I’m super grateful that what I make tastes great, because I’m not the best at the decorations! Even if they taste wonderful, I do want them to look wonderful too. From making frosting without key ingredients to softening (or hardening) your fondant, learn from my mistakes and research as I try to work out the kinks with making my desserts beautiful!
There are so many kinds of frosting and icings out there that it takes a culinary degree to know how to make them all perfectly. If you aren’t a professional pastry chef (or maybe even if you are!), you may occasionally find that your frostings, icings and ganaches are a little too runny or not…
Even as a professional pastry chef and wedding cake decorator, there are many times when decorating a cake seems like a lot of work. You have to make the frosting and get it to the right consistency, occasionally dye the frosting, ice the cake perfectly and then constantly switch pastry tips and piping bags as…
Have you ever made a batch of flawless cupcakes or a beautifully baked cake only to find that you are missing ingredients to make some perfect frosting to go with it? We have all been there! You reach for the butter/sugar/flour etc. only to be let down. But you still need frosting to complete your…
Cupcakes are a wonder and a delight! Hard to find someone who doesn’t like them, right? Plus, they’re super easy to whip up last minute and are beginner-friendly for at-home bakers everywhere. But what happens when you’d like to frost them yet don’t have a piping tip? Despite our trusty Amazon friends offering affordable, multi-functional piping sets, you…