Category "decorating"

Edible painting pens and biscuits

Can I use an edible food painting pen to decorate shortbread biscuits or can it only be used on icing? Thanks

How can I decorate jelly

This is jelly as in Jello (either gelatine-based or vegetarian), not as in jam. I'd buy it in the right base colour/flavour. I appear to have been volunteered

How can I pipe multicolored flowers?

I've seen beautiful multi-color piping with buttercream frosting where the outer part of the flower is a different shade than the inner part. Here's an example:

Savoury version of caramel or sugar cage

I am a hobbyist cook, who has recently taken to attempting elegant plating and presentation. I particularly like to make "gourmet" versions of classic dishes (

Reducing butter levels in Swiss or Italian Buttercream

I've looked all over for recipes for Italian or Swiss buttercream. All of them use tons of butter, from 2 sticks to 5 sticks. I'm trying to find a recipe that m

How to place nuts on top of the cake so that they stay symmetrically?

I am making a Christmas plum cake and I like to decorate the top of the cake with cashew nuts. I place them in a circle, touching each other and touching the wa

Making Bacon Spirals

I would like to make a garnish of bacon spirals. Spirals like cinnamon rolls, not like curly fries, nor like Gemelli pasta. My plan is to bake loosely rolled

Less sweet / lower sugar alternative to icing?

When making a cake as a base line I usually halve the recommended sugar as I find it too sweet. Now I want to ice the cake for appearance and colour I notice th

Why is syrup added to a cake before frosting?

Why is syrup added to the inside of a cake before frosting? Maybe the cream sticks better with each layer of cake?

Pattern in carrot's body

Is this rhombus-like pattern in carrot totally random or is it a specific variety? If so, good to know for decorating ideas.

My netting is not, perhaps, the best

Take pity, is there any way I can be better? Here's a close-up (in case that, you know, helps) I heat only normal real chocolate (i.e., normal bar eating or c

How to do icing swirl effect (a bit like marbling)?

The cake above is from this website and I was wondering how the swirl effect is done on top of the cake? At first, I thought it may be done using a similar met

Best method of cooking an Almond PearTart decoration/top layer

I followed this recipe yesterday because I made an pear tart for today. I still have some time to do the top layer but the recipe did not explain anything after

Color bleeding when piping

I'm trying to mix color in whipped cream for decorations, but it always bleeds the color down to my white cake coat foundation. Can somebody help?

War-zone chocolate brownies (edible decor)

I have been tasked with creating war-zone brownies: should contain visual cues that the brownie is a conflict zone and have edible props. My progress has been v