Category "decorating"

Decoration food long-term preservation

I need to preserve some fruits (raisins, figs, pomegranates, and dates), in tiny bottles, so they last for years. I don't mind ruining the food, as it will anyw

How can I get gross, bloody stumps in my Halloween punch?

I like this for a Halloween offering. The effect is achieved by filling a powder-free latex glove with water and freezing it. I'd like to step it up a notc

How to make sugar glass without corn syrup or cream of tartar?

I'm trying to make a relief sculpture copy out of sugar glass. I don't live in the US, so the corn syrup is not easily available. I read in multiple recipes tha

How do I practice piping icing without wasting icing and money?

Is there some cheaper alternative to real icing so I can avoid wasting good icing and money while practicing? Or can I avoid having to throw the practice icing

How to make good looking cake pops?

I've tried to make cake pops a few times but they never came out as beautiful and tidy as the pictures I found on the web. I would love to try more and more to

Does using dark corn syrup instead of light affect the white color I usually get making fondant?

The recipe calls for light corn syrup but I couldn't find light corn syrup and would like to use dark instead. Does it affect the color I get at the end (before

How do you apply colored sugar just to the raised image on a cookie

I bake a LOT of cookies, but tend to gravitate toward the soft and chewy type - normally a drop cookie but I have also done rolled and pressed cookies. Recently

image on rice paper

I used an 8 1/2 by 11 piece on a sheet cake and used transfer paper to put the image on the rice paper. Can I run the rice paper through the printer or will it

how to make shiny figures for cake decoration?

I am wondering how are the little figures on this cute cake are made? Whats the material and where can you buy molds and casts to shape them? and how are they s

How to decorate extremely fine details

I have seen some pretty well done decorations, but these ones by a chick named "Christine McConnell" really take the cake. So I was wondering firstly how one d

"Cloth" that's edible (or even better, yummy)?

For the birthday of a keen sailor I want to make a a yacht-shaped cake, ideally with a sail rigged (not least because with my rather limited cake-creating skill

Sprinkle colors that bleed into icing

When adding sprinkles to iced cookies, they adhere and are fine to begin with. However the longer they sit, the sprinkle colors start to bleed into the icing.

Is garnish meant to be eaten?

Are sprigs of plants decorating meat dishes, or the slice of lemon/olive in drinks meant to be consumed? Are they at least safe to eat?

What causing royal icing to get stringy?

When I try to make small dots on my cookie decorations, sometimes the royal or syrup icing gets stringy so it leaves a trail instead of coming off the dot clean

Can I use a rosettes iron as a branding iron?

Is it possible to use a rosettes iron as a branding iron to stamp decorations on cheesecake and bread? Rosettes Food branding iron

Meringue Imitation to practice decoration

Does exist a product in market of imitation of not eatable meringue with the same consistency? This in order to practice decoration and re-use several times th

How to garnish coffee with cream

I have some liquid cream - it's a dairy product with a high fat percentage but thin enough to flow, you can make it into whipped cream by beating it (explaining

How can I make a last-minute birthday cake without using artificial flavor or color?

My dad's birthday party is tomorrow, and I do not know how to decorate his cake. He does not eat foods containing artificial flavoring or coloring. What are s

Multi-nozzle piping rig?

I need to frost a ton of cupcakes (hundreds) for an event in a few months and I'm looking for something to help me do this. Has anyone ever seen a manual multi-

Is there some sort of gun (or a way) to decorate cookies with chocolate chips or nuts?

I've started producing 1000 cookies a day, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to decorate cookies faster with chocolate chips or nuts than doing it by