Mmm bright colours. Some colours take really well to fondant. So I got a bit excited and want ed to put shapes on cakes straightaway!
Not these guys though. I made these because soft fondant is a bit like play dough. So I played...
Here are the shapes that I actually made. Round shapes are hard because as soon as you pick them up they turn into Dali-esque melting discs. But for a first go I thought they looked good.
I had enough cupcakes though, and too much icing. What do you do with leftover icing? I made rainbows...
Note to self: Rainbows actually look pretty cool.
If I'd had my time again maybe I would have just made rainbow cakes. Or not. who knows.
PS - I did find that you can't transport fondant cakes in an air tight container. Particularly on a warm day. Dali cakes...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Making a mess
Sometimes my house looks rather like a creative graveyard. Bits of felt here, some discarded ribbon that the cats have claimed, chocolate biscuits that really should have been eaten last week...
Work seems a good place to dump creative baking because staff rooms are food black holes. No one says no to proffered cupcakes in a staff room. Or they go home to people's children. I hope I am not responsible for the next generation of obese kinder kids.
Today my kitchen looks like a graveyard because I was making chocolate biscuits with Mel. Having both had bad/exhausting weeks the baking got a bit hysterical. I therefore discovered that baking is a good outlet for overtired energy, but don't expect good food out of this. While they were chocolate biscuits in basic definition, they lacked a certain 'je ne sais qua'. Taste, I think it's called. They don't look too bad though:
Working around the strewn chocolate I am making cupcakes (from scratch this time) for Jen's birthday tomorrow. Pics to come. :)
Work seems a good place to dump creative baking because staff rooms are food black holes. No one says no to proffered cupcakes in a staff room. Or they go home to people's children. I hope I am not responsible for the next generation of obese kinder kids.
Today my kitchen looks like a graveyard because I was making chocolate biscuits with Mel. Having both had bad/exhausting weeks the baking got a bit hysterical. I therefore discovered that baking is a good outlet for overtired energy, but don't expect good food out of this. While they were chocolate biscuits in basic definition, they lacked a certain 'je ne sais qua'. Taste, I think it's called. They don't look too bad though:
Working around the strewn chocolate I am making cupcakes (from scratch this time) for Jen's birthday tomorrow. Pics to come. :)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Chocolate & Squeak!
So I've decided that I am going to blog my sporadic creative outbursts. As a child I learnt a lot about craft and every now and then I feel the compulsion to make felty shapes NOW. Or button jewellery. Or bake cupcakes, buscuits and decorate them. I'm not quite sure where the urges come from, particularly for baking as I'm not actually 'into' food. But I like decorating things, so I think that's what works for me.
So I'll start with some of my 'old work'.
Craft:
I became quite obsessed with button jewellery so I was experimenting with wire and buttons. Here are some earrings I made. Then I got distracted by felt shapes.
This was an owl I made for a friend who was going interstate for a while, as her 'travelling companion'.
Baking:This was one of my first attempts at royal icing. I quite like the really gross colours that turned out for Halloween and the gloss made the pumpkins look great. At the time I think I used a clean paintbrush, but having scoured Bakerella I think I have found a better way for next time.
After this attempt it was decided that I should not be permitted to gain a building license. It was one of the creations that looks so simple until you actually try it! I'm not sure if I have a photo of the complete
This was a cake that I made for Tom's birthday. I had just bought a huge bucket of cookie cutters and used them as a template to make dino outlines with which to direct icing sugar. I'd also found dino sprinkles at the supermarket which made rather nice prehistoric grass.
So I'll start with some of my 'old work'.
Craft:
I became quite obsessed with button jewellery so I was experimenting with wire and buttons. Here are some earrings I made. Then I got distracted by felt shapes.
This was an owl I made for a friend who was going interstate for a while, as her 'travelling companion'.
Baking:This was one of my first attempts at royal icing. I quite like the really gross colours that turned out for Halloween and the gloss made the pumpkins look great. At the time I think I used a clean paintbrush, but having scoured Bakerella I think I have found a better way for next time.
After this attempt it was decided that I should not be permitted to gain a building license. It was one of the creations that looks so simple until you actually try it! I'm not sure if I have a photo of the complete
This was a cake that I made for Tom's birthday. I had just bought a huge bucket of cookie cutters and used them as a template to make dino outlines with which to direct icing sugar. I'd also found dino sprinkles at the supermarket which made rather nice prehistoric grass.
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