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In spite of the fact that I love to have apple pie around the 4th of July, I find that I often think of apple desserts as fall desserts. This is probably because there are far fewer fresh fruits to choose from at the end of the year when you compare the …

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Baking How-To's and Tips

How to cover a cake in fondant

July 9, 2010June 16, 2013

Covering a cake with fondant can seem intimidating if you’ve never tried it. It’s the same way that frosting a layer cake can seem intimidating if you’ve only ever spread frosting on top of a sheet cake that is still in the pan it was baked in. But just like getting past …

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Gear and Gadgets

Zoo Animal Muffin Pan

July 8, 2010February 10, 2011

If you’ve ever thought that the traditional muffin shape was just a little too boring, you might consider looking up some shaped bakeware to help you solve the problem. I’ve seen flower-shaped cakelet pans and heart shaped mini cake pans, but the Zoo Animal Muffin Pan …

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Contests

Some inspiration for Threadcakes!

July 8, 2010

We’re about halfway through the Threadcakes 2010 contest, a cake decorating contest where entrants design fantastic cakes based on the creative t-shirt designs from Threadless. There are some great prizes to be won if you enter by August 16th, but coming up with the cake design is …

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Recipes Scones

Chocolate Chip Cookie Scones

July 7, 2010

Scones are usually during at breakfast or brunch, and turn up again during afternoon tea. But there is no reason to relegates scones to these two categories when they can make perfectly good dessert treats, as well. To hammer this point home, I gave these scones a dessert twist by mixing in pieces …

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Bites from other Blogs

July 7, 2010

The 4th of July may be over for this year, but that doesn’t mean there is any reason wait another year to try a neat looking red, white and blue dessert like How to Eat a Cupcake‘s Patriotic Poke Cake. This type of cake is one where brightly …

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New Products Product Reviews

Duff Goldman Buttercream Fondant, reviewed

July 6, 2010July 16, 2010

Fondant is a really neat product to work with when you’re decorating a cake because it allows you to do things that you can’t quite do with regular frosting. For instance, you can create a perfectly smooth and firm surface that is not only a good canvas for even more decorations, …

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Gear and Gadgets

July 6, 2010

There are two important components to a creme brulee: the custard and the caramelized sugar crust. You could argue that the crust is even more important than the custard, as that is what sets it apart from other custard desserts. There are a couple of ways to make the crust. …

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Blueberry Apple Crisp

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Zoo Animal Muffin Pan

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