We love Halloween and know how, sometimes, it can be a busy time of year. This never stops us from whipping up some treats, but occasionally you want an easy project to make in just a few minutes. These cupcakes are just that. Store bought cake and icing make this a treat to make in…
How to Make Halloween Dead Finger Cookies
One of my favorite Halloween treats are these dead finger sugar cookies. They are always a big hit! To keep the fingers as thin as possible during baking I roll out the dough thinly so it will keep the shape, as cookie dough tends to spread out. You can paint the almond nails with food…
How to Make Spooky Halloween Mummy Cake Pops
I absolutely love Halloween – we don’t celebrate it much in Australia but I always make sure I have sweet treats for the handful of kids that come knocking at my door. This year I’ll be handing out Mummy Cakepops and I thought I’d share my super easy tutorial for some fun, not too scary…
No Bake Spooky Halloween Bat Oreo Pops (Tutorial)
Today I’m sharing a super simple Halloween cookie pop idea which is versatile, can be prepared in advance and best of all is NO BAKE! These Oreo cookie Bat-Pops are the perfect project to get the kids involved with, and these make great trick or treat favours. I used yellow chocolate to give the impression…
How to Make Simple Halloween Cake Pops
My kids enjoy spending time in the kitchen with me while making new and exciting things. These Halloween cake pops were no exception. With Halloween parties in full effect, these are great for kids and even adults. To make the pops you will need… 4 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 1/4…
How to Make Spooky Halloween Cookies
My kids LOVE Halloween. From dressing up to creating a desert table, treats for trick or treaters….It is hands down a fabulous day of fearsome fun! So what better than to impress your little guests with some easy peasy cookies. I’m going to show you how easy and quick these very effective cookies are and…
How to Make Summer Popsicle Cake Pops
This week the theme of my tutorials has been ‘Cake In Disguise’. Today I’m going to share with you an easy tutorial on how to make Popsicle Cake Pops. If you haven’t made cake pops before, here’s a simple basic recipe that I absolutely love: Step 1: Take your cooked cake (bake it yourself or…
How to Make Candy Pokemon Pokeballs
The new Pokemon Game, Pokemon X & Y has just been released and I thought it would be an opportune time to share my unique idea for making Candy Pokemon Pokeballs with you. Great for parties, easily customisable to include your favourite Pokemon and loads of fun to smash open, these cute little candy bombs…
Minecraft Creeper Cake Pops: Easy Tutorial
Learn how to make Minecraft creeper cake pops with this easy step-by-step tutorial with images. Minecraft-themed candy pops recipe!
Best Frozen Desserts for Surviving the Summer Heat
As summer comes, with barbecues, vacations, and the hot sun, it’s best to come up with some new ways to keep cool. And to properly celebrate summer, what better way to keep cool than with some refreshing frozen desserts? Our Top 6 Frozen Desserts Here are six of the best frozen treats to keep cool…
Vegan Coconut Ice Cream With A Vanilla Twist
I used to think that ice cream was all about milk and sugar, but when I turned vegan, I stopped eating ice cream completely. I was lactose intolerant, so I opted to avoid all food items that would trigger the allergy. But I soon realized that there was an alternative way to make ice cream…
How to make Halloween Spider Web Cupcakes
It’s getting close to Halloween and it’s time to starting thinking spooky with your cakes and cupcake ideas! It’s always such a great time of year for cake decorators and Paul’s personal favorite so he was delighted to be asked to film a short video tutorial here at Cake Journal with a quick and easy…
How to make 3D sunglass cookies
These are the perfect summer cookies because they’re both yummy and make you feel like you’re ready for the beach! They’re pretty easy to make and candy “lenses” keep them totally edible. The trick to working with cookie dough is to not let it get too soft. Work with only 1/2 the dough at a…
How to make Halloween costume cupcake toppers
My favorite part of Halloween is the costumes! So I created an assortment of costume toppers for kids to “dress up” their cupcakes with at this year’s party! This blog will walk you through the steps of making four of these six toppers. However, the possibilities are as endless as your imagination! This is what…
How to make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
Keep the kids busy this summer with these quick and easy to make ice-cream cone cakes. What you will need: Ice cream cup cones Selection of food paste colours. I used red, blue and green Wilton paste colours (optional) Any white cake mix (home-made or bought) Cadburys flake Sprinkles Buttercream Piping bag and Wilton 1M…
Pink cake for Valentine’s Day
I knew excactly how this years Valentine’s Day cake should look and taste….Pink meringue vanilla frosting together with a chocolate chip cake! It’s one of my favourite flavor combinations. Normally I use a vanilla buttercream for the filling but today I decided to add two layers of meringue frosting instead. Double pink fluff! I used…
Halloween poison cake recipe
I know that many of you have seen vibrant coloured cakes for years. But back in the days when I was a kid, a cake with this colour was very special. This (Danish) cake bring back so many childhood memories to me and I have always known it as the The Poison Cake!
Valentine cake bites
If you still dont know what to make for Valentines Day, then how about making some sweet and delicious cake bite treats? I have made these pretty Valentine cake bites today. I had some chocolate cake from the Pingu Christening cake in my freezer. Together with some chocolate ganache I rolled the crumbled cake into…
Valentine letter cookies
With Valentine’s Day soon approching, the web is loaded with all sorts of sweet ideas for making that something special for your loved ones. I came up with this idea: Valentine letter cookies. That way the receiver can spell your messages by themself, a bit like scrabble 🙂 The cookies are 1 7/8″ and I have…
How to Make a Shoe Box Cake Decoration
This is a neat little method for making shoe boxes, which look great in piles on top of fashion-inspired cakes or as cupcake decorations. They can be made using any size of rectangular cutter and can also be adapted to make present boxes by using a square cutter and adding a little bow on top….
How To Make Valentine’s Day Underwear Cookies
I’m all about making sweets for my sweetest on Valentine’s Day. I usually go with something that’s a little cheeky, but never too risqué. That’s where these cute underwear cookies come in. They’re fun to make, a little tongue-in-cheek and definitely suggestive without being raunchy. Plus, these are easily personalized by switching up the stitching and changing…
How to Make Valentine’s Heart Cookies
No Valentine’s Day without something sweet. Therefore I have made some Valentine’s heart cookies and iced them with rolled fondant. To get the really deep red that I have used on some of the cookies. I have used a mix of Crystal color’s Poinsetta and Americolor’s Super Red. The mix of powder and gel together…
How to Make Valentine’s Boxer Short Cookies
With Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought I would show you how to make a collection of themed cookies. With so many girly options about, this is one for the boys! Boxer shorts and tees! This is what I used: Cookie dough Large rolling pin Cutters: Heart, Rectangle (6.5 x 4.5 cm) Baby Grow (though you…
How to Make a Gingerbread Christmas Cookie Tree (Tutorial)
This is a tutorial for the gingerbread Christmas cookie tree that I made last year. I used my Christmas cookie tree as a centerpiece on our buffet and there were such a wonderful smell of cinnamon, ginger and cloves during the Christmas days. You could also make a little forest with tree’s in different sizes…
How to Make an ‘Elf On The Shelf’ Cake Topper (Full Tutorial)
My household is obsessed with The Elf on the Shelf this time of year so I had to turn the little guy into a cake topper. I took some photos along the way! This is what I used: Edible Elf Cake Toppers I have several homemade face molds from my daughter’s dolls. I thought this…
How to Make Santa Cupcake Toppers
These cute Santa cupcake toppers are great fun to make with the kids, make ideal gifts or for gracing your Christmas desert table, and yet are so effective and simple to make. You will need: Cupcakes Buttercream Red, white and black sugar paste (fondant) Spatula Rolling pin Knife Assorted round cutters (preferably double sided straight…
How to Make Cute Turkey Cupcake Toppers
Kawaii is a Japanese word for “cute” and it has become an popular genre of cake decorating. To create a fresh version of Thanksgiving cupcake toppers, I gave the traditional turkey a kawaii spin. These adorable fondant toppers are sure to get a great reaction from the kids at Thanksgiving! This what you need list: Work surface…
How to Make Easy No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
As fall time rolls around the corner so do fall time favorites such as pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin bread. When it comes to this time of the year you start to see pumpkin everything. (And yes, even pumpkin spice pringles). The popular pumpkin flavor compliments many spices including cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice,…