Category Archives: piping

How to: Make a gingerbread house – video tutorial

Posted on 10/01/2013 by admin

Here is a video tutorial on how to make your very own gingerbread house! I hope you like it. It is my first time in front of the camera so no sniggering in the corner – I can see you! … Continue reading →

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Día de los Muertos – Day of the Dead Cake

Posted on 28/12/2012 by admin

Anyone who follows this blog knows I have been playing around with my chocolate skull mould for the last couple of months. I’m sure you can imagine my joy then when i received a email asking for a ‘Day of … Continue reading →

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As proud as a hand-piped peacock!

Posted on 30/11/2012 by admin

Fine hand-piping has always been something of a mystery to me. I have seen piping so very fine it makes my eyes hurt, yet whenever I have tried it I get nowhere. My 1 tip clogs constantly, refuses to pipe … Continue reading →

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Fusion Cookie Artistry

Posted on 29/11/2012 by admin

I have been busy working up pieces for the upcoming Experimental Food Society spectacular London in November. I am creating a set of giant cookie canvasses using a mix of piping, flooding, airbrush and hand-painting. The set is entitled ‘Fusion’ … Continue reading →

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Skulls – chocolate ones…

Posted on 07/11/2012 by admin

I absolutely adore Day of the Dead skull art. Each skull has all the menace of death, yet are also fantastically creative, intricate and full of impact. When I found a chocolate skull mould on-line I had to have it. … Continue reading →

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Red Velvet Recipe

Posted on 07/11/2012 by admin

I’ve always wanted to make red velvet cake. I’ve never really known much about it or even what ingredients it had in it,  all i knew was it was a very popular American flavour and that it was a blood … Continue reading →

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I dream in buttercream – Part 2!

Posted on 16/06/2012 by admin

The internet is full of tutorials on how to create a buttercream swirl that looks like a rose. I even have a tutorial on here! Well if you’ve been reading my blog you’ll know i’ve found a pair of girls … Continue reading →

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Big-eyed bright bugs!

Posted on 08/06/2012 by admin

These were made for a lady who has 3 children, 2, 8 and 11. The older two are boys, the little one is her ‘princess.’ I was trying to think of a cookie design they’d all enjoy, and eventually settled … Continue reading →

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Chocolate floral wreath cake

Posted on 05/06/2012 by admin

Having discovered you can make chocolate casings for giant cupcakes using silicone moulds  I wanted to have a go at the same technique using a different silicone cake mould I had kicking about. I used this mould and this technique. … Continue reading →

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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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