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Flamingo Decorated Cookies & An International Giveaway!

Happy news! How Sweet is That? is sponsoring a giveaway here on Sweetopia, for two $50.00 gift certificates to her online cake, cupcake and cookie decorating store! You can win one or both gift certificates ($100.00) and you also have the chance to win this flamingo cookie cutter! Details on the giveaway are near the bottom of this post.

For the flamingo cookies here, the idea for the flamingo cookie cutter and design came from Mich Turner’s book, Party Cakes. The art teacher at my school drew a similar rendition, which I gave to Sherry of How Sweet is That, who had the shape custom made into a cookie cutter. How sweet is that?! Really. You can find the cutter here, along with a ton of other amazing cookie and cake decorating supplies.

If you’d like to make these too, I’ll share my basic cookie decorating techniques below, along with tips about each individual design such as cookie cutter sources and gel colors used.

For the new cookie decorator, my YouTube videos may be helpful to get you started.

Cut-Out Cookie Recipe and Cookie Cutter

I used sugar cookies as the base. You can find the recipe for the dough here. If you’d like to try a different cookie base, other recipes can be found here. The flamingo cookie cutter can be found in How Sweet is That’s store, here.

Royal Icing Recipe for Flooding / Decorating

You can find my favorite royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness.

What You’ll Need for Decorating

For flooding basics, you’ll need:

* The gel colors used are; Americolor gel colors lemon yellow, soft pink mixed with a touch of super red, white and black.

Decorating Steps

This video on outlining and flooding is a good place to start if you’re new to decorating cookies with royal icing.

Step 1: Using piping tip #2 and white icing, outline the shape of the flamingo. Let the outline dry for about 5-15 minutes. Sometimes I outline and fill in immediately, however, for this cookie, I wanted a distinct looking white outline.

Step 2: Using tip #2 for the following colors, fill in the beak tip with a small amount of black first, the rest of the beak with yellow and then the main body with flamingo pink. I didn’t wait for one color to set before I flooded the next color, as I wanted them to mesh together a bit.

Step 3: Once you’ve let the pink flamingo body set for about 15 minutes, pipe the yellow base for the legs (tip #2). The yellow is intended to be a background color, so you could skip this step if you’d like to pipe the flamingo legs right onto the cookie surface.

Step 4: Let the first layer of icing dry for a few hours, or more, depending on humidity in your area. I have some posts in my tutorial section which deal with how to let icing dry, bleeding icing, humidity etc. if you need more information on that. Using piping tip #1 pipe two stick legs and an eye. Finished! Let your cookies dry and serve or package.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to drop me a line below in the comment section or on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.

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WINNER!

Congrats to comment #152, Miriam Biedermann, I will contact you shortly! Thanks to everyone for entering!

PRIZE(S) – CONTEST CLOSED

I’m thrilled today to be able to host a giveaway FOR TWO $50 gift certificates from the online cake, cupcake and cookie decorating store, How Sweet is That! Each winner will also receive the flamingo cookie cutter pictured in this post!

DETAILS

  • This contest is International. 
  • The winner will be chosen randomly at www.random.org.
  • The contest closes at approximately 7pm EST on Sunday, September 13th, 2015. 
  • Leave all your comment entries here, not on Facebook.
  • The gift certificate will be in Canadian dollars.
  • Please read all contest entry details etc. below
  • More gobblydegook details about official giveaway rules can be found here.
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HOW TO ENTER – CONTEST CLOSED

Do one of these options, do two of them, three or all – whichever options you prefer! {Complete all steps to increase your odds of winning}. 

1. Just let me know in the comment section at the bottom of this post that you’d like to win.

2. Tweet this post and leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done that.

3. Share this post on Facebook and leave a separate comment here letting me know you’ve done that.

4. Pin this post, tag me in it (here I am on Pinterest), and leave another comment letting me know you’ve done that.

5. Share this post on Instagram and leave another comment letting me know you’ve done that. (Your Instagram username can not be private to use this entry because I won’t be able to see if you shared it).

6. Share this giveaway with your friends (via email, Periscope, Google+, whatever you like), letting them know to come back and mention that you shared this with them. If their comment gets picked, you will each win a $50.00 gift certificate and flamingo cookie cutter.

HOW THE WINNER(S) GET PICKED:

ONE comment will get picked for the winner, and if it’s a comment with only one person on it, that person will win both gift certificates and one flamingo cookie cutter. If the comment mentions two people, each of those people will win a $50.00 gift certificate and a flamingo cutter each. The more you share, the higher your chances are of winning!

Thanks to How Sweet is That? for sponsoring this giveaway!

Good luck!

xo,

Marian

Don’t miss out!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  25. These are adorable! My friend Cindi sent me this link and is the perfect person to win this, her talent will have her complimenting these flamingo cookies with a array of other themed cookies to match.

  38. Love these,and would love a new cookie cutter! Your blog is my go-to for ideas and tutorials when I make my cookies!!

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