tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66430450638115872172024-03-17T00:27:02.171-07:00SugarEd LagniappeWhat in the world is going on at SugarEd Productions?SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-4343579168232099152012-04-03T15:43:00.000-07:002012-04-03T15:43:34.037-07:00Bunny Butt Easter Cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>It's The NFL Playoffs!</b></i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Like any good native New Orleanean right now, my mind is obsessed with the Saints' road to Superbowl 2012. Two more games! Will we do it? Nerves and excitement and anticipation.....</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So the other day I am driving back from the dentist , about a 50 minute ride in the car. Of course I am thinking abut my beloved Who Dat Boyz. But I also realize that it is time for me to post another item on the blog. What shall I do? Then I go back to thinking about the playoff game this coming Saturday, and the fact that I need to bring a dessert to my sister's house for the viewing party. What shall I bring? Hmmmm.... the kids love cupcakes and they are easy to make. But I have to make them cute and football themed. What shall I do, what shall I do?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As I am driving along consumed with thoughts of cupcakes and football (and probably not paying nearly enough attention to driving).... it hit me! It just came to me, and with it that adrenalin rush of excitement you get when a creative idea pops into your head. The more I think about it, the more excited I am getting. As I continue to hash out and develop the idea in my mind, I find my heart starting to race a bit and my tummy having a few butterflies. Oh I am SO excited! This is going to be great! You guys know that feeling..... you get the light bulb moment and then you just can't wait to get started and see if it will turn out like you hope.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I found myself driving faster and faster to get home so I could get started. Passing folks who are going too slow for me. Blowing the horn at that little old lady who who sat at the red light one fraction of a second too long once it turned green. ( And I am usually a very patient and considerate driver.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A little faster still. Heck on the passing lane! I am passing folks on the shoulder! At 80 miles an hour! Kicking up a trail of dust and gravel. Running red lights and stop signs. I have to get <i><b>home</b></i>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then it happened. Yep, the copper. Got pulled over for my so called "erratic driving". Officer Bully came up to my window and peered over his out of style metal rimmed sunglasses. He did not look pleased as he pulled his fat ticket book out of his back pocket and flipped the top over, starting to write. As he scribbled all my essential information, I excitedly explained about my idea, and that I needed to hurry up and get home to get started before I lost my inspiration. (Or forgot my idea, which is a problem at my age.) He listened intently and when I finished he said, "You are making Saints themed cupcakes for the game this weekend? WHO DAT!" And not only did I not get a ticket, he gave me a lights and sirens escort all the way to my house. We sped down Highway 59 topping speeds of 95 MPH. We got so air born going over speed bumps that I felt like that orange car in the Dukes Of Hazzard. As I peeled into my driveway on two wheels, I waved off Officer Friendly , screeched the car to a halt, and ran inside to my desk to start my project.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">OK, none of that really happened. But wasn't that more exciting to read than "I drove home from the dentist and started to work on my cupcakes." ?? (grin)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So my idea was to try to make my own custom cupcake wrappers. There are not any cute football or Saints ones out there, so I figured I could do it on my computer. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I started with buying this piece of clip art, which only cost a few dollars:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I use my favorite graphics arts program, Print Shop, but you can use any printing program you like. I imported the clip art into the program, and printed it out on photo paper. I used photo paper because I wanted the gloss, but you could also use card stock paper.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7p_tf5AdHgo/Tw5y9HzQopI/AAAAAAAADXY/zb7LAd-g3aA/s1600/scc9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7p_tf5AdHgo/Tw5y9HzQopI/AAAAAAAADXY/zb7LAd-g3aA/s320/scc9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The last one I used a fun font and fleur de lis clip art to create this pattern. I took an extra cupcake wrapper I had on hand and traced that pattern onto the paper and cut it out. Then I attached the two ends of the wrapper with one single staple in the back.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I decided to use clip art on edible icing sheets to make one of the cupcake toppers. I printed the fleur de lis out using my edible ink printer. I added some powdered tylose to white fondant and rolled it to number 4 on my pasta roller. I dampened the fondant with a moist paper towel, and laid the cut out fleur de lis on top. I used a clean exacto knife to cut out the fondant using the fleur de lis as the guide. This sat overnight to get nice and firm.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A fun Who Dat cupcake!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Notes:</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1) These papers are not food safe, so make sure the icing and cake do not touch them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2) Let the ink dry a while before you cut them to avoid smearing with your fingers<br />
3) Be sure not to use copyrighted logos on items for sale. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">$) If your dumb cupcakes do not bake up high enough, bump them up by placing an Oreo cookie under them inside the wrapper. :)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These were really fun to make, and easy! And fast! The possibilities are infinite when you make your own wrappers. I really hope you try it.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, I must go iron my Saints jersey for the big game Saturday!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">GO SAINTS!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Can you believe another year has gone by? Boy it goes so fast. I hope all of you had a wonderful and magical holiday season.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have one last tutorial for you for this year. I realize I am probably posting too late for you to get the supplies and make these this year, but hopefully you will tuck this idea away in your files for next year. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Let's make these adorable chocolate party favors. They stand about 5.5 inches tall.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MwnH3N7e-Vs/Tv0NrMybVAI/AAAAAAAADT0/PS64a9TMAlo/s1600/ch5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MwnH3N7e-Vs/Tv0NrMybVAI/AAAAAAAADT0/PS64a9TMAlo/s320/ch5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the two sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eQgpK0XwoqY/Tv0NxgUb6XI/AAAAAAAADUA/gXQXA6__uiE/s1600/ch6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FO24vF3XWgk/Tv0N9NrwtMI/AAAAAAAADUM/3gGYVmMKVcs/s1600/ch6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FO24vF3XWgk/Tv0N9NrwtMI/AAAAAAAADUM/3gGYVmMKVcs/s320/ch6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see by looking at the half on the left that the mold has the chocolate coming up above the surface of the bucket. We have to carve some of that out with an exacto knife so that the bottle and ice can sit down in the bucket. You can see this was done on the half on the right.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">These would make great table decorations. They would also be fabulous party favors if boxed in <a href="http://www.papermart.com/Product%20Pages/Product.aspx?GroupID=38447&ParentGroupID=18996">clear plastic boxes.</a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">All of us here at SugarEd Productions wish you a prosperous and healthy year; filled with love and laughter and success. We sincerely thank you for your patronage, and look forward to serving you in 2012.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy caking! </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sharon</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">www.sugaredproductions.com</a></div><br />
</div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-75135721216839558522011-12-19T15:31:00.000-08:002011-12-19T15:37:40.260-08:00Edible Holiday Place Cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't you just love the holiday season? I sure do. I especially love all the festivities and get togethers with loved ones. I am planning an intimate dinner party this weekend with just my closest of friends. I hate those big ole stuffy parties where it is so crowded and loud you can't even talk to anyone, don't you? I prefer a much more intimate setting. That is why I am doing a sit down holiday dinner. I have invited 6 of my closet friends. I cannot wait!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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I have made these beautiful edible placards to put on the table. I just hate it when everyone fights over who is going to sit next to me. So awkward. These should solve that problem! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Let me show you how to make them, they are easy!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UGwfUY6mWfY/Tu-9ohb97zI/AAAAAAAADRw/7D2VgL_oj_o/s1600/pc28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UGwfUY6mWfY/Tu-9ohb97zI/AAAAAAAADRw/7D2VgL_oj_o/s320/pc28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>To decorate these, I piped royal icing bead borders with a tip7. Let that dry a good bit and then paint them with gold luster dust mixed with vodka. Let that fully dry. Then add a red <a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/product/Clay-Gun/">clay gun </a>string ( the smallest round disc) as a decorative border inside the gold piping.<br />
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Your guests will be awed by the fact that these are edible, and even more so by the fact that you made them.<br />
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I also made another design for my New Orleans pals. Many of you know that I am a devoted native of New Orleans, and just adore our culture and history. I wanted to make something special for my local buds.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">What? You don't believe that I know Harry?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I cannot wait for my party! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope Oprah does not drink too much and hit on Donald like last year. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you guys give these a try; they are really fun and easy to make.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, I used that intro last time. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My bad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wanna see how to make this ridiculously raucous ruffled rarity?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Let me show you my inspiration. I saw this photo of a shirt on Pinterest and it <em>screamed</em> cake to me. (Sorry I do not know the owner of this photo.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Coaylw_6fEA/Tuvd2eHGZMI/AAAAAAAADLM/rFeFNhOjP3Q/s1600/tr7s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Caking!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sharon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">www.sugaredproductions.com</a></div><br />
</div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-5355525687268206702011-12-13T22:30:00.000-08:002011-12-14T00:05:42.028-08:00Christmas Tree Mini Cakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I have a serious weakness for mini and individual confection cuteness. I saw a mini cake on the Family Fun website that spurred the idea for these. Come along with me and I will show you how to make 'em!</div><br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X1rxcTF3sMw/TucZYJxCdHI/AAAAAAAADIE/HNv45k1ohGo/s1600/tre19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X1rxcTF3sMw/TucZYJxCdHI/AAAAAAAADIE/HNv45k1ohGo/s320/tre19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I used frozen pound cake in this case because I was <strike>too lazy</strike> too pressed for time to bake. You can certainly use your own recipe and cut these from sheet cakes. Just be sure to use a very sturdy cake or they will not hold up under the weight of the icing.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Pull the rest of the cake away and then remove the cake from the cutters. It is much easier to work with firm cold cake.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ok, remember that I told you about cutting the cake crust side down ? The reason for this is because you want the flow of the icing to be going in the same direction as the grain of the cut of the cookie cutter. You want the icing to flow down the cut sides of the layers in the same direction that the cookie cutter cut them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">So, do remember this hideous nightmare disaster of ugliness the likes the Earth has never seen before?</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving Blog Blitz Post #5</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to the 5th and final installment of my Thanksgiving Blog Blitz. I gotta tell ya I am plum wore out. Been burning the candle at both ends over here, as I am sure many of you are too. I am just flat busted exhausted. So this post is going to be a little bare bones. I don't have any ideas for witty commentary or fancy photos. But I still want to give you the information for this project as promised:</div></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was just messin' with ya! Tee hee hee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">How to make this most gorgeous and beautiful pumpkin roll:</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RIRZ-JbmpjM/Tsll8y9dGgI/AAAAAAAADFs/f12SfCIe7mo/s1600/roll1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RIRZ-JbmpjM/Tsll8y9dGgI/AAAAAAAADFs/f12SfCIe7mo/s400/roll1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Make the recipe as directed (given below). Line a 10x15 jelly roll pan with wax paper or parchment paper, spray with pan spray, pour in the batter and bake as directed. Do not over bake. Take it out as soon as the top springs back when touched.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-39IT4tNuH0s/TslmFCBuMgI/AAAAAAAADF4/axhZCxh1Vrc/s1600/roll2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-39IT4tNuH0s/TslmFCBuMgI/AAAAAAAADF4/axhZCxh1Vrc/s400/roll2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While the cake is baking, take a clean kitchen towel that does not have a very loopy surface and dust it liberally with powdered sugar.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0tWtPrtrgsM/TslmNZ6hmeI/AAAAAAAADGE/6_RNmED1lMA/s1600/roll4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0tWtPrtrgsM/TslmNZ6hmeI/AAAAAAAADGE/6_RNmED1lMA/s400/roll4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>As soon as the cake is done, flip it out onto the towel and peel off the wax paper. Do this right out of the oven. Do not cool it. Do not go get a sip of diet coke and then forget about it. (Just sayin'; that does not work.)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please do not be afraid to try this. I was afraid the first time I did one that it would be a disaster. It is actually a very easy process, and you should get perfect results each time. The recipe is quick to do and tastes great. This is a perfect last minute holiday dessert that you can whip up in no time. And of course, you will impress everyone with this stunner.<br />
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</div><h3>Ingredients </h3>CAKE:<br />
<ul><li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1/4</span> cup powdered sugar (to sprinkle on towel)</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">3/4</span> cup all-purpose flour</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1/2</span> teaspoon baking powder</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1/2</span> teaspoon baking soda</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1/2</span> teaspoon ground cinnamon</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1/2</span> teaspoon ground cloves</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1/4</span> teaspoon salt</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">3</span> <span class="type">large</span></span> eggs</li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1</span> cup granulated sugar</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">2/3</span> cup <span class="name"><a href="http://www.verybestbaking.com/Libbys/Products/PurePumpkin15oz.aspx">LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin</a></span></span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1</span> cup walnuts, chopped (optional) </span></li>
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<ul><li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1</span> pkg. <span class="type">(8 oz.)</span></span> cream cheese, at room temperature</li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1</span> cup powdered sugar, sifted</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">6</span> tablespoons butter or margarine, softened</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span class="amount"><span class="value">1</span> teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"> Powdered sugar (optional for decoration)</li>
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<h3>Directions: </h3><b>FOR CAKE:</b><br />
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</b>PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar. <br />
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COMBINE flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts. <br />
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BAKE for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. (If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes.) Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack. <br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you guys have enjoyed the Thanksgiving Blog Blitz, and have found something that you would like to try for your family, friends and customers. Let me know which ones you made and how they turned out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I would also like to take this opportunity to tell you all how thankful I am to have the honor and privilege to interact with you here on my blog and in my DVDs. You all have brought so much to my life. It gives me great joy to get to know you all and share our love of baking. I thank you for your business and your friendship. I truly hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-50398354116083748782011-11-18T15:29:00.000-08:002011-11-18T23:42:20.029-08:00Turkey 3D Cookies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As I have mentioned before, I have a weakness for cute little turkey confections. Here is another take on turkey cookies:</div><br />
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I hope you try these. You will seriously impress your family and friends!<br />
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one cup sugar<br />
one cup butter<br />
one egg <br />
1 tsp each vanilla and almond flavoring as desired<br />
3 cups all purpose flour, sifted <br />
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one pound powdered sugar <br />
6 TBS light corn syrup<br />
6TBS milk<br />
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Happy Turkeys!<br />
Sharon<br />
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</div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-76621106179922717822011-11-16T09:38:00.000-08:002011-11-16T11:41:14.010-08:00Pilgrim Pumpkin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving Blog Blitz Post #3!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you are having a nice Fall so far, and are enjoying the anticipation and preparations leading up to the holidays. Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday, and I love making fun treats for the occasion. And I have to tell you that this little dude has got to be my all time favorite! I have been busting at the seams since I made him; I am so excited to share him with you!</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIYQIf1avZA/TsDKOw3dTyI/AAAAAAAADBA/NG1_HpanRiM/s1600/pil15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIYQIf1avZA/TsDKOw3dTyI/AAAAAAAADBA/NG1_HpanRiM/s400/pil15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Then flip the cake over and do the exact same thing on the other half. Cut a clean seem between both layers of fondant where they overlap in the middle, so that you get the result you see above.</div><br />
Looking pumpkiny!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cuteness emerging.</div></div><br />
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At this point, just go ahead and squeal with delight. You will want you. You will need to. You have my blessing.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NXfwgHO_oZI/TsDKrOHQQ_I/AAAAAAAADBw/SyVDrxdd4pI/s1600/pil7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NXfwgHO_oZI/TsDKrOHQQ_I/AAAAAAAADBw/SyVDrxdd4pI/s400/pil7.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once all is in place, add the buckles to the belt and hat. I presented him on a little bit of fondant grass with some acorns. At this point I called in all my family, my neighbors, the postman, and a stray cat to share my excitement with them. <br />
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I often get asked where I get my ideas from, which can be all kinds of things. This project was inspired by this piece of clip art I stumbled upon while searching on the internet for something:<br />
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My little guy came out pretty much how I envisioned in my head; which rarely happens. So I was very pleased.<br />
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Hope you give him a try, he was a lot of fun to do!<br />
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Stray tuned for the next installment of my Thanksgiving Blog Blitz coming Friday!<br />
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Happy caking! <br />
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www.sugaredproductions.com<br />
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</div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-20013124625450773492011-11-14T09:51:00.000-08:002011-11-14T09:51:14.202-08:00Turkey Cake Balls!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
Welcome to post #2 of my Thanksgiving Blog Blitz! I will have a new blog post for you every few days from now until Turkey day. I hope you enjoy.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I don't know about you guys, but I have serious crush on cute little turkey themed treats. I love seeing all the adorable confections that people come up with this time of year. I did a <a href="http://sugaredblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/yum-to-oh.html">post</a> a couple of years ago about Thanksgiving cake balls, which we make every year. But I wanted to kick them up a notch this year, and turn them into something more fun and eye catching.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWBLGbv1zxQ/Tr4o8HrAC0I/AAAAAAAAC-k/cA4tsqPeVfs/s1600/turks12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWBLGbv1zxQ/Tr4o8HrAC0I/AAAAAAAAC-k/cA4tsqPeVfs/s400/turks12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To make the little front wings, cut two petals out of a blossom with an exacto knife.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I simply adore these turkey cake balls. I can see them sitting on top of a bread plate at each place setting on the Thanksgiving dining table. Your guests will simply go nuts over them, and you will get rave reviews for being such a clever confectionery creator. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you try them out!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy turkey-ing, </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sharon</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">www.sugaredproductions.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">PS. You can learn how to make perfect cake balls step by step in our <a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/product/Back-to-Basics-DVD/">Back To Basics DVD</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br />
</div></div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-39826427230934152132011-11-06T22:05:00.000-08:002011-11-06T22:32:01.387-08:00Have Your Pie and Eat It Too<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving means one thing to everyone I am sure:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pumpkin Pie!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I love all things pumpkin flavored: muffins, breads, shakes, martinis (oops, did I admit that?).... except for one thing..... pie. I just do not care for it for some reason. But I cannot imagine having a Thanksgiving spread without that iconic pie on the table. So I thought I would try to have the best of both worlds this year, and maybe even play a little trickery on my unsuspecting family at the same time. (devilish grin)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh that beautiful symbol of fall, gratitude, good food, and precious time with family and friends.....</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sCvejFfM7tc/TrXqsLTIWuI/AAAAAAAAC7k/W_AKbY_yRIs/s320/pies13.jpg" width="320" /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"> Airbrush color gives this "pie" its magic. A little yellow base coat, then followed by ivory (which comes out light brown for some reason).</span> If you do not have an airbrush you can use the color mists in the can as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i8By8Unfwgo/TrXrqzz4LUI/AAAAAAAAC8U/myjduejMklM/s1600/pies16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i8By8Unfwgo/TrXrqzz4LUI/AAAAAAAAC8U/myjduejMklM/s320/pies16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Watch your guests' faces as they cut into this pie and find out your secret surprise! (You might want to bring along a real pumpkin pie as back up, just in case. You don't want an angry crowd caused by being deprived of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This cake was SO easy and fast to do. You can make several and trick all of your neighbors we well. And your coworkers and boss. And the kids' teachers. The fun could go one for weeks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here is an easy pumpkin cake recipe I used. It is super moist and yummy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="ingredients" style="margin-top: 10px;"><h3>Ingredients</h3><ul><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient"> 1 (18.25 ounce) package spice cake mix</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient"> 3 eggs</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient"> 1/3 vegetable oil</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient"> 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient"> 1 TBS pumpkin pie spice</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient">1/3 cup white sugar</li>
</ul><div class="ingredients" style="margin-top: 10px;"><h3>Directions</h3><ul><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient"> Combine everything in mixer at speed two until combined. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 325 until done.</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient">Cool completely. Level off the top, put the scraps in a ziplock bag, and hide them in your office so no one else can get to them.</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient">Split layer into the height needed to fill your pie pan.</li>
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I really hope you guys give this fun cake a try and send me photos so I can post them!<br />
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Happy caking!<br />
Sharon<br />
www.sugaredproductions.com <br />
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</div></div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-31003906054080177302011-10-30T21:17:00.000-07:002011-10-30T21:18:06.789-07:00Give-Away Winners!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello everybody!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to you all who have purchased your Flowers DVDs on pre-order!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The duplicator is supposed to have them to me by November 5th, and we will ship them out as soon as we receive them. All of the orders are boxed up and just waiting for the DVDs to be added and mailed. We thank you so very much for your patience; we know you are anxious to get them. And we are eager to get them to you!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">By random draw, the three <a href="http://sugaredblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-new-flower-dvds.html">tote bag winners</a> are:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Deb Werner</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dawn Beckley</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grace Hanson</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Your tote bags will added to your pre-order shipments. Congratulations!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the winner by random draw from the <a href="http://sugaredblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunflower-grad-cake.html">sunflower tutorial</a> post is: <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Rita Greer</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Rita please email us to claim your prize.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Stay tuned as we will have another contest soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thank you all for business!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you all enjoy your Halloween festivities tonight. Then it is time for us to go right into Thanksgiving preparations! I have a few great blog posts coming up in the Turkey Day theme, so stay tuned!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy caking,</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sharon</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">www.sugaredproductions.com</a></div><br />
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</div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-92034654265894089232011-10-25T11:37:00.000-07:002011-10-25T11:37:48.588-07:00Easy Halloween Cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Halloween is almost here!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you ready? No? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well I am here to help! </span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This post is for all you procrastinators out there. And I say this with the utmost love and respect. For I am a champion, card carrying, flag waving procrastinator. I even joined a support group, but it hasn't been much help:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I feel your pain. You had all these great delusions of grandeur of all the amazing treats you were going to make for Halloween. Maybe a haunted gingerbread house. Or a topsy turvy Tim Burton style. Or a batch of fabulously custom decorated cookies. You had it all planned in your head. You laid awake at night with excitement thinking of the joy you were going to experience while creating your incredible Halloween confections.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And here we are, just a few days before Halloween and...... nothing..... nada...... crickets. Where did the time go? What will we do? The kids are looking up at you with those sad longing eyes, asking what you will be making for their class or neighborhood party. Crikey! Why did we wait so long? Your heart starts to race; sweat forms on your brow; the room is going white. Pure unadulterated panic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Raise your hand if you are with me so far. I have been in this situation more times than I count. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">So let me share with you these super duper easy Halloween cupcakes that you can whip out in no time, but still impress even the most discerning goblins and ghouls.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Let's start with the standing skeleton:</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mp2ElZy1skc/TqZF0yibZUI/AAAAAAAAC1o/r16yR2B0IZ8/s1600/VVV18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mp2ElZy1skc/TqZF0yibZUI/AAAAAAAAC1o/r16yR2B0IZ8/s320/VVV18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Draw a face on the flat side of a marshmallow that has been cut in half with an edible food marker. Three of the pretzels need to be glued to the sucker stick with some melted chocolate to make the rib cage.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wsvYdW00rBA/TqZG55ABDTI/AAAAAAAAC1w/m4gwibjAEBQ/s1600/vvv29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="269" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wsvYdW00rBA/TqZG55ABDTI/AAAAAAAAC1w/m4gwibjAEBQ/s320/vvv29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that was the tricky part. I spent a good 20 minutes trying to get those finicky pretzels to line up correctly on the sucker stick without flopping over or getting out of alignment. I found the above method worked the best. I used gravity to hold the back edges of the pretzels onto the stick while the chocolate hardened. Worked great and was very easy.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Crazy easy ghosts:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of my very favorite holidays is upon us. Halloween is a confectioner's dream, as it provides an<i> </i>opportunity to make some of <i>the </i>cutest tasty treats evah. Let me share with you some I made this week. These were a lot of fun, and not very difficult nor time consuming. They get extra points for that!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sj5w7fin0I0/TpUzL3QH2kI/AAAAAAAACuA/0bEf9e4O9to/s1600/www28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sj5w7fin0I0/TpUzL3QH2kI/AAAAAAAACuA/0bEf9e4O9to/s320/www28.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Initial supplies used to make our cozy candy couple include yellow candy melts, green oil based candy color, marshmallows and sucker sticks. I highly recommend Merkens brand melts for optimum dipping performance. In this case I used the <a href="http://www.campfiremarshmallows.com/products/giant-roasters/">campfire roasting marshmallows</a>. Have you seen those things? They are hugantic! They are as big as.....as ......as a giant marshmallow! I also suggest using the thicker sucker sticks, as these bad boys are heavy once they are done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Broomelda: <i>Why yes, thank you. I will have a Bloody Mary. </i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy Halloween everybody! Send me pics if you make these and I will post them on Facebook. Please tell all your friends to like our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/SugarEd-Productions/288797535998">Facebook page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy dipping!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sharon</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">www.sugaredproductions.com </a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br />
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</div></div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-11752107756086394192011-10-06T18:58:00.000-07:002011-10-06T20:15:29.495-07:00Basic Buttercream Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strike></strike><br />
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A couple of months ago my BFF, right arm, crazy talented cake artist, and all around superwoman, <a href="http://www.sweetideasbywendy.com/">Wendy</a>, hosted a basic buttercream class at her shop. It was a wild two days of flying powdered sugar, flinging icing, bench scrapering, smoothing, and all around good clean fun. I would love to share some photos with you of this rip roaring event!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Heck no, I was not going to let a blow out ruin my cake! And this was a great opportunity to show the students how to repair one. The reason why I got this blow out was because I had iced my cake the day before right after I unwrapped it from plastic wrap. I did not take the time to let the condensation dry off the sides. Moisture is a main factor in the development of blow outs. So let's fix it.</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can learn all of these buttercream smoothing techniques and more in the <a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/product/Buttercream-DVD/"> Perfecting the Art of Buttercream DVD.</a></span></span><br />
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Happy caking!<br />
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</div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-41840731425053832682011-09-28T18:05:00.000-07:002011-09-28T18:05:49.115-07:00Long Time No Talk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello Sugar Friends!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have missed you all so much! I apologize for neglecting the blog these last few months. We have had so much stuff going on behind the scenes at SugarEd, (and some of them unexpected and rather complicated), that it has taken all my time and attention. We have filmed (and are presently editing) our two new gumpaste flower DVDs. We have rebuilt the entire website and shopping cart for better performance on both ends. We are now able to process credit card orders directly on the website. You can still use Paypal to checkout if you choose to do so. We are also planning a big website expansion that will include a lot more goodies for you. We are brainstorming and developing that as we speak! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I thank you for your patience as we work on all of these projects, so that we can continue to provide you with the best service and products we can produce.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I will have another blog post for you in a few days. In the mean time, please enjoy these fabulous cakes submitted by our readers:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HGispA4Oi58/ToO-xdEtA0I/AAAAAAAACn8/eGe8osQsRyE/s1600/Yossi%2527s21st141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HGispA4Oi58/ToO-xdEtA0I/AAAAAAAACn8/eGe8osQsRyE/s320/Yossi%2527s21st141.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> This stunning topsy turvy was made by Karen in Australia for her son's 21st birthday. Perfection!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6F5COx29h8/ToO_2CbxTOI/AAAAAAAACoA/NOUtFHSPydE/s1600/blogIMG_1167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6F5COx29h8/ToO_2CbxTOI/AAAAAAAACoA/NOUtFHSPydE/s320/blogIMG_1167.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> This sassy fish cake was made by Mari in Florida. Love it!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ooRjNNvMFaI/ToPAoFYdVoI/AAAAAAAACoE/syrQB1nVbuk/s1600/IMG_1352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ooRjNNvMFaI/ToPAoFYdVoI/AAAAAAAACoE/syrQB1nVbuk/s320/IMG_1352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Katherine C made this buttercream beauty. Can you believe she has only been decorating for one year? Unbelievable!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGibHQnQdgI/ToPBp2urCGI/AAAAAAAACoM/Sw4UK-RKMLM/s1600/Cuban+Party+Sheet+Cake+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGibHQnQdgI/ToPBp2urCGI/AAAAAAAACoM/Sw4UK-RKMLM/s320/Cuban+Party+Sheet+Cake+-+Copy.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Esther S shows her mastery of image transfers with her cute Cuban drummer. Maybe that is Ricky Ricardo? ( Love Ricky!)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gorgeous work guys! Feel free to submit your sugar art, recipes, tips and questions to this email address. You might get it published on the blog or newsletter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks again everybody! I will see you in a few days with a post about our last buttercream basics class. I will show you how I repaired a HUGE blowout!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy caking!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sharon </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-28559409928992232632011-05-24T11:02:00.000-07:002011-05-24T11:17:08.921-07:00Sunflower Grad Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strike></strike><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Graduation season is here! Are you guys making a lot of grad cakes right now? I had the opportunity last week to make a cake for my son's best friend. She is a very sweet girl, and I was happy to make it for her. I included the elements in the cake that she requested: the colors of red and black, a sunflower (her favorite flower), and paw prints to represent her desire to open her own small animal care business. And of course we had to include the grad cap and tassel to represent her school. (Instructions on how to make the cap and tassel can be found in our <a href="http://sugaredproductions.wsiefusion.net/_product_85116/Book_Smarts_DVD">Book Smarts DVD</a>.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We will be shooting our next DVD in a few weeks. The topic will be gumpaste and fondant flowers. Do you think we should include this sunflower in the DVD? Leave a comment here and tell me what you think, and you will be entered into a drawing to win a <strong>free flower DVD</strong> when it is released in the fall. Woo Hoo! Free stuff!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Happy caking everyone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Sharon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">http://www.sugaredproductions.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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One year ago we had a nice party for family and friends to celebrate our 25th. I have not published the photos of the cake to date because I thought they were going to be featured in a prominent cake magazine. Well, that never happened, so I thought today would be an appropriate day to share them with you.</div><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">I chose black and red with touches of silver to match the decor of the venue we had rented for the party. I did make my own cake, but I cheated. It was all stryo dummies, for two reasons. I wanted to be able to save the top tiers as a keepsake, and I wanted to be able to work on the cake early, since I would be so busy with party preparations in the days before the event.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div></div></div>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-76852711936820127132011-04-29T16:12:00.000-07:002011-04-29T18:29:16.770-07:00Easter Egg Basket Cake<div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">HELLO SUGAR FRIENDS!!</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />I know it has been a long time. I apologize for my neglect of the blog. We have been <strong>so</strong> very busy behind the scenes, working on new and exciting projects for SugarEd that have been very time consuming. We are planning our next DVD releases, a website upgrade and expansion, and more fun surprises that you will learn more about at the end of this year. (Good things come to those who wait, LOL)</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Things are starting to settle down just a bit, so I am going to do my best to get back to blogging regularly. And I thought you might enjoy a tutorial on the basket cake I made last week for an Easter order. I know Easter is over, but you can use these techniques for many types of other cake themes.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><em>Disclaimer: There seems to be something amiss with my camera (or there is the very remote possibility it is user ignorance), so the quality of these photos is not great, but I think you can still see them pretty well. I so want to take photography classes but there is just no time!</em></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="justify">Today we are going to make a big ole beautiful Easter basket full of pastel chocolate eggs!</div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RjOfJAeh38U/TbtKgNJBDEI/AAAAAAAAClc/i17fn5Kt440/s1600/egg3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152478709091394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RjOfJAeh38U/TbtKgNJBDEI/AAAAAAAAClc/i17fn5Kt440/s400/egg3.JPG" /></a> The basket handle was made about 5 days ahead of time. I used half chocolate and half white fondant, adding a very liberal amount of powdered tylose. I formed two thick sausages, then twisted them together, and curved them into the shape I needed for the handle. Make a wire handle that custom fits your cake in width and height, and use that as a guide to form the shape of your fondant handle. Insert sucker sticks into the two ends of the handle. I put it on a cooling rack so the air could get to the under side to aid drying. I have done this many times with success, but I think next time I might try 50/50 gumpaste. More on that later.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AUEHBJLJ0fA/TbtKgGE51jI/AAAAAAAAClU/1p1Xq4A5ch4/s1600/egg1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152476812793394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AUEHBJLJ0fA/TbtKgGE51jI/AAAAAAAAClU/1p1Xq4A5ch4/s400/egg1.JPG" /></a> Now to make the chocolate eggs. I like Merkens brand super white candy melts. I used candy colors to tint it a few pastel shades. I used a large 3D egg chocolate mold to form the eggs. The molds are clipped together with strong office clamps, and the chocolate is poured into a hole cut out on the underside of the mold. The mold was put in a small cup to hold it straight and put in the freezer for about 15 minutes. Then the mold was removed from the cup and placed back in the freezer, allowing the cold air to fully reach all sides of it. It was ready to be unmolded at about 20-25 minutes total freezing time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HsG7BpdBCQA/TbtKf_aV2eI/AAAAAAAAClM/3F2x1hcVtsY/s1600/egg2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 303px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152475023661538" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HsG7BpdBCQA/TbtKf_aV2eI/AAAAAAAAClM/3F2x1hcVtsY/s400/egg2.JPG" /></a> Here are some eggs fresh out of the molds. Oh no!! Look at those ugly seems! What shall we do?? No worries, we can clean that up easily.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zi3hQDOhKcc/TbtKGjIc-nI/AAAAAAAAClE/61w7LwugC1Q/s1600/egg5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152037935708786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zi3hQDOhKcc/TbtKGjIc-nI/AAAAAAAAClE/61w7LwugC1Q/s400/egg5.JPG" /></a> Here they are all cleaned up. Use your palette knife or exacto knife to scrape off all the excess. Then use the heat of your gloved hand to smooth and buff out any lines and imperfections. This will cause the egg to lose its shine from the mold, but I have never seen a super shiny dyed Easter egg anyway. We are going for realism here!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PQxJEiPcmhM/TbtKGNqGMBI/AAAAAAAACk8/OHHoY1YUsx0/s1600/egg4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152032171241490" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PQxJEiPcmhM/TbtKGNqGMBI/AAAAAAAACk8/OHHoY1YUsx0/s400/egg4.JPG" /></a> However, we do want just a little bit of sheen to bring our eggs up a notch in elegance and refinement. So I used the edible lacquer spray an gave them 2 or 3 thin coats, allowing them to dry in between coats.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nXj_UkmUpv8/TbtKF5GlhXI/AAAAAAAACk0/DT2-sboCZFk/s1600/egg6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152026653590898" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nXj_UkmUpv8/TbtKF5GlhXI/AAAAAAAACk0/DT2-sboCZFk/s400/egg6.JPG" /></a> Here are the eggs right after spraying. Once dry, they will not be nearly this shiny.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zK-kAhU-kTg/TbtKFVWa6NI/AAAAAAAACks/iCJCAKX6Tpw/s1600/egg9.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152017056327890" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zK-kAhU-kTg/TbtKFVWa6NI/AAAAAAAACks/iCJCAKX6Tpw/s400/egg9.JPG" /></a> Then the fun part of decorating the eggs! I used a variety of pastel colored fondant, strip, circle and flower cutters to decorate them in a variety of designs. You can use water, piping gel, or shortening as the glue for your fondant trims.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GndZlwMpNdw/TbtKFUStuVI/AAAAAAAACkk/P7pqp4Lbl4k/s1600/egg10.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601152016772348242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GndZlwMpNdw/TbtKFUStuVI/AAAAAAAACkk/P7pqp4Lbl4k/s400/egg10.JPG" /></a> Aren't they pretty? Try to get your fondant thin, as thick bulky appliques do not looks a nice on the eggs. Now back to the basket..... ( after a fountain Diet Coke run, of course.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dw9_ffOw7nw/TbtJlG_j4RI/AAAAAAAACkc/Kj4IfETb2sM/s1600/egg7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151463446536466" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dw9_ffOw7nw/TbtJlG_j4RI/AAAAAAAACkc/Kj4IfETb2sM/s400/egg7.JPG" /></a> Ahhhhh, now that we are all refreshed, it is time to carve the cake into a slightly tapered basket shape. I have three 2 inch layers of cake here with one layer of filling. The cakes are 12 inch diameter. If you need to see the detailed method for carving this shape, you can check out our <a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/_product_85116/Topsy_Turvy_DVD">Tosy Turvy DVD</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FZLvUliAqbg/TbtJlJNFdsI/AAAAAAAACkU/YbfqIPFhSnQ/s1600/egg8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151464040134338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FZLvUliAqbg/TbtJlJNFdsI/AAAAAAAACkU/YbfqIPFhSnQ/s400/egg8.JPG" /></a> Once the cake was carved, I used the thickened ganache method (also shown in the Topsy Turvy DVD) to coat our cake. Here it is shown all nice and smoothed. The top edge of excess ganache is removed the next day after the ganache has set up to a nice firm shell.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Now we have time to go play on Facebook, have some coffee and a snack, watch tonight's rerun of the Young and the Restless, and then go to bed. Tomorrow we put our basket all together!</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*<br /></div><br /><div>Good morning! Did you have a nice rest? Oh, who am I kidding. I never cake in the morning. I never cake before 3PM. Not a morning person, it takes me half the day to get fully awake and functioning.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CeO7HqDYZWU/TbtJk7x6ipI/AAAAAAAACkM/WJGi7lNGfCo/s1600/egg12.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151460436511378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CeO7HqDYZWU/TbtJk7x6ipI/AAAAAAAACkM/WJGi7lNGfCo/s400/egg12.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>So now we must roll out a very long piece of fondant (half chocolate and half white for this shade of brown) that is long enough to wrap around our cake, with a little extra on the end.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0D-e718hcNM/TbtJk8azD4I/AAAAAAAACkE/9qnoAoxc1O4/s1600/egg11.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151460607987586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0D-e718hcNM/TbtJk8azD4I/AAAAAAAACkE/9qnoAoxc1O4/s400/egg11.JPG" /></a> I used the PME basketweave roller to make the basketweave impression. I. love. this. roller. The end.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tIFJ0s_8V74/TbtJkirRE6I/AAAAAAAACj8/lHTERcPUVwY/s1600/egg13.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151453697741730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tIFJ0s_8V74/TbtJkirRE6I/AAAAAAAACj8/lHTERcPUVwY/s400/egg13.JPG" /></a> Measure how tall you want your piece of fondant to be and cut a strip that exact height, and roll it up bandage style.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gseXy-lhbXE/TbtJOJNISEI/AAAAAAAACj0/o438_dDmjFk/s1600/egg14.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 352px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151068903327810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gseXy-lhbXE/TbtJOJNISEI/AAAAAAAACj0/o438_dDmjFk/s400/egg14.JPG" /></a> I smeared shortening all over the ganached cake (with a gloved hand) in a light coat for glue. Shortening is <em>excellent</em> glue. Then I started at the back of my cake, and unrolled the wrap as I went around the cake. (I was taking my own photos, so I had to step away from the cake to take the picture.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_xJ_O7qwspY/TbtJNuRdwCI/AAAAAAAACjs/Z17S_6HvgUY/s1600/egg15.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151061673754658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_xJ_O7qwspY/TbtJNuRdwCI/AAAAAAAACjs/Z17S_6HvgUY/s400/egg15.JPG" /></a> Do not pull or stretch it as you unroll. Just gently unroll it as you smooth it onto the cake with your hand. You do not want to erase or distort the basketweave pattern.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkEj0NnzFrc/TbtJNaqsT9I/AAAAAAAACjk/o01o-vPqvwo/s1600/egg16.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151056410857426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkEj0NnzFrc/TbtJNaqsT9I/AAAAAAAACjk/o01o-vPqvwo/s400/egg16.JPG" /></a> I used a clay gun to make a rope border for both the top edge and the bottom of the basket. Here you can see two large bubble tea straws inserted into the cake where the sucker sticks at the base of the handle will go.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eo_UWt9tYwk/TbtJNDohOZI/AAAAAAAACjc/9TwmmTMmEyA/s1600/egg17.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 354px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151050227726738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eo_UWt9tYwk/TbtJNDohOZI/AAAAAAAACjc/9TwmmTMmEyA/s400/egg17.JPG" /></a> I filled the straws with melted chocolate using a piping bag.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HgpkyxFiRPU/TbtJNLNERhI/AAAAAAAACjU/wnuZHXnEi9g/s1600/egg18.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 333px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601151052260066834" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HgpkyxFiRPU/TbtJNLNERhI/AAAAAAAACjU/wnuZHXnEi9g/s400/egg18.JPG" /></a> Then the sucker sticks were inserted into the straws . I propped the handle in place with a roll of Viva until the chocolate set.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ayRFCc1Dw4/TbtIn8UCf-I/AAAAAAAACjM/-CISrWhPUjQ/s1600/egg19.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 371px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601150412607619042" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ayRFCc1Dw4/TbtIn8UCf-I/AAAAAAAACjM/-CISrWhPUjQ/s400/egg19.JPG" /></a> I added more chocolate around the base of the handles to add more stability to them and let that fully firm up. Lookin' good!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L2e1KRqWHOI/TbtInq3mCTI/AAAAAAAACjE/Sv1buXY33eU/s1600/egg20.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 368px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601150407924910386" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L2e1KRqWHOI/TbtInq3mCTI/AAAAAAAACjE/Sv1buXY33eU/s400/egg20.JPG" /></a> Now I have to insert four support straws.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zhS_dBcaIQ/TbtInV7Vy4I/AAAAAAAACi8/3ZJo4yVbLQ4/s1600/egg21.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601150402303478658" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zhS_dBcaIQ/TbtInV7Vy4I/AAAAAAAACi8/3ZJo4yVbLQ4/s400/egg21.JPG" /></a> .........that will hold up the cake circle that will support the weight of the heavy chocolate eggs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hA3NIiF8AQw/TbtInLhrQVI/AAAAAAAACi0/-nQOmoxrohM/s1600/egg22.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601150399511478610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hA3NIiF8AQw/TbtInLhrQVI/AAAAAAAACi0/-nQOmoxrohM/s400/egg22.JPG" /></a> Looks like an Easter basket now! I just added pieces of rolled out ivory fondant in a free form blanket shape and placed the eggs on top. So pretty! But hmmm....... that handle does not look quite as straight as it did when I put it in. Oh well, I am sure it will be fine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsPKQN9CjIk/TbtIm0eNVVI/AAAAAAAACis/HWcXciMqCJw/s1600/egg24.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601150393322919250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsPKQN9CjIk/TbtIm0eNVVI/AAAAAAAACis/HWcXciMqCJw/s400/egg24.JPG" /></a> I added a pink gumpaste ribbon and bow, and piped buttercream grass to complete my project. Boy, that handle is getting wonkier looking. I checked it; it seems solidly in place and stable. Well, it is time to go deliver. I am going to drive because hubby has been banned from driving with cakes after that <a href="http://sugaredblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/grapsicle-buttercream-and-red.html">last episode </a>we will not speak of.<br /></div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*</div><br /><div>*<br /></div><br /><div>As I pull into the neighborhood of the client, I hear a big thump in the back of the vehicle. I knew what it was. I knew what had happened. I could not look. I said to Hubby, it happened didn't it? He said, Yep.<br /><br /></div><br /><div>Ok, now what to do? Surprisingly , I did not freak out. I called the customer, explained to her what happened, and that I was going back home to to do repairs. Unfortunately I had only one handle (I always make two, <em>always</em>.... but not this time for some unkown reason). I explained to her that it will not have a handle, but it will be a pretty cake anyway. She was incredibly understanding and not upset in the least. Thank goodness for easy-going clients , right?<br /><br /></div><br /><div>So back home we go. I should have taken a photo of it with the broken handle. It broke off clean on both sides, about 6 inches up from the blanket. There was no fixing it.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dC5dT3B8uVU/TbtIPZKrAGI/AAAAAAAACik/CpHPFRwLfXo/s1600/egg25.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 336px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601149990856228962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dC5dT3B8uVU/TbtIPZKrAGI/AAAAAAAACik/CpHPFRwLfXo/s400/egg25.JPG" /></a> Here you can see where I clipped the broken handle down as low as I could to the top of the cake without disturbing the other decorations. I dare not attempt to take the pieces out of the cake that were embedded. My plan was just to cover these spots with a little bit more blanket, that is until a lightbulb went off! I had an idea!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-llMco2sswMo/TbtIO4z4_MI/AAAAAAAACic/JYlJB5FWH24/s1600/egg26.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 359px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601149982170741954" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-llMco2sswMo/TbtIO4z4_MI/AAAAAAAACic/JYlJB5FWH24/s400/egg26.JPG" /></a> I would make small side handles! I could do this over wire, and it would not require the handles to have any drying time before I applied them. I bent some floral wire into the desired shape, and simply wrapped a clay gun string around it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6QciFFKeidU/TbtIO-vBoLI/AAAAAAAACiU/lrjs6v0jBzg/s1600/egg27.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 346px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601149983760949426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6QciFFKeidU/TbtIO-vBoLI/AAAAAAAACiU/lrjs6v0jBzg/s400/egg27.JPG" /></a> I coated the ends of the wire with chocolate, and after that was dry, I inserted the handles into both sides of the cake. I used melted chocolate to close in any holes or gaps where fresh cake was exposed, and also to secure the new handles in place.<br /><br /></div><br /><div>I added some more blanket pieces to cover all the oopsies, and here is the final product:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n8OB6UYXYks/TbtHNfW6kSI/AAAAAAAAChc/Jt_nNWuM82A/s1600/eb1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 330px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601148858646827298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n8OB6UYXYks/TbtHNfW6kSI/AAAAAAAAChc/Jt_nNWuM82A/s400/eb1.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />What do you think? </div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BC_qi_yDPhY/TbtVFpIiBbI/AAAAAAAAClk/q2e5rbvAo1s/s1600/eb2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601164116994688434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BC_qi_yDPhY/TbtVFpIiBbI/AAAAAAAAClk/q2e5rbvAo1s/s400/eb2.JPG" /> <br /><p align="justify"></a>I think I might even like it better than the first version. Whew, so glad that worked out, because who ever heard of an Easter basket with no handles?<br /><br />So all is well that ends well! I hope you guys give this basket technique a try. I would suggest using a lot of tylose or gumpaste in your handle, and give it at least a week to dry if not longer. Or possibly even form it over very sturdy wire that can provide some support. I have made large handles using this method many times with success; I think this time it had not dried long/hard enough.<br /><br /><br /><br />Oh and make TWO of everything!<br /><br /><br />Happy Caking Everyone!<br /><br />Sharon<br /><a href="http://www.sugaredproductions.com/">http://www.sugaredproductions.com/</a> </p>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643045063811587217.post-183839832924696592011-04-12T05:01:00.000-07:002011-04-12T05:12:58.022-07:00Choose Your Free Gift!<br><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE!</strong></span></div><br><br /><p><strong>With every purchase of $50 before shipping, you may choose one of the following items as your gift: <br><br></strong>Back to Basics DVD <br>Perfecting the Art of Buttercream DVD <br>Flawless Fondant DVD <br>Successful Stacking DVD <br>Boxes and Bows DVD <br>Topsy Turvy DVD <br>Sheet Cake Secrets DVD<br> Sheet Cake Bonus DVD <br>Design Gallery DVD <br>Sweet Luxuries DVD <br>Diamond Impression Mat<br> Line Impression Mat <br>Butterfly Stencil <br>Daisy and Dot Stencil <br>Frill Cutter set 1<br> Frill Cutter set 2 <br>Palette Knife<br> Stitching Tool <br>Baby Bootie Cutters <br>Toy Tappit Cutters<br> Bench Scraper<br> Business Card Boxes <br>Choose two of the molds below: <br> Chocolate Frame <br> Business Card <br> A-L Chocolate Mold<br> M-Z Chocolate Mold <br> Cherry Cordial </p><br><br /><div align="justify"><strong>Here's how to claim your gift:<br> <br></strong>Please do <strong>not</strong> put the desired item into your shopping cart or you will be charged for it. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563783768522558018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pl0c6tYw-Qc/TTaH2_nfCkI/AAAAAAAACgM/OuOrlE06qKs/s400/DenverClassTOPSY.jpg" /></a><br> </div><div align="justify">Colorado ICES is proud to announce that Sharon Zambito and <a href="http://www.sugarcreations.com/">Rebecca Sutterby </a>are teaching a Topsy Turvy Fantasy Cake class together following the "Sweet Times in the Rockies" cake show in Denver, CO. </div><div align="justify"> <br><br></div><div align="justify">The class is Feb 14th & 15th.</div><div align="justify"> <br><br></div><div align="justify">Cake Crafts, 4105 S Broadway, Englewood, CO</div><div align="justify"> <br><br></div><div align="justify">There are a very limited number of seats available for this class. If you're interested, contact Adele Lind-Nichols ASAP -- e-mail <a href="mailto:coloradoices@yahoo.com">coloradoices@yahoo.com</a>.</div><div align="justify"> <br><br></div><div align="justify">The cost of the two day class is $325, with some supplies included. A non-refundable $100.00 deposit is required, with the remainder due no later than February 1, 2011. Please do not make a payment, until you have confirmation from Adele to do so. Availability is on a first reply, first serve basis; others will be placed on a waiting list and notified should space become available. </div><br /><br><br><br />Hope to see you there! <br><br>SugarEd Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554775319953968511noreply@blogger.com4