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Tip #1: Fondant

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Tip #1: Fondant
We make our White Chocolate Fondant from scratch, but not everyone has time for that. If you want to try your hand at fondant, Michaels craft stores carry Duff Goldman fondant, which tastes much better than the brand in the silver bag that most stores carry. Happy Baking!...
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Carrot Cake

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Carrot Cake
As the vegetable with the second highest sugar content (just behind sugar beets), carrots have been used as a sweetener in desserts since Medieval times. Its use has been documented in puddings, pies and, in more recent history, cakes. The carrot cake was thought to have originated in Scotland, but that is still up for debate. Due to rationing of supplies during World War II, carrot cake became popular in Britain. While the first known published recipe in the US was in 1929 in...
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Becca’s Icing Smile

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Becca’s Icing Smile
Once again we were called to bake a smile with Icing Smiles. The request came in late October for Becca’s sweet 16 cake. Her mother writes: “I have been trying to come up with a theme for weeks now on a cake for Becca. There are a lot of things she likes. Music is HUGE in her life, she loves Big Band music, Patsy Cline, Dixie Chicks and Warren Zevon, not to mention Sesame Street baby stuff thrown in there. She also loves to watch YouTube on...
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Motorcycle Cake

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Motorcycle Cake
I got a call from a previous customer saying her sister was having trouble getting someone in NJ to make the perfect cake for her little man, Deuce. So, I took the challenge to create a 6″ cake with a 3-D motorcycle on top. This is our vanilla butter cake frosted and filled with our signature French buttercream. The decoration on the cake is done in our hand made white chocolate fondant. The motorcycle is constructed from sugar paste, which is also made in-house....
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