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How to make beautiful cakes, sweet cupcakes and delicious cookies
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How to make a teddy bear cake topper part 2

Here are the part 2 on how to make a teddy bear cake topper. Step 1: Take a piece of fondant and roll it into a “rough” ball. This is, just to see if the proportions between head and body...

17 may 12 2 people like this

How to make a teddy bear cake topper part 1

Here is a tutorial on how you can make a sweet teddy bear cake topper. If you want you can place it on a fondant disc for easy removal before cutting the cake. I hope that you will enjoy my teddy bea...

10 may 12 5 people like this

Star Wars birthday cake

My son turned 8 this week and he’s a big fan of the Star Wars universe. Today we had a Star Wars themed birthday party with goodies like: Yoda soda, Vader water, Wookie cookies, Jedi Starfighte...

14 apr 12 3 people like this

Happy Easter from CakeJournal

I thought that I would share some sweet and sugary Easter cookies with you that I made back in 2008. Both egg and baby chick cookies are all decorated with royal icing in pretty pastel colors. The co...

08 apr 12 1 person likes this

One Easter cake, three designs, part 3

The last of my three Easter cake tutorials. A cute little Easter bunny cake! I have made a fondant grass border instead of a ribbon this time. This Easter bunny cake would be a fun project to make fo...

06 apr 12 1 person likes this

One Easter cake, three designs, part 2

I am back with the second design for a sweet and easy Easter cake. I have used a fondant covered cake board this time. Instead of a styrofoam fondant covered cake dummy this time. I hope, that you ca...

04 apr 12 1 person likes this

One Easter cake, three designs, part 1

This is the first Easter cake tutorial out of three. I will show you how you can make a sweet and easy decoration for your Easter cake(s). I’m decorating on a 10″ round dummy cake. You ca...

27 mar 12 2 people like this

How to make a ruffled 1 tier cake stand

Styrofoam cake dummies can be transformed into sweet ruffled 1 tier cake stands. Perfect to use, if you are planning to make a vintage dessert table. Place your sweet treats like cookies and cupcakes...

12 mar 12 1 person likes this

How to make a cupcake with Rice Krispie treats

This is a tutorial on how you can make the cupcake, that I made as a part of a competition cake back in 2008. You can see the original cupcake here The cupcake was made using Rice Krispie Treats (RKT...

29 feb 12 3 people like this

Sweet heart sugar cookies

Yesterdays sweet treats, pretty embossed fondant sugar cookie hearts in sweet homemade (home crafted) cookie boxes. You can see more embossed cookies here and read more about my embossing tools here....

15 feb 12 3 people like this

Petit Fours decorated with fondant roses

I have a thing for small sweet treats and petit fours are definitely one of them. These petit fours are made with a delicious vanilla butter cake and a home made raspberry jam filling. They are cover...

06 feb 12 3 people like this

Valentine chocolate cupcakes

Today I have been in the kitchen baking chocolate cupcakes. Since Valentine’s Day is soon approaching, I thought that some pink fondant hearts and a little pink sprinkle on the cupcakes would b...

30 jan 12 3 people like this

Handcrafted Sugar Flowers with Jacqueline Butler

You may know Jacqueline Butler as the artist behind beautiful handcrafted sugar flowers like Ranunculus, Peonies and Hydrangeas. She is a highly requested sugar craft teacher and have now started wor...

24 jan 12 1 person likes this

Classic vanilla cupcake recipe

There are tons of recipes for the most classic cupcake of them all. The vanilla cupcake! I have lost track on how many different recipes, that I have tried to myself. Some was good, some was bad and ...

18 jan 12 6 people like this

The gingerbread house

It’s been some very busy days around Christmas but I still wanted to share my little gingerbread house with you. It is inspired by a gingerbread house that I saw in the Martha Stewart Holiday S...

27 dec 11

How to make a gingerbread Christmas cookie tree

This is a tutorial for the gingerbread Christmas cookie tree that I made last year. I used my Christmas cookie tree as a centerpiece on our buffet and there were such a wonderful smell of cinnamon, g...

12 dec 11 4 people like this

CakeJournals November favourites

It’s time for another round of CakeJournals favourites. This month it’s about snowflakes and smart storage. Snowflake cookie cutters: My newest buy are these two snowflake cookie cutter s...

24 nov 11 2 people like this

How to make a gum paste peony (part 2)

Here is the second part of my tutorial on how to make a gum paste peony. In this tutorial you will end up with a finished gum paste peony dusted...

18 nov 11

How to make a gum paste peony (part 1)

I know that a lot of you have asked if I could make a tutorial on how to make my gum paste peony flowers, so here’s a little treat for...

09 nov 11 4 people like this

CakeJournals October favourites

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31 oct 11

Halloween poison cake recipe

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28 oct 11 1 person likes this

Jack Skellington brownie bites

I am thinking out possible treats for our haunted Halloween party. Maybe will these brownie bites be on the menu? Jack Skellington the pumpkin king, is so easy to make....

17 oct 11

How to make Halloween dead finger cookies

One of my favourite Halloween treats are these dead finger sugar cookies. They are always a big hit! To keep the fingers as thin as possible during baking I roll out the dough thinly so it will keep ...

10 oct 11 6 people like this

Christening cake with owls

I have been waiting to show you my latest cake. A two tier cake, decorated with owls, hearts and flowers for a girls Christening party. The flavor combinations for the cakes were: Dark chocolate mud ...

03 oct 11

CakeJournals September favourites

Tomorrow begins the countdown for the best holiday of them all…Halloween! So I have decided that my September favourites should be inspirational photos of some of my Halloween treats over the y...

30 sep 11 2 people like this

Top 5 crafty cupcake topper tutorials

I find it just as fun to create cake decorations in other materials than fondant and gum paste. Sometimes it is also much easier to make a certain type of decoration with glue and paper than if you w...

13 sep 11 2 people like this

CakeJournals August favourites

I love when a new cake book or magazine arrives in my mailbox. That means, for me spending (many) hours in my favourite armchair, maybe with a cup of coffee and just diving into the glossy pages of c...

31 aug 11

Horseshoe vanilla sugar cookies

My sweet daughter is turning 10 tomorrow (I can’t believe how times fly) So, we made some vanilla sugar cookies in the shape as a horseshoe, for her to pass out, after her riding lesson yesterd...

20 aug 11 1 person likes this

Sweet cupcake giveaway

These sweet cupcake decorated tin boxes are my latest addition in my kitchen. I love tin boxes and when they have cupcakes on them, I love them even more. Great for storage and pretty to look at, at ...

12 aug 11

How to make a purse cake

My version on how to make a purse cake is finally here! I have a few tips that I want to share before we get started. My purse cake is rather high. So it might be a little difficult to move it around...

04 aug 11 6 people like this

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