Gorgeous Little Valentines Day Cookies

1. Make your favourite cutout cookie dough recipe. Follow the instructions, and then chill the dough.

2. Roll out the dough and cut with Heart Comfort Grip™ Cookie Cutter or any heart shaped cutter you have.  Bake and cool according to directions.

3. Use the cookie cutter to cut out the Damask Variety Designer Prints™ Sheets (Item found here) as shown. For easy trimming, use the Ribbon Insertion Tool with the pointed blade to trim around the cookie cutter. As an alternative to this method, roll out some ready to roll fondant to about 3 mm thick, lightly spray with water and apply your Damask Variety designer print, then use the cookie cutter to cut out the shape easily. 
4. Ice the cookie with buttercream or royal icing, and apply Designer Prints™ Sheets that you have cut out.

5. Mix black icing and pipe on with a #5 plain round tube. Mix red icing Color and a #5 tube. Pipe white icing with a #18 star tube.

Wrap in cellophane and ribbon and your valentines treat will go straight to the stomach of your loved one!
Decorating idea by Kasia Wilk

What is Sanding Sugar?

Sanding Sugar is a fine decorating sugar. It is slightly courser than table sugar and has a lovely shimmer to it. These brilliantly colored sugar crystals are used as an edible decoration that will not dissolve when subjected to heat, which makes them ideal for baking. Also called decorating sugar, sanding sugar adds "sparkle" to all your cakes, cookies, cupcakes and even on chocolate.

You can do so much with sanding sugar from simple to complex pictures using different colours. You can even try mix some colours together to achieve your own colours.

We offer a wonderful array of colours.  We also offer discounts, buy 2 of the same colour and get the one for free.  Check out our great range online.  Each bag is 100g net.

Edible Bows on Cakes Techniques and Advice

Designer Prints™ decorations allow you to easily add design to gum paste or fondant bows. It’s a good idea to practice your bow making technique with plain gum paste or fondant until you have that part perfected. You can always reroll your mistakes if you haven’t added colors or Designer Prints™ sheets yet.

1. Prepare your Designer Prints™ sheets ahead of time by trimming away the white edges all the way around the strip while it is still on the backing sheet.

· For best results use a Ribbon Insertion Tool with the pointed blade or an X-Acto type razor knife.

· Return your Designer Prints™ sheets to their  pouch, and reseal until you are ready to use.

2. Prepare the fondant or a fondant/gum paste mix.

3. Roll out fondant as thin as you can work with.

4. Apply the Designer Prints™.

· If fondant or fondant/gum paste mix is still tacky, you can apply Designer Prints™ decorations without any additional moisture.

· If it is not tacky, use a brush and apply a VERY THIN swipe of plain water to the fondant or fondant/gum paste mix where you will be placing the Designer Prints™ sheets. Be sure there are no puddles of water. You can also use your airbrush with plain water to moisten the surface.

· Lay the Designer Prints™ sheets on the fondant or fondant/gum paste mix, face up.

· Press (do not rub) to make sure the Designer Prints™ sheets have adhered.

5. Trim away excess.

6. Trim the Designer Prints™ sheets into one inch strips the long way of the strip.

7. Make loops with each strip. You will see how long to cut your strips by how big the bow you are making will be. Trim loops at the ends to a point. Shape the loops set on their sides to dry overnight.

8. Leave some of the strips for the tails of your bow.

9. When pieces are dry you can assemble your bow with royal icing and let dry off the cake, or you can assemble your bow with royal icing and let dry on a piece of parchment overnight.
 

Buy your designer prints here and see more inspiring images.
We also offer precut Edible Shimmer Ribbons which save the cutting process.

Simplicity is always stylish

Designer Prints™ decorations  easily add so much more to gum paste or fondant bows in your decorations.

1.It’s a good idea to practice your bow making technique with plain gum paste or fondant until you have that part perfected. You can always re-roll your mistakes if you haven’t added colors or Designer Prints™ decorations yet.

2.Prepare your bow using the bow technique detailed on our bow technique page.

3.This cake shown is a 4” square. Ice it and apply Classic Swirls Designer Prints™ decorations (Item ) or any Designer Print™ decoration of your choice to make your bow. Wrap the remainder around the cakes or lay it across the tops of the cakes like ribbon.

4.Finish with your fancy gum paste bow.

Decorating Idea by: Kasia Wilk

Photos on Cakes in the UK

We have been in the process of starting Cakes Around Town UK. We are finally happy to say it has launched. And to a lot of interest. 2010 has started very well and we hope to have many happy followers of our unique products here in the United Kingdom.

Our main product focus is:
Photos on Cakes
Logos on Cakes
Edible Images for cakes, cookies, and cupcakes, including a precut mini cupcake.

We also sell edible image supplies for bakers who print their on images.

All you need to do is visit http://www.cakesaroundtown.co.uk/ - search on edible images (or Photos on Cakes) and you will see the vast array of sizes we have on offer. Order it online, then email us your photo, logo, drawing or any image you want for us to print.

Our turn around service is pretty quick and we are using royal mail to get out it out 1st Class to you. We will be looking at a next day option in the near future for those of you who need your images desperately.

We look forward to proving you with a fabulous service.
Cathy and the Team at Cakes Around Town UK