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Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:06 |
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There are so many reasons why I love Spring. I love the beautiful colors of the flowers, the fresh air, the birds chirping, and the trees full of green leaves, just to name a few. I also love all the new designs of cookie cutters that come on the market at this time of year. If you head on over to The Cookie Cutter Company's site, you can find some of these new cutters in lots of fun designs.
Today, The Pink Little Cake Blog has the easiest cookies to decorate. If you are in need of some fun cookies and are running short on time, then these are the perfect Spring cookies for you. I used fondant to decorate some of these cookies. Fondant is a sugar paste that can be found at any craft store. There are also recipes online so you can make your own. You can use the same cookie cutter that you used to cut out the dough to also cut out the rolled fondant. Then, simply apply it to the cookie with a little bit of corn syrup.
To decorate sugar cookies with rolled fondant you will need the following cutters and supplies:
- Birdhouse
- Rose Flower
- Tulip Flower
- Caterpillar
- Hummingbird
- Fondant the color of your choice (I used red, leaf green, chocolate, white, and pink)
- Non-stick board
- Small rolling pin
- Shortening (To prevent the fondant from sticking in your hands)
- Corn syrup
- Small brush
- Chocolate sprinkles (optional)
- Toothpick
- Cornstarch
- Small knife
- Black food writer
General Instructions for decorating cookies with fondant:
1. Sprinkle your working area with a little cornstarch.
2. Roll out your fondant very thin, about ¼ of an inch.
3. Using the same cookie cutters that you used to cut your cookies, cut the fondant cookie shapes.
4. To attach the fondant to the cookies, brush a thin coat of corn syrup on the cookie.
Tip:
After you cut the fondant shapes, let them set for a few seconds. Then, use a small spatula to transfer the fondant cut out to the cookie.
To make the rose and the tulip:
1. Follow instructions above to decorate the cookies with the fondant.
2. Use a toothpick to mark the leaves and the stems of the flowers.
3. Use the toothpick to mark the rose petals. You can do the same for the tulip. (I like the way the simple tulip looked with just the smooth fondant.)
To make the caterpillar:
1. Cut and attach the fondant to the cookie. I wanted to make some silly faces on the caterpillars. So, for the eyes and mouth I used confetti sprinkles. For the antennas, I used sunflower seeds. Finally, for the mouth and eye lashes, I used a black food writer.
To make the birdhouse and the hummingbird:
1. Attach the fondant cut out to the cookie.
2. Apply a light coat of corn syrup to the roof of the birdhouse and also to the house "door".
3. Sprinkle the chocolate topping and let it set for a couple minutes. (Now, you have a delicious sugar cookie with a hint of chocolate.)
For the hummingbird, I didn’t color the fondant in brown, but used chocolate fondant instead. It tastes just like a tootsie roll. Delicious!!
What are some of your favorite Spring cookies to bake and decorate? Visit The Cookie Cutter Company's Facebook page, and feel free to share your creations with them. |
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 09:12 |
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Today the Pink Little Cake is going to be decorating sugar cookies in honor of a special little boy who is turning 6 this week.
Little Will loves Spider Man and the color blue, and that’s what these cookies are all about. No special cutters required!
I like these cookies because they are pretty easy to decorate and are the perfect alternative to character cookies. Character cookies are sometimes very time consuming, or a struggle because we can't find the right cutters.
When you go to The Cookie Cutter Company website, you can see that they have a section called “birthday” which includes cutters like the ones in this tutorial. They also have a cake, candy, cupcakes with candle, and many more cutters that can be used to make birthday cookies or any other celebration unique.
Using the name of the birthday girl or boy, their favorite colors, and other details is another option to personalize your birthday cookies.
Happy Birthday Will!!
To make these birthday cookies, you will need the following cutters:
You will also need the following supplies:
- Royal icing in white, red and blue (stiff for outlining and details. Also flooding consistency to fill the cookies)
- Black and blue sanding sugar
- Tip #1 and #2
- Squeeze bottles
- Couplers and decorating bags
- Black food writer
Spider Man inspired name cookies:
1. Outline the letters with black icing using tip #2 and let them dry for a few minutes.
2. Flood the cookies with red icing and let them dry overnight.
3. To draw the spider web, use tip #2 and black icing. Draw four lines coming out of the corner of the letter, and draw some lines with a slight dip toward the center to connect them. The spider body is just a big dot of icing, and the legs are six little lines coming off the body.
To make the party hat:
1. Outline the cookies with blue and white icing, and flood the white areas with thin white icing.
2. While the white color is still wet, add the blue dots using a squeeze bottle.
3. Let the cookies dry for a few hours.
1. Outline and flood the gift box cookies, and set them aside to dry overnight.
2. Draw the ribbon detail using tip #2. I did a thick line for the blue gift box, and a thin line for the red gift box. (I also added a little spider)
3. Sprinkle on the sanding sugar immediately.
To make the Alien balloons:
This awesome Balloon Cookie Cutter makes the perfect alien's head.
1. Use the black food writer to draw the eyes.
2. Using tip #2 and stiff icing, fill the eye areas in.
3. While the icing is still wet, sprinkle them with black sanding sugar.
4. Outline and flood the cookies with blue icing, and set them aside to dry.
I'm Kathia from the Pink Little Cake, and I hope you enjoyed learning how to make some Birthday Cookies. Check out my blog for more baking and decorating ideas. |
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Thursday, 26 April 2012 08:14 |
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With Teacher Appreciation Week coming up and Mother’s Day right around the corner, The Pink Little Cake Blog thought it would be nice to make some girly cookies that are perfect for the fashionista in your life or just to show your kid’s teacher how grateful you are.
For these cookies, I picked some of my favorite cutters from the girl section of The Cookie Cutter Company's website. Make sure you check them out because they have plenty of design to choose from.
The design of these cookies is very simple, yet elegant. Have you seen the Chevron pattern used in a lot of parties and sweets lately? The Chevron pattern is a bold pattern made with a series of V's laid out in a row. This look is certainly a design to try and play around with when decorating cookies. This blog gave me the perfect excuse to do it.
To make these Chevron cookies, you will need the following cutters:
You will also need the following supplies:
- Royal icing in white, red and black. (Stiff for outlining and details. Also flooding consistency to fill the cookies.)
- Black ribbon for decorations. (You can also make the ribbon with icing if you prefer.)
- Tip #1 and #2
- Squeeze bottles
- Couplers and decorating bags
- Wilton Silver food safe spray paint
- Paper napkins
Making the hat, slippers and purse.
1. Start by outlining the hat with white icing using tip #2. Use black icing with tip #1 for the slippers and purse. (I used tip #1 because the cookies are smaller in size and I wanted thin lines).
2. Flood the cookies with white icing. Note: I left some areas in the purse and slipper cookies without icing to fill later.
3. Let the cookies dry for a few hours.
4. Fill the purse’s pocket with white icing. Then, set the cookie aside and let it dry until the icing is completely set. Use tip #1 to make the purse’s handle and zipper. Then, outline around the pocket.
5. With a piping consistency, use tip #2 and red icing pipe to pipe a series of V's laid out in a row (the Chevron pattern). Then set the cookies aside to dry.
Just follow the instructions above for the Chevron pattern to decorate the hat.
1. Pipe two black lines using tip #1 to add detail to the hat. Then, attach a ribbon bow with a dot of icing. (You can always make the bow using icing instead of the ribbon if you prefer.)
To make the slippers:
1. Flood the cookie with white icing. Then, fill the empty spaces with black icing using tip #1. Set the cookies aside to dry. After they are dry, attach the bow.
Making the lipstick and the hair dryer: (...because a girl can’t live without them, right?)
1. Start by outlining and flooding the cookies as shown in the pictures. Let the cookies set for a few minutes before flooding the rest of the lipstick cookies with the white icing. Then, let the cookies dry overnight (if possible).
2. After the cookies are completely dry, place a piece of paper towel in the middle of the lipstick cookies. Using the Wilton silver spray paint, spray the bottom part of the lipstick and the hair dryer cookies. Let cookies dry again.
3. Add detail to the cookies using black icing and tip #1.
I hope you liked this tutorial. I hope you enjoy making your own easy Chevron cookies.
Feel free to share your cookie creations on The Cookie Cutter Company's Facebook Fan Page. |
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