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Continue reading →: A TRIBUTE TO THE SUN
Summer, my favorite season! Today I share a few cookie designs to celebrate the sun in all its shiny glory. Both designs start by flooding the cookie with white and allowing it to set for several hours or overnight. Then, a food pen is used to make little black dots…
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Continue reading →: I’VE GOT THE BLUES
But it ain’t bad, because.. it’s cookies! For a change of pace, these are all my own design, no tutorial, no online class. I just played with my favorite blue, Wedgwood (also ok to spell it Wedgewood, in case you are wondering). Used marbling and air-brushing, finalized some with fondant…
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Continue reading →: FOR THE LOVE OF POPPIES
Have you heard of Your Baking Bestie? Definitely pay a visit to Ericka’s site if you are into cookie baking and decorating (click here). Her website is a huge source of recipes and decorating ideas, plus she also hosts a closed Facebook group with almost 40k members, who share their…
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Continue reading →: ROYAL ICING & STENCILING
This is one of the techniques I struggled with for a long time. It is a little tricky to get the consistency of the icing just right, so that it spreads smoothly without getting under the stencil and messing the design. Once you “get” it, decorating with stencil will quickly…
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Continue reading →: LEOPARD SWIMMING SUIT COOKIES
I am totally in love with this set of cookies, designed by Amber Spiegel. Full tutorial, including templates for Royal icing transfers available in her cookie club (click here to join and gain access to this and countless other tutorials). These cookies rely on Royal icing transfers that must be…
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Continue reading →: COOKIES FOR THE 4th OF JULY
Soon we celebrate a very special holiday for those living in the USA. Once again, I share a few designs joining red, white and blue with a festive vibe… The most involved design of this set is the round cookie with the central star. The video below demonstrates the technique…
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Continue reading →: SINGLE COLOR BUTTERFLIES
Not too long ago, I shared with you cookies made following Tunde’s guidance, in which only two colors were used to make butterflies. At that time I mentioned she was going to propose a new challenge, using only one color, in flooding and piping consistency. These are my babies. They…
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Continue reading →: WATERMELON LOVE
I have played with this concept in the past (check it out here and here), but could not resist going back to the issue and making some more designs. Cuteness level is high, wouldn’t you agree? This is a beginner-friendly set for sure. Maybe the only slightly intimidating step is…
