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Video: How to Cover a Cake with Fondant

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to decorate with fondant but were afraid of how difficult it looks, check out this video from the instructors at Planet Cake.

Cake Decorating Tips from ‘Ace of Cakes’ Duff Goldman

Check out ‘Ace of Cakes’ on thestreet.com as he shares some excellent advice for cake decorating beginners and pros alike.
On his must-have list: a cake wheel, serrated knife (for carving), filet knife (for “getting underneath things”), spatulas (for spreading icing), food coloring (from a baking or candy supply company, not the cheap stuff in [...]

Wedding Cake Inspiration: golden ribboned

Here a beautiful example of using ribbon  in an elegant way.

Noah’s Ark Cake

srhaber posted these cake photographs from the 2006 San Diego Cake Club competition.  Some nice detail  and airbrush work.

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Video Game Wedding Cake

OK, here I go again, but when you’ve got a good thing going, why not. Here is a beautiful Nintendo (Super Mario Brothers) themed wedding cake. Check it out.

How do you make a Wii Cake?

Here’s an article that combines two activites that require a little bit of patience to learn but provide a great time for friends and family: decorating cakes and the Wii. You know that cake decorating is hitting all sectors of our culture when it hits the cover of Wired Magazine. One caveat: this cake is [...]

Elegant Cookie Idea

Here’s a great video lesson from PinkCakeBox.com on how to really dress up a fondant cookie. This technique could easily be applied to a wedding cookie, baby shower cookie, birthday cookie and more. We have a the best resource for wholesale cookie cutters, so drop me a line if you’d like more info.

Fondant Fun

 Enjoy this delightful video from cookingupastory.com
Robin Hassett from The Dessert Tray really makes fondant look easy and fun!