Frosting, Recipes, Tutorials, Uncategorized

Swiss Meringue Buttercream ~SMBC

Behind the cake - Perfect Swiss meringue buttercream recipe from scratch.

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…

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cake recipes, Uncategorized, Valentines Day

Valentines Day Tree of Hearts

Behind the cake - Valentines Day Cake Tree of hearts

How to make a Valentines Day Tree of Hearts About two years ago, talking with my sister about home decor and diy’s she mentioned she had found a very creative lady over on youtube who shared techniques on how to paint with acrylics. The shared techniques were easy to follow, so easy that I would be able to recreate one…

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Uncategorized

Easy Cream Cheese frosting

Behind the cake - Cream tart Lemon cream cheese tart recipe.

Easy Lemon Cream Cheese 1 Cup unsalted butter 1 Cup Cream Cheese (full fat) 8 Cups Powder Sugar 2 Tablespoons Lemon juice In a clean bowl cream the butter and the cream cheese together, until fluffy and no pieces of butter or cream cheese are visible. Add the sugar in two parts. Mixing half of the sugar until is well…

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Cake, cake recipes, Cupcakes, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Tutorials, Uncategorized

Best-Ever Carrot cake recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting

Behind the Cake ~ Pastel de zanahoria con piña

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…

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Halloween, Tutorials, Uncategorized

How to make a Dia de los Muertos Cake

Behind the cake-Cake covered in black fondant with a sugar skull face painted in watercolors with sugar flowers

So making a Dia de los Muertos cake sounds a fun way to contribute to this celebration…even though there is a recipe for Pan de Muerto  which tastes like oranges. A simple decorated cake sounds more appealing to me. What I remember about the Dia de los Muertos. It is mid October, I would walk down on one of the…

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