Marshmallow Fondant, great stuff. How awesome it is that you can actually make your own fondant at home. Marshmallow fondant. I had tried to make it about 10 years ago since the price for the ready to use fondant was not accessible at all and there were not many different brands to choose from. The first time was a not a complete…
How to make Ganache for cake decorating? I had that question about 5 years ago. So many beautiful cakes with those super defined sharp edges. I got a mission. The mission was to find out how in the world those sharp edges were achivable. After searching for quite some time, I found a Youtube video on how to make it.…
Strawberry reduction is used in so many different ways, and I had no clue. Until a couple of years ago I learned how to make a reduction. Thanks to that, my ability to make different cake and buttercream flavors turned to the better. The simple steps to follow and the few ingredients used, make it possible for anyone to make…
How to make the best vanilla cake from scratch Is it from scratch? That is a question I have heard so many times in the 12+ years I have been making cakes. My answer to that sometimes was YES, of course; but the majority of times I would bake a cake the answer would be a big NO. And to…
Swiss meringue buttercream is addictive! In a good sense, this thing is addictive, have you tried Swiss meringue buttercream aka SMBC ? When I started decorating cakes back in the day, all I knew was American ButterCream (ABC) and I had to make it myself. And since I was making cakes under the Texas Cottage Law any other kind of frosting…
Perfect Swiss Meringue Buttercream Make a perfect Swiss meringue buttercream to fill and frost your cakes. This recipe is perfect to create different flavors of buttercream for fillings and to get sharp edges on your cakes. 12 oz egg whites 18 oz Granulated Sugar 2 pinch Cream of Tartar (optional) 2 lb unsalted butter 2 Tbs Vanilla extract On a…
Pate Sucree / Tart Crust Make this perfect pate sucree full of flavor and a perfect texture to create cream tart. 2.5 Cups All Purpose Flour 0.5 Cups Almond flour 1.5 Cups Powder Sugar 1 Cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) 1 pinch Salt (1/8 teaspoon) 1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla extract 1 egg 2 Egg Yolks In a clean bowl put the…
Best-Ever Carrot cake recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting I bet you have known carrot cake pretty much since you were born. And that is because it has been around for centuries now, there is even a carrot cake recipe dating November 25, 1783. This carrot cake was served to George Washington according to Molly O’Neill on her book New York Cookbook (1992). I grew…
Not into pumpkin? Let’s make Cranberry Apple cake then! I do like pumpkin, but since people start using it to cook and prepare deserts with it right around the end of September, by the time it is Thanksgiving day I am not thrilled to have food or dessert which the ingredient is pumpkin. Does this happen to you too? And the…
Pistachio? …. pistachio cake? Having a green kind of looking cake when I was a kid, was not the most appealing thing to eat as a dessert. I remember one time my parents took us to buy some ice cream, ya’now.. ice cream and a mile walk to the square plaza were more like a Friday night tradition for us.…
