Showing posts with label fondant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fondant. Show all posts

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Wedding cupcakes class at Le Dolci



It's no secret that I sometimes find decorating cakes and cupcakes intimidating. Over the years I have attended some classes, and learned some tricks that have helped me decorate cupcakes, cakes and pastries to a much higher standard than what I used to produce.

I was able to overcome my fears of working with butter cream and piping tips after taking a cupcake decorating class at the Bonnie Gordon School of Confectionary Arts

But despite the fact we worked with fondant at the class, and I brought a tub home, I rarely decorated with the stuff. So when Lisa, of Le Dolci Cupcakes and Cakes invited me to attend one of their cupcake decorating classes, I eagerly accepted and signed up for the wedding cupcakes class at this fun food education studio. And you can see from the amazing cupcakes I decorated with my own two hands in the photo above that it was a huge success.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Star of Bethlehem cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for our annual cousins' Christmas party and had high hopes they would turn out like the ones in Susannah Blake's book "Cupcakes" -- which contains some great ideas for amateur bakers, by the way.

But as the clock continued to tick ever faster and I realized I was going to be late for the party, it quickly became obvious that the frosting - a standard one made of icing sugar, egg whites, and lemon juice - required more patience and time that I had.