Exciting news for the Bonnie Gordon School in Toronto! I know many of my former high school students will be happy to hear that the Bonnie Gordon School is now a private career college! As an industry leader, they have launched a new 6 week certificate program, "Designer Cakes", that will allow ...
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How to Make A Spider Web Decorated Cookie
I use this swirling or marbling technique as often as I can when decorating cookies; it's easy, fun and striking!
If you'd like to try making these cookies, you'll need:
Sugar Cookie Recipe
Royal Icing Recipe
For an in-depth tutorial on decorating cookies with royal icing, click here.
For a ...
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Chocolate Chess Piece Cupcakes
My original intention with these cupcakes had nothing to do with the Twilight saga...
... and everything to do with the pretty Vestlihouse cupcake liners and chess mold I found.
I'm thinking they would work for a Twilight themed party though.
One of my students, the talented Christina, made all ...
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First Birthday Decorated Cookies
This post's going to be short but sweet (har har).
My neighbour's little boy turned one a while back, and since I didn't have a lot of time to spend on more detailed cookies for his birthday party, I just made some simple duck and heart cookies.
The cupcakes were carrot cake; maybe not the ...
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Glossy Giveaway!
You may or may not have already noticed a little button on the left hand side of Sweetopia which looks like this:
I've been working on putting together a 'sweet' glossary of terms which might be useful for some readers.  Here's a little snippet:
Palette Knife – A kitchen tool used to spread ...
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1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes and Cookies
Back in October 2009, Gina M. Brown sent me an email asking if I would like some of my cookie photos to be a part of her and Sandra Salamony's book, 1000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes and Cookies.
Um, yes!
I was thrilled to be asked and am so excited to see the finished book, which will ...
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