If you like teddy bears, then why not enter the Kerry Bear contest over at the blog If You Can Fimo You Can Fondant The faces behind the blog is no other than Kerry Vincent one of the Food Network challenge judges and Lyndsay Zorratti from Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery. The Kerry Bear contest is open to everyone and you can find the rules here and see the sponsors too(CakeJournal included). Make sure that you enter your bear soon, as the Kerry Bear contest close at September 15th 2010.

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Louise

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This is the bunny birthday cake that I made for my daughters birthday party. I made the bunny out of gum paste and then made the fur with royal icing. The bunny was suposed to look alot more fluffy in the fur, since it should look like a replica of the little Lionhead bunny that we gave her. But the royal icing was a little too wet when I applied it. Also I completely forgot the whiskers, but she loved it anyway.

The birthday cake was a white cake with raspberry mousse and Italian Meringue Buttercream and covered with white chocolate fondant The cake was sweating a lot because it was very humid in the weather that day, so it was a little glossy when it was time to eat it. The carrot border was also made out of gum paste and turned out to be just perfect for the bunny cake.

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Louise

Btw: It is really great to see how many of you who will be featured in the 1,000 ideas for decorating cupcakes, cakes, and cookies book Now I just cant wait to see it.

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My daughter is turning 9 and I will be making a birthday cake with a bunny theme this year. Last year I made a small cake with a replica of her dwarf hamster Viola, but sadly we lost Viola two weeks ago and a little Lionhead bunny is now on her whish list. So I will make a little 3D replica, since she will get a little Lionhead bunny for her birthday this year.

I will give you an update later this week on how the project turns out. You can see some of the other birthday cakes that I have made for my daughter over the years below:

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Louise

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Back in October last year, my former co-writer Michelle wrote about two sisters, Sandra Salamony and Gina Brown.

They were seeking submissions of photos with decorated cupcakes, cakes and cookies for their new book: 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes and Cookies. After seeing the interesting cover of the book, I was wondering if some of CakeJournals readers will be featured in the book with their sweet creations? Please share with me.

You can read more about the new book and pre-order it from my bookstores:

1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes, and Cookies US
1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes, and Cookies UK

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Louise

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The whole move went well and I am almost done with the unpacking of our 84 moving boxes. The summer have been so wonderful and very hot so the thought of working with sticky fondant have not been very appealing. The kids will start school next week and they are both excited to meet their new friends. The month of August also means preparations for my daughters birthday party and I have had an idea for a sweet treat in my head for an long time: brownies and meringues. A rich chocolate brownie with a sweet and crispy meringue on top.

So into the kitchen to test if it would be just as delicious as I thought it would be. Since meringues is a bit time consuming to make (baking time) I started to make those first. Then I baked my all time favorite brownie recipe. To make the meringue stick to the brownie I have spread a little bit of dark chocolate ganache. Now on to the tasting and oh my they were good. Just as I imagined. Some fresh berries (blueberries or raspberries) slightly crushed would be a nice little extra flavour and texture together with the chocolate ganache.

I will most definitely make them for my daughters birthday party in sweet mini bite sizes of course.

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Louise

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We made the big move yesterday. I have a lot of moving boxes to unpack, before I can go into my “new” kitchen and bake something delicious to share with you. Our online access is not up right now, so I have to use the computer at my in laws until its fixed.

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Louise

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The summer holidays are here and the sun is shinning. So a little batch of yummy summer cupcakes is what we will enjoy today. I have used royal icing which gives a nice crunchy frosting. It is also, in my opinion, the best frosting to use on warm and sunny days.

Today is also a big day for us, because we are leaving Copenhagen next week, moving into our very first house. The kitchen is much bigger and I will get my own little place, where I can sit with all my cake decoration tools. I cant wait……

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Louise

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Just wanted to show you some sweet non-edible crafts that I have made. Two sweet needle-felt cupcake pillows. Next to cake decorating, needle-felting is another favourite craft of mine.

I have embellished the cupcakes with different sorts of beads and used some pink and green cotton yarn for the buttonhole stiches. The two small cupcake pillows will get a special place in my basket chair.

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Louise

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What do you think of my gum paste peonies? I have been working on them the last couple of days. It is my second go with peonies and I must say that they look difficult to make, but they are quite easy to make. It is the preparation of all the petals that takes time. I have used a lot of small foam pieces to keep all the petals in place while drying.

I have been thinking on giving them a little petal dust, but Im not sure? I think that I will have to make a little “test” peony to see how it looks.

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Louise

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I have now been testing the white chocolate fondant. I decided to test it on a dummy cake first. That way it was easier to peel off the fondant if there were any problems. I did not experience any problems though.

The white chocolate fondant was really wonderful to work with. It rolls out easy and I did not have any troubles with cracks or the fondant tearing. I find dummy cakes the worst thing to cover, but this white chocolate fondant passed its test. Next, is to try it with a real cake…

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Louise

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