Archive for February, 2009

Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cake

St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th and this week I’ll be sharing some ideas for tasty treats to celebrate.  Here’s a very quick and simple cake decorated with green sugar and sprinkles.
You will  need  a shamrock cookie cutter for a “stencil”.  If you can’t find find a shamrock cookie cutter, try using a heart shaped [...]

Icing techniques for Easy Decorating

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You will want to use a lot of light frosting for this.  Press the back of a spoon into the frosting, twist and lift to make swirls.  Experiment with different size spoons.  With a large wooded spoon you can make make large tear shaped petals.   I think that this technique works great when [...]