What can I say? Her work is subtle, never overdone, and simply exquisite! Yes, you know who I mean – emilybaking, our honored June site artist for her winning contributions to Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #13!
Oh, what a wonderfully active cookie week it's been! I think that mistakenly sent lapsed member email spurred some of you into posting overdrive. Just goes to show that every cloud has a silver lining!
Welcome to the latest Practice Bakes Perfect challenge! This time around we are going to work on a specific, and very versatile and useful technique - stenciling. And, I must confess, this challenge is challenging for ME!
Hi, all! Usually I put admin posts like this in the forums, but to ensure that this post gets maximum visibility, I'm putting it front and center on the blog! As you may know, we had a large site upgrade last week, dubbed "The Recipe Release" by my site guys at Hoop.la...
Creating dimensional royal icing designs on my cookies is one of my favourite techniques. I especially love the more complex designs that make cookies a thrilling challenge.
I might as well have entitled this post "Dads Want Cookies Too!", because judging from the sheer number of Fathers' Day cookies posted to this site, Dads have been getting the short end of the cookie stick.
Roses, roses, EVERYWHERE! I don't think I have been surrounded by this many roses since my wedding. In 1993. Seriously, people! You shattered the Practice Bakes Perfect participation record, with a whopping 76 entries for Challenge #16!
This month, I’m interviewing our May site artist, someone many of you have come to know and love through your involvement in her bimonthly Practice Bakes Perfect challenges. Yes, it’s none other than the woman who works hard to push you to new cookie decorating heights...
Heck, after four straight days of cookie decorating, cookie teaching, and cookie chat in my Ningbo classes, even I wasn't sure I ever wanted to see another cookie again. Especially one of my own designs!
I was inspired to create these cookies by this odd little thing (below). Doesn't look like much, does it? But it's the most exciting thing I've seen in my garden for years! It's a tiny flower bud on my wisteria...
Okay, so it's still Friday, but better early than never, as they say. Okay, maybe no one on this planet has ever used that expression before, but I'm taking the liberty with this Spotlight...
Summertime is wedding time! I am simply ignoring the fact that it is not summer, but has recently snowed here, and that I don’t know anyone who’s getting married this year...
Yes, it's almost Mom's big day, so if you haven't yet come up with a wonderful gift for her, there's no time like the present! If you're ambitious, you'll find plenty of inspiration for wonderful cookie gifts in this week's hot list*...
May first was Mothers' Day here in Spain. In our home, it is a very special day, and so, each year, my brother and I thank our mom for all she's done with a Mothers' Day gift that surprises her.
It's that time of year when cookiers finally get a breather from the extended holiday rush (which, these days, runs from Christmas through Mothers' Day!) and have more freedom to play beyond the confines of customer orders. Some cookiers experiment on their own...
