Well, I've been aching to spill the beans for nearly two weeks now, and I finally can! Earlier tonight, the winners of the 2014 Cake Masters Magazine Awards were announced live in Birmingham, England at Cake International , the world's...
Well, you sure pieced together some cool cookie creations for last month's frankencookie challenge . I asked you guys to combine two or more cutters into one shape, and it was almost frightening how many cool shapes you came up with! Can't wait to...
Hands down, teaching is the thing I like most about cookie decorating. Not only do I get a huge kick from seeing students’ eyes light up when they master my projects or a new technique, but I also learn a ton from everyone attending –...
Halloween isn't quite over yet . . . Hold on a sec, I think I hear trick-or-treaters at my door . . . Ahh, so cute, a little troll and her baby jack-o-lantern brother . . . Sorry, where was I? Yes, it's not quite over, but I'm scraping the...
Alas, National Cookie Month is drawing to a close in a few short days. I hope you've had your fill of cookies and cookie tutorials over these last few weeks. But if not, no worries . . . there's still time for cookie sustenance! This week, in the last...
Admittedly, I'm a little ODed on pumpkins and ghosts around about this time each year! But considering we've got less than one week to go 'til the big day - and we've got such an abundance of great Halloween cookies on the site - I had no choice...
Yep, we're still celebrating National Cookie Month, and today we're doing it with more of my fellow YouTubers' favorite cookie videos! In last week's installment of our film fest , we savored the simple life - homemade chocolate chip cookies,...
Yes, this month we’re talking to the Queen of Wafer Paper in Italy – if not the whole wide world! And that queen would be Lucia Simeone, owner of DolceLulù , a cake artist from Rome known the globe over for her magnificently...
National Cookie Month has been a blast, hasn't it? And just when you thought it was about to fade into distant memory, I'm bringing it all back with another giveaway! While definitely fun, this giveaway has actually got a very serious component...
Chalk it up to jack-o-lantern or phantom fatigue, or whatever you want, but this week I'm tossing seasonal convention to the wind with another "Best of Category" roundup! Here are the hottest cookies* of the week in no particular order...
This is just such big news that it merits BOTH a forum post and a blog post! In case you missed my earlier forum post, here's what I'm talking about . . . Serious congratulations are in order for several Cookie Connection members! As...
Grab some hot buttered popcorn (or cookies) and your eyeglasses - it's time for the second installment of our National Cookie Month Film Fest, brought to you by my Tastemade network partners! (If you missed week one, we kicked off with trailers made...
I have been asked how I make some of my more elaborate cookie sets. You know, those sets with all the flowers? Wait. You’re right. Pretty much ALL of my cookie sets have flowers . . . but you guys don't mind, right? So, a set like this....
Let’s wrap up this texture challenge so that we can all start brainstorming the " frankencookie" challenge !! I don’t know about you, but I love a good frankencookie . . . First of all, thank you so much to Rebecca for allowing me to play...
Well, I've got a bit of exciting news - for me and for you! Admittedly, this announcement feels a little anticlimactic, as I've been privy to this information for close to a year. Around about January, my book Cookie Swap , first published in 2009,...
