Category Archives: hand painting

How to: Flood Ice a cookie!

Posted on 02/04/2012 by admin

I’ve talked briefly about flood icing before so i thought i’d show you a step-by-step photo-guide of my latest cookie. The dragon tattoo cookie slab. These are big cookies, around 30cm! Step 1 Bake yourself a thin cookie slab and … Continue reading →

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An elegant Easter bunny…

Posted on 26/03/2012 by admin

A home-made, hand-painted candymelt Easter rabbit nestled in a bed of spring buttercream blossom. Here’s how you make the bunny…. Step 1 Get yourself a rabbit jelly mould. I found mine hiding in the back of my cupboard! A Silicon … Continue reading →

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Valentines swirled heart cookies

Posted on 27/01/2012 by admin

The technique of flood icing uses wet royal icing to decorate cookies which then dries into a hard, glossy, beautiul coating. All you need is some royal icing and a piping bag! Simply pipe thicker royal icing onto a cookie … Continue reading →

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Did you know you could hand paint cakes?

Posted on 11/03/2011 by admin

I am sure there are complex tutorials on how best to do this, i simply used paste food colourings, a little glycerine and a new paintbrush!

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