SUNNY SUMMER DAYS

Here I am to share the outcome of yet another super fun online class taught by Amy, from Seriously Sweet on Davis St. If you like color, if you like all things Summer, this set will have your name written all over it…

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I have to confess that joining the class was a bit of a stretch for me. We had a ton of commitments that weekend and the days leading up to it, so my prep work was rushed and I miscalculated the amount of icing needed. That led to running out of it during class, then to make everything even more exciting a very messy bag explosion! Still, I am calling this set the Miracle Cookies, because somehow I was able to make them all, with some adaptations due to the universe conspiring against me.

Here are some steps of the prep work and class…

Let me now go over each of the cookies and what was involved…

Perhaps my favorite, definitely Phil’s favorite, the Bashful Happy Sun! I did not do a good job piping the edges, but I still love it… We used two different consistencies for the Royal icing, and the hibiscus details was made as a Royal icing transfer using templates provided by Amy. I love the eye detail and the delicate blushing face…

The pineapple was Phil’s second favorite, and maybe mine also. This cookie took a tragic turn when I made a mistake and added a huge blob of green dye to its left side. I thought it was the end of its life, but I squirted vodka all over it, rubbed it with a paper towel and somehow managed to save it. It almost felt as if I was in a tent trying to avoid elimination (which, trust me, is not always possible).

The flower… Thick Royal icing in two colors were used to make it. I used a 104 piping tip for the petals and a medium-size leaf tip for the greenery. Some gold luster powder with vodka gave the cookie the necessary bling.

I adore the little flamingo with the flowers on the head… and the sleepy eye… I colored the Royal icing with a powder from The Sugar Art called Sassy Pink. It is super powerful and maybe I used a bit of a heavy hand with it. So my flamingo is not a shy bird. She is out there, super confident, fearless like a Jack Russell!

I loved this class, even though I had to quit part way into it, and finish the cookies later that night. I love the sun cookie so much, I had to do a few more next day, because I wanted to get the margins better.

Techniques learned in this class: textured icing using wrinkled parchment paper, dry dusting and painting on Royal icing, piping sections for the pineapple, making flowers for decorations, piping petals with a custom-modified 104 tip, piping greenery.

Amy, thank you for another great cookie adventure! I am ready for more, whenever you are….

ONE YEAR AGO: For the Love of Audrey

6 thoughts on “SUNNY SUMMER DAYS

  1. Eha July 13, 2022 / 1:11 am

    No adequate words in my vocabulary . . . am just shaking my head 🙂 !!!

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  2. Amy July 13, 2022 / 9:21 am

    Sally! ☀️☀️☀️ You are a treasure! Thank you for all of your support in these cookie adventures and WOW, you did outstanding!
    Thank you for another beautiful blog and for featuring our group!

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    • sallybr July 16, 2022 / 3:44 pm

      I am the one who must thank YOU! 😉

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  3. Mariadnoca July 13, 2022 / 1:53 pm

    Ok, you had me at these sunshine cookies! I remember when you barely baked and look at you now! I adore seeing all the cookies you make, but these. I need these in my life. I’d love to see you do a post on the two types of icing (said the woman who can’t seem to even get 15 second icing right after.all.this.time). Also, where did you get your cutter?

    Thanks for bringing this ray of sunshine today!

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    • sallybr July 16, 2022 / 3:47 pm

      It is very hard to convey the consistencies with a blog post – videos would be much more efficient but I have intense laziness to make some – the cutter for the sun, I used two versions. One was a round cutter that I cut the little spikes with the edge of another cutter, but the simplest way is the second group of suns, in which I just used a flower cutter, and each petal contained 3 little piped sections with thick icing… one short, middle one bigger, another one short next to it, then repeat .

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