Our cake is featured on Cake Geek today in an article that highlights cakes that have flowers with gold centers. I made these flowers for a wedding cake a few years back in which I took real buttons to make custom molds and then used those molds to make gumpaste versions. Then I painted it with gold highlighter dust. The process was quite simple and the outcome gives the flowers a stunning effect. Check out the rest of the featured cakes on http://cake-geek.com/index.php/jewelled-sugar-flowers-glamorous-gold/
Blush Pink Rose and White Peony Cake
Prepping lovely peonies and roses before decorating our cake with them!
Dragonfly Cakes
Head on over to Cake Geek Magazine's site to see a collection of dragonfly themed cakes including ours below. There's something magical and dainty about dragonflies right? This was actually one of the cakes I made very early on in my cake career!
Mother's Day Floral Buttercream Cupcake Class
This weekend we held a Mother's Day floral cupcake class that was a complete blast! These ladies were so talented and each one was so unique in their color choices and piping styles. Everyone worked so hard and the results were just beautiful. Thanks again to all those who came out and I hope you enjoyed eating the beautiful fruits of your labor!
Flower Nail Holder
Here are a few NEW products that have been added to our shop. A flower nail block to hold up your nail between piping flowers and a buttercream piping starter kit. I used to always have problems with putting down my flower nail on the table and having it roll away so here's the solution to all those problems!. Grab yours now, trust me it's really helpful!.
Buttercream Terrarium
Ok...I like buttercream and I like how cool terrariums look...so why not make an edible buttercream terrarium?? I wish I had a few angula/geometric glass terrariums, but I could only get my hands on globes. Maybe next time, but I still think the globes came out just darling!
Here are my tips on how to make a buttercream terrarium:
1. Break up some chocolate cake to make edible dirt. 2. Spoon it into a glass globe. 3. Add some edible moss (from the tutorial I posted last week) to the dirt. 4. Start arranging your buttercream succulents inside the globe. 5. Continue to arrange a variety of the succulents in different shapes and colors.
Now you have a fully edible and delicious buttercream terrarium. Enjoy!!
Continuing arranging....
There you have it! Here are a few closeup and beauty shots of the little terrariums!
Edible Moss Tutorial
Tutorial time: In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to make edible moss. It's quick, easy and only requires a few things! It's so colorful and creates great visual impact when adding to your desserts.
Tools and ingredients: Graham crackers, ziploc bag, rolling pin, green and yellow petal dusts and a small container.
Step 1: Place the graham crackers in the ziploc bag, seal and crush the crackers by firmly rolling the pin over the bag. You can crush it as finely as you want, but I like to keep some larger pieces in my moss to give it some texture.
Step 2: Place crumbs in a small container and add in some green and yellow petal dust. (You can also do this in the ziploc bag if you want.) I like mixing in more than one color so there is variety in the crumbs.
Step 3: Thoroughly combine the crumbs and dusts together until everything is coated and colored.
Voila! There you have edible moss in just three easy steps! Try mixing this with crushed chocolate cake crumbs to give it the effect of edible dirt or roll a ball of cake in the moss to make it look like a moss covered rock. There are many uses for this. I'd love to see your projects so post pictures on your Twitter, FB or Instagram using #ediblemoss or tag @eatcakebemerry.
Cake Geek Magazine Buttercream Flower Cake Feature
Head on over to Cake Geek Mazagine to check out a massive post on floral buttercream cakes, including cakes from me, Erica O'Brien Cake, Miso Bakes and much more!
TLC's Ultimate Cake Off Competition Throwback
5 years ago today I had to opportunity to be on TLC's Ultimate Cake Off competition assisting Katie Robinson with fellow decorators Eva and Alison. It was a very unique and crazy experience filled with A LOT of cake!!
Earth Day Globe Cake
Happy Earth Day 2015! Check out the video of how we made this cake at www.eatcakebemerry.com/videos!
Here's another look at the cake as well as a behind the scenes shot of the cake after it was cut into. Vanilla cake with whipped chocolate ganache, yum!
