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Buttercream Flowers on Cupcakes
Top your cupcake
with a colorful begonia or carnation. Chef McLaughlin demonstrates how to
create these two-toned flowers using colored buttercream.
run time – 5:57 |
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Buttercream Roses
Buttercream roses are a classic garnish for special-occasion cakes. Using a petal tip,
piping bag, and flower nail, Chef McLaughlin prepares individual two-toned
roses.
run time – 5:58 |
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Buttercream Wisteria
Multicolored wisteria makes
a beautiful accent on a cake. This lesson includes tip selection, mixing buttercream colors, and decorating a cake with wisteria,
leaves, rosebuds, and pre-made buttercream roses.
run time – 10:37 |
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Cover a Cake in
Fondant
Covering a cake in fondant provides soft edges and a smooth
surface to decorate. This demonstration offers a thorough lesson in applying
rolled fondant to cake, including masking the cake in buttercream,
rolling fondant, covering the cake, cutting the edges, and smoothing the
surface.
run time – 12:42 |
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Fondant Basics
Fondant is used for a wide range of decorative effects. Using store-bought
fondant, Chef Cavotti discusses its many uses and
shows how to roll and cut various designs.
run time – 7:15 |
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Fondant Bow: Part One
Create a two-toned bow to top your cake. In part one of this lesson, Chef Cavotti rolls fondant
in two colors and cuts individual pieces for a large bow.
run time – 9:12 |
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Fondant Bow: Part Two
Using the rolled fondant pieces from part one, Chef Cavotti creates a decorative two-toned bow. This large garnish is used to top a cake
covered in fondant.
run time – 5:01 |
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Fondant Circles
Let your imagination guide you when decorating with fondant designs. Using several
colors of fondant, Chef Cavotti cuts a variety of
dots and circles and applies them to the sides of a cake.
run time – 9:06 |
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Food Color: An
Overview
From water-based liquids and oil-based gels to vibrant powders,
food colors are available in a variety of mediums. This overview includes
lessons on coloring buttercream, airbrushing fondant,
and drawing with food color pens.
run time – 6:36 |
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Food Color Fondant
Fondant can be colored, marbled, and stippled to achieve different effects.
This lesson demonstrates how to color fondant using water-based food colors and
how to create various designs.
run time –8:05 |
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Food Color Piping Gel
Piping gel is quick and easy to color. Simply add water-based food colors and
pipe. View this lesson to learn how.
run time – 2:12 |
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Making Swiss Buttercream
Buttercream is
quick to prepare and stores well for later use. In this lesson, Chef McLaughlin
prepares a batch of Swiss buttercream while sharing
tips for success.
run time – 5:22 |
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Reconstituting Buttercream
Buttercream stored in the refrigerator needs to be reconstituted before use. Learn how to
bring buttercream back to its proper consistency and
how to repair buttercream that has separated in the
process.
run time – 4:44 |
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Writing with Piping
Gel
Piping gel is very easy to use, and a little of it goes a long way.
Learn how to make a parchment piping bag, along with simple techniques for
writing with piping gel on a fondant plaque.
run time – 5:22 |
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