Filed under: Inspiration, cookies | Tags: baby, cookie, heart, royal icing, sugar cookie, texture, whimsy cake
Try a new decorating technique with these cool cookie texturizing kits. Each kit comes with one cookie cutter and assorted texturizing mats. Fun, detailed designs leave either an impression or an embossed look – depending on which side of the mat you decide to use. They are very simple to use; just cut out your sugar cookies as usual and then before you bake, press the mat onto the top of each cookie to get the desired design. Bake and cool as usual. You can decorate with or without royal icing and either use colorful food pens (like we did above) or luster dust to create a shimmery effect. Or try decorating each flat cookie with buttercream frosting, wait until it starts to set and then press the mat into the buttercream to leave an impression in the frosting. A fun and easy way to achieve fabulous looking cookies. The kids will enjoy using the mats too!
Kits are available in Whimsy Topsy Turvey Cake (perfect for birthdays), Heart, Wedding Cake or Baby Onesie designs at fancyflours.com.
Happy baking!
Filed under: Just Plain Cool, cookies | Tags: ballerina, dragee, fancy flours, hammer song, kangaroo, lion & lamb, luster dust, tin cookie cutters
Fancy Flours = Fancy Cookie Cutters! We are proud to offer some of the finest hand-crafted cookie cutters by Hammer Song. These unique and whimsical cookie cutters have old-world charm and are a collectors’ favorite. The edges of these cookie cutters have exquisite detail and are made to cut precisely through your cookie dough. All of the Hammer Song cookie cutters are made in the tradition of 18th and 19th century tinsmiths. Because of their rich detailing these cutters can be used as decorations as well as cookie cutters. Hang them on your tree, mantle or simply display them with the rest of your collection. Shown are the Snow Queen Ballerina, Lion and Lamb and Roo & Baby Roo cutters are decorated with varying shades of royal icing. Dragees, edible glitter and sugar eyes make these cookies come to life! Add other detailing with quins, luster dust or sparkling sugar for an extra whimsical touch.
Filed under: cupcake | Tags: barley candy, patriotic cupcake, sparkler, USA Cupcake, USA Flag
Perfectly USA barley candy shapes make these cupcakes stand out in the crowd. Wrapped in red, white and blue star cupcake wrappers, they are dressed up for the upcoming 4th of July celebration. Vintage Sparkler picks, flag picks and red, white and blue sprinkles can be added for a cupcake display that is fit for celebrating our country’s birthday! Bake up a batch of cupcakes for a July 4th BBQ, or sell them at a bake sale or parade. A great decorating project for kids too!
View Fancy Flours entire USA baking & decorating collection by clicking HERE.
Filed under: Birthday, Just Plain Cool, cupcake | Tags: astrid, Birthday, bright colored frosting, candle, cupcake, fancy flours
Cupcakes never looked as good as they do in this NEW colorful Astrid cupcake liner pattern, available at fancyflours.com.
Perfect for birthdays and summer celebrations! Match a couple of the fun colors in the cupcake liner, with your icing colors to get a coordinated look that will have your birthday boy or girl giddy with excitement! We used simple colored candles, but fun shaped or number candles are a unique twist. See some of the candle varieties we carry at fancyflours.com. For a 3D border, try using a standard shell or star tip and carefully frost your way around the top of each cupcake in a contrasting color from the base layer.
Find more fabulous muffin cups, cupcake wrappers and creative cupcake decor at fancyflours.com.
Filed under: Just Plain Cool, cupcake | Tags: beagle, chocolate, dog cupcakes, dog sugars, dogs, grass, high tea, icing, wiener dog
All photos by lonemanphotography.com.
These cupcakes are dog-gone cute-as-can-be!
With a sugar dog decoration and little creative icing work, a whole family of dogs comes to life on what was just ordinary cupcakes! The trick here is getting the dogs bodies, tails and paws just right. Use a large width writing tip to create bodies and legs and a smaller width writing tip for tails and detail work. Create a “grass” effect with the small writing tip too, or try using a large tip especially created for making icing look like grass. This special tip can be found at your local craft store.
Here’s a cute spin…add a little dot of yellow for a tennis ball or any other fun shape for your dogs favorite toy.
Place sugar dogs head on the body you created with icing and voila! Cupcakes that are too cute to eat!
We used Gold and Chocolate High Tea Muffin Cups to complete this look.
Find all the decorative items you need to make fabulous baked treats at: fancyflours.com
Filed under: Birthday, Inspiration | Tags: 15% off, Birthday, birthday cake, sugar cookies, wafer paper
From NOW through FRIDAY, June 6 take 15% off your order at fancyflours.com MUST use coupon GOODIES at checkout at fancyflours.com!
Celebrate birthdays in style with cheerful wafer paper designs perfect for birthdays! Creative “Make Your Own Birthday Picks” are a simple way to jazz up a ordinary batch of cupcakes and you can add on additional details to the picks, like shimmery dragees and edible glitter with a touch of edible clear gel.
A great idea for a fun twist on the regular sugar cookie – bake sugar cookies in the shapes of birthday cakes! Our Three Tiered Cake Cookie Cutter is a the perfect shape for our new Happy Birthday Cake Wafer Paper set; complete with candles and all! Affix wafer paper with edible clear gel, sprinkle a layer of white edible glitter, and package in individual clear bags to give as party favors at a birthday celebration!
