Creating Amazing Food
As a cookie decorator I want to get a beautiful look to my cookies. To do this I use a variety of cookie icing recipes. But, by far my most popular and most used recipe is this one. Why? This glossy icing dries with a nice shine which shows off the designs. It also dries…
My standard white cake recipe is not only delicious, but dense enough to decorate. The other advantage is the ability to add other flavors to the recipe to alter the taste. You can use the recipe for cake, cupcakes and cake pops. If you want the cake to be a bright white, omit the egg…
I love the beautiful lace you can make using melted chocolate or candy melts. It creates a pretty design on top of your cake, and it’s easy to do. This is a perfect cake for a birthday, dessert, dinner party, holiday or special event. Watch the shorter video – just 1 minute Watch the…
Make a Hot Chocolate Cocoa Cake for the holidays or special dessert. Watch Jill decorate this delicious cake with marshmallows (Click below)! Shorter Version Video (1 Minute) Longer Version Video Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Cake 1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix (I used Duncan Hines) 3/4 Cup hot cocoa mix 1/2 Cup sour cream 1/2 Cup…
As a decorator I have tried dozens of cookie recipes to get the perfect sugar cookie for decorating. After years of tweaking, this is it. This recipe makes a sturdy and flat cookie to create a wonderful decorating surface. Although I use vanilla and almond extract, you can add any extract. For example, you…
I loved creating different Christmas designs using a heart cookie cutter. Enjoy the two video tutorials. Sugar Cookie Recipe (printable recipe below) Ingredients: 2 sticks salted butter (no margarine) 1 Cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract (other extracts are fine too) 1/2 Cup…
For Christmas a friend brought me eight Harry & David pears. Honestly, I am not a big pear eater and knew I would not be able to eat them all before they spoiled. So, I decided to create a pear cake. I call it my “Partridge in a Pear” Tree Cake. Not only is it…
There is nothing better than gathering neighbors and friends to share in decorating Christmas holiday cookies. For me it is a thrill as I am usually decorating myself for photo shoots and Youtube videos. So, having people join me in what I love is fantastic. During the holidays I offered cookie decorating classes. I was…
Do you have a group that would love to learn how to decorate cakes, cookies or cupcakes? With a group of eight or more, I can create a specialized interactive class just for your special interest. I can host the class in my home or in a local home (Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore,…
Decorating with children makes the holidays even more sweet. I had a blast decorating with Scarlett and Claire (my friend Erin’s daughters). They were natural decorators as they watch a lot of baking and decorating classes on Youtube. You will see in all the cupcake designs that they require dipping the cupcakes in frosting. But…
