Fancy Flours: Where Bakers Bloom

Treat your dad with some delicious sports ball cupcakes for Father’s Day! Pick his favorite sport or use several as shown in the photo. Use any cupcake recipe, then decorate accordingly: Orange frosting for basketballs, white frosting for golf balls, soccer balls, and baseballs. Yellow for tennis balls. Give you cupcake a little shine, with Fancy Flours shimmering sparkling and sanding sugars, available at www.fancyflours.com. Add the finishing touch with royal icing lines and stripes to create the look of a sports ball! Use your imagination here. Try using red licorice ropes for baseball lines and brown m&m’s for soccer balls. Go a step further and slip your cupcakes into a sports themed cupcake liner before or after baking (@ fancyflours.com).

Perfect for a Memorial Day or 4th of July get together, this cupcake tower is sure to WOW any crowd.

You will need 1 large styrofoam cone (at a local craft store) and around 24 3-6″ wooden dowels, plus toothpicks for the fruit.

Fresh fruit (red and blue berries, preferred)

Cupcakes can be baked and frosted as usual, however a more dense cupcake will work better for attaching to the tower. Try using a pound cake, chocolate cake or carrot cake for best results.

Affix cupcakes to tower by first sticking the wooden dowels firmly into the styrofoam tower. Place them evenly apart, making sure to be able to affix fruit in between each cupcake. Attach cupcakes to wooden dowels by pushing cupcake onto dowel (you may need to cut a small hole in the bottom of the cupcake wrapper (or don’t use any wrappers to avoid this step). 

Now affix each strawberry, blueberry or other piece of fruit to a toothpick and push toothpick into styrofoam, in between each cupcakes. You can make fruit kabobs as well and place a few pieces of fruit onto each toothpick.Make sure to completely fill up styrofoam tower so there is no syrofoam showing.

Summer is here! Why not spruce up an ordinary round cake and turn it into a darling basket of flowers! This cake can be made with a standard two layer 8-9″ cake pan recipe. 

After baking and cooling your cakes, apply a layer of frosting on the bottom layer. Place top layer on top of frosting layer. To get the look of a basket handle, use a serrated knife to cut a triangular shaped piece out of each side of the second layer (as seen in the photo). Discard or (eat!) the cut-out pieces. 
Apply additional frosting to the entire cake. Make sure all sides are covered.

Next, using additional icing attach an assortment of sugar and royal icing flower decorations to “fill up the basket”. Find several edible sugar and icing flowers at www.fancyflours.com.  For the green “grass”, mix coconut in a bowl with a small amount of green food coloring. Apply to cake to fill up basket.

For the final touch use a fork to create the basket weave on your frosting. Run the fork horizontally in a 1-2″ section. Then move down and run it vertical in a 1-2″ section. Continue this pattern until the entire cake has the basket weave.

Display on cake plate and enjoy!

The fabulous new book Hello! Cupcake, by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, is available at www.fancyflours.com. This cookbook is stuffed full with fantastic photos of cupcake creations and wonderful recipes and ideas. A must-have for all those cupcake die-hards out there; it is sure to get your imagination stirring and stomach grumbling! To view/purchase this item at the Fancy Flours online store, please click here. Happy Cupcaking!

Just in at Fancyflours.com: Cake Stand Wrappers!! These gorgeous wrappers can be used to add pizazz to any cake plate, cupcake stand or tray in merely minutes! Simply connect the wrapper pieces, affix to cake plate and watch other “ooh” and “ahh” over your fabulous display! These wrappers come in several designs and colors perfect for many party occasions including Weddings, Valentine’s Day and Spring! To view our complete line of Cake Stand Wrappers please visit www.fancyflours.com. Don’t forget to check out some of the coordinating Cupcake Wrappers to match your Cake Stand Wrappers at: http://www.fancyflours.com/site/paper-goods.html.

Be the first to know about these exquisite cake stand wrappers! Not only does fancyflours.com currently carry a wide assortment of cupcake wrappers (shown above in white filigree), but coming soon to our online store are Cake Stand Wrappers! Available in approximately two weeks, these gorgeous wrappers will make any old cake stand, a unique beauty! Cake stand wrappers will be available in the design shown above as well as other fun & festive styles. Check our online store @ fancyflours.com for availability.

Give your next birthday bash an extra cute touch with cupcake wrappers. They are easy to use and have a stunning effect! Fancy Flours carries nearly 20 different designs- perfect for any occasion! Cupcake wrappers simply wrap around any standard-sized cupcake (a tab on the back holds it together). You can even use them again if you are careful not to get icing on them. If your cupcakes need a kick- try cupcake wrappers for a little pizazz!

Cute as can be! These little rabbit cookies are sure to steal the show! They are first iced with royal icing. Once dry, wafer paper cut-outs are applied with corn syrup. You can then sprinkle with a light dusting of white edible glitter to get a shimmering effect. For the final touch, pipe a border around the edge of the egg. Watch as your friends “ooh” and “ahh” in amazement! Make sure to use the “No Fail Sugar Cookie” recipe located in the recipe section of the BLOG for delightfully yummy cookies that hold their shape every time! Have Fun!

Crazy about Cupcake Wrappers!

These gorgeous wrappers come in several designs at www.fancyflours.com. The butterfly design (above) is absolutely stunning with the wafer paper butterfly placed on top! Check out the full line of cupcake wrappers including choo-choo train, princess, daisies, baby and many others, sure to be a hit at your next gathering! These unique wrappers are easy to use and a fun way to dress up any ordinary cupcake. Needing even more pizazz? Be sure to browse our wafer paper collection. Wafer Paper is an edible starch-based paper that can be printed or stamped on with edible ink or bought with the design pre-printed (like the butterflies shown above). Cut out the design and affix to cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and desserts with just a dab of corn starch on the back side. You can also add even more glam to your wafer paper cut-outs using edible glitter or dragees; all sold at www.fancyflours.com. In no time you will have amazing treats that only took you moments to prepare!

Recently FancyFlours.com was recognized by Modern Bride magazine in their first annual “Best of the Web” roundup.
Our homepage, www.fancyflours.com was named one of the 100 Best Web Sites (for your wedding). Read the write-up on Fancy Flours and view the complete list of winners, featured in their Dec/Jan 2008 issue, by clicking here: http://www.brides.com/planning/budget/feature/article/162600.
We are listed as #16 for our collection of Vintage Wedding Cake Toppers!