the edges of the tip's opening, but I don't know it! lol Anyway, the clerk at Michaels said to use it the way Sol described it, and if it made me feel better, I could always put a rubber band around the outside of the bag where the tip is located. Then she reminded me that the mass of the frosting and the pressure/force of my pushing the icing out through the tip would keep the tip in place. I loved the physics lesson! I have not used it yet, but feel confident about it. Sooz...See MoreTwo questions about cookie decorating
Comments (11)Seagrass, I sprinkle sugar before baking, it kinds of melts onto the top of the cookie from the heat and sticks that way. I do put the cookies on parchment or a silpat because I haven't found a way not to sprinkle the whole darned sheet, or have sugar come off before baking. I have tried brushing with a bit of milk and a soft brush and that works better than just dry cookies. I use a buttercream icing like Linda posted above, then let the cookies set until the icing is dry, several hours. There is also a very hard royal icing recipe that takes meringue powder instead of egg whites, you can buy the stuff at the hobby shops or Walmart, where they sell Wilton items. It gets very hard, the "cement" that holds gingerbread houses together. I don't care very much for it, but it's great to decorate with. I cover the bowl with a damp towel while I'm using portions of this and it's great for things like "flooding" large areas of cookie. If you make an outline with frosting, you can fill a squeeze bottle (like catsup is served from) and fill in the outline more easily than you can with a knife if you use this stuff. Pretty, but it doesn't taste as good as the buttercream! Royal Icing Using Meringue Powder: 4 cups (440 grams) confectioners' (powdered or icing) sugar 3 tablespoons (30 grams) meringue powder 1/2 teaspoon extract (vanilla, lemon, almond) 1/2 - 3/4 cup (120 - 180 ml) warm water In the the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the confectioners' sugar and meringue powder until combined. Add the water and beat on medium to high speed until very glossy and stiff peaks form (5 to 7 minutes). If necessary, to get the right consistency, add more powdered sugar or water. To cover or 'flood' the entire surface of the cookie with icing, the proper consistency is when you lift the beater, the ribbon of icing that falls back into the bowl remains on the surface of the icing for a few seconds before disappearing. The icing needs to be used immediately or transferred to an airtight container as royal icing hardens when exposed to air. Cover with plastic wrap when not in use. Makes about 3 cups Annie...See More
lisaam
2 months agoAre you baking the whoopee pies? If so, maybe you can press pastel m&m’s into them before baking. Or try pressing them in as soon as the cake emerges from the oven.
you can purchase royal icing carrots (and many other spring decorations such as easter sprinkles) from sites such as etsy. I’d melt a bit of semisweet or white chocolate, put it in a parchment paper cone, and use a dot of chocolate to attach the decor if they sre not too tiny.If you use white chocolate as the glue, melt it very slowly using very low heat as it can be fussy.
Another glue idea is piping jel that you can purchase ready made where baking crafts are sold.
Peeps - you might be able to moisten the back to get them to stick. Or even use a bit of peanutbutter or canned icing the back of a peeps.
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chloebud
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoAgree with a dab of melted chocolate or royal icing for the glue, and checking Michael’s for edible, small Easter decorations from Wilton. These are the mini carrots but other choices.
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