Making cookies using colored dough is one of my favorite things to do on lazy baking days. It eliminates all the measuring, sifting, and stirring that royal icing requires, but still creates a beautiful cookie. This is especially true if you use three different colored doughs! A pretty swirl pattern and a touch of sparkle around the edges takes these pinwheel … Continue reading
Saying goodbye is hard to do. But every year around this time it is unavoidable. Goodbye, pleasantly cool temperatures. Goodbye, beautifully vibrant leaves. Goodbye, pumpkin patches and hay rides. Hello, winter. But, before you break out your long underwear and snow shovel, take one more moment to bask in the beauty of Fall by making these stunning leaf stained glass … Continue reading
Eyeballs probably sound like an odd choice for Thanksgiving cake pops. You certainly saw them everywhere for Halloween this year. My personal favorites were: 1. Ghoulishly Green Eyeball Cake Pops by Goodies by Anna 2. One-Eyed Monster Cake Pops by Very Culinary 3. Eyeball Cake Balls by Miss CandiQuik I know what you’re thinking… “Halloween is over and so are eyeball cake … Continue reading
Now that Halloween has awoken your sweet tooth, it’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving treats. Between turkeys and pilgrims and a zillion kinds of pie, there are lots of creative sweets made by talented sugar artists to get your imagination going. This collection includes a variety of Thanksgiving treats with step-by-step directions so you can feel comfortable making them on your … Continue reading
If arachnophobia is a fear of spiders, is a spider obsession called arachno-obsessia? I think I had a bit too much fun painting the faces on the candy spiders of my last spider cake pops, and now I’ve contracted this disease! Spiders are definitely my favorite creature for Halloween treats this year. To make these sparkly spider cake pops you … Continue reading
Many bakers and sugar artists will tell you that Halloween treats are their favorite kind of sweets to make. Possibly because the creative options are endless. You can make scary monsters, cuddly costumes, boney & bloody messes, googly-eyed faces… you are limited only by your imagination. This collection includes a variety of Halloween treats. Each creative sweet includes a recipe and/or step-by-step directions so that … Continue reading
GOT TEAL’D? Teal is the color of ovarian cancer awareness and the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition is encouraging everyone to raise awareness about the disease by “TEAL-ing”. What better way to get teal’d than with sweets? To start “TEAL-ing” your sweets, you will need ovarian cancer survivor ribbons… the royal icing transfer kind! Mix up a batch of your favorite royal icing, use … Continue reading
There’s something about Halloween treats that are extra fun. Maybe it’s the fact that normally scary and ugly things can be turned super cute. Maybe it’s the fact that the whole holiday centers around sugar and sweets. Whatever it is, I hope these spider cake pops make it on to your list of Halloween treats to make this season! To make spider … Continue reading
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