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 | Easy & Smooth Cake IcingSEMISWEET CHOCOLATE GANACHE INGREDIENTS 12 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate 13.5 oz. Heavy Cream 2 oz. unsalted butter, room temp. 1 oz. liquor of preference INSTRUCTIONS BREAK Chocolate into pieces. HEAT cream to boiling point. POUR cream into chocolate, let sit for a few seconds. STIR chocolate and cream until chocolate is completely dissolved. ADD Butter and stir until melted TRANSFER to a bowl and let sit to cool completely. APPLY on cake with icing smoother REFRIGERATE iced cake for 10 minutes, or until chocolate icing sets. |
Witch & Monster "Finger Shaped" Cookies!
Step by Step Instructions
| Preheat Oven to 350F INGREDIENTS Your Favorite Sugar Cookies Recipe or Store bought Sugar Cookie dough Homemade or store bought berry preserve (I recommend raspberry) Blanched & Toasted Whole Almonds 1 tablespoon of Baking soda (to blanch Almonds) | COOKIE DOUGH: ROLL cookies dough into long and thin logs PLACE thin logs onto cookie sheet, within 1” of separation between cookies PINCH log into 3 equal sections to create knuckles FLATTEN logs to create a more realistic shape (slightly flatten) MARK with back of a knife, three indentations to simulate knuckle wrinkles INDENT end of log using an almond to create a nail cavity REFRIGERATE finger-shaped cookie dough over cookie sheet for 10 min. (This will help dough to retain its shape) BAKE according to cookie recipe or dough instructions. ADD 5-10 min. to specified baking time, to compensate for low temperature of cookies. TEST for doneness by checking the color and borders of cookies COOL until cookies release from baking tray effortlessly BLANCHED ALMONDS: BLANCH Almonds by boiling them on 2 cups of water, plus 1 tablespoon of Baking soda for approximately 5 min, or until skin releases from almonds PLACE blanched almonds on cookie tray and toast until slightly brown BERRY PRESERVES: HEAT berry preserve to medium temperature (On saucepan) ADD 1 tablespoon of boiled water to thin consistency. POUR a drop of Berry preserve to indented mail cavity of sugar cookie COOKIE ASSEMBLY: TOP cookie with blanched almond. LET rest, until berry preserves thickens and hold almond in place. COLOR cookies with shades of edible FDA approved powder color. Browns and greens were used on the examples. |
Author
Since opening in 2010 in Cincinnati, Venezuelan born Ileana Saldivia’s studio, Sugar Realm has become a preeminent wedding and celebration cake design boutique. In 2018, due to her husband's job, Ileana and her family relocated to Philadelphia, and so did her Sugar Kingdom. Sugar Realm’s cakes and confections are known for their sophisticated flavors, unique designs, artistic sugar flowers, innovative techniques, and architectural compositions. The studio’s wedding cakes are regularly featured in leading bridal, lifestyle, and cake decorating magazines. In the December 2015 issue of “Cincinnati Magazine,” Sugar Realm was named “Best of the City” and featured on the cover. Saldivia’s blog “Life in a Sugar Kingdom” is regularly visited by hundreds of cake enthusiasts and lovers of all things pretty..
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