Decorating a cake for a Christening

I am used to decorating my adorable little cupcakes, so decorating a cake with fondant is a challenge. Finally we got a cake decoration very special for the occasion.

Fonfant is a paste similar to plastiline but edible, used as a covering for certain preparations such as buns, cakes, muffins, etc. The ingredients of the fondant are: unflavored gelatin, cold water, glucose, glycerin, butter, icing sugar, flavoring to taste.

Cake for a Christening

Make sure that the fondant has the perfect elasticity to start covering the cake, otherwise the fondant will become brittle and the molding process will be more difficult. 

Washi Tape for Crafts

I have been captivated by the washi tapes and its variety of colors and styles. It is difficult to select one, because all are beautiful. Those washi tapes can be addictive and more for those girls who are good at crafts, just tell them, beware do not buy all them and end ruined, but surely happy with those adorable washi tapes of colors and charmers prints.

I have long bought my small collection of Washi Tapes and now I am as the sculpture of Rodin's Thinker, I am waiting find an idea to use my adorable Washi Tapes.

My small collection of Washi and Fabric Tapes



Washi Tape or Rice paper ribbons, are rolls of decorated adhesive paper. Also known as Japanese tape.The word washi is originally from Japan, it refers to a type of very resistant rice paper, made from ancient times and the word tape, refers to the adhesive. It is usually 15 mm wide and 10 meters long. But there are wider and infinite designs. The washi tape is easily cut, without using scissors, has an adhesive face to join objects and on the other it look colors and prints that make it a very attractive tool for the accomplishment of crafts, in addition it can be written on her, because it's a paper.

After entering fully into the world of washi, I discovered that there are also tapes of other materials: 

• Masking tape, is any tape that serves to mask areas that should not be painted, the traditional painters tape.

• Fabric Tape, Fabric ribbons that also come in rolls of 15 mm wide and 5 meters approximately and offer many designs and prints with a better quality in terms of the sharpness of their colors.
• Lace Tape, Lace with an adhesive strip inside, and we can also find them in different colors, shapes and widths.

On the internet we can find ideas to use our washi tapes. We can use them to highlight an object in our candy bars, decorate gift bags, water bottles, wood letters, cutlery at parties, make mini pennants, and many more ideas.

Vanilla Cupcakes for a Wedding

Buttercream beaten with sugar is one of the most traditional ways to decorate cupcakes and cakes. You can add a touch of flavor with vanilla extract and color with dyes to achieve a cupcakes flashy.

Ingredients:

1.- 250 gr. unsalted butter at room temperature
2.- 250 gr. icing sugar
3.- 3 - 4 tablespoons of milk

4.- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation procedure

1.- Sift the icing sugar.

2.- Add the butter, milk, and vanilla extract.

3.- Beat the mixture at low speed for 1 minute until the ingredients are integrated.
4.- Beat for 5 minutes at high speed.

In summer days we can add more sugar in the buttercream for a harder consistency. Go to this link to see more information.

Fruit Skiwers

Fruit skewers are good for eating in summer time, because they refresh us. They have low calories and provide water, vitamins, minerals and fiber. If we want to use them as dessert, we can add marshmallows and gummies to give them a sweeter touch and if we also complement them with melted chocolate, that is already a success assured, no one will be left without trying them. Fruit skewers are a good choice for desserts and summer parties because they entertain children with their different colors, textures and sweet flavors.

 

Ingredients:

- Fruits: Bananas, Kiwis, Pineapple, Strawberries

• - Sweets: Marsmallows, Gummies
  - Chocolate to melt
  - Pinch Sticks

Preparation procedure:

1.- Wash and peel the fruits.
2.- Cut the fruit into pieces.
3.- Place the pieces in the skewers or chopsticks.
4. Melt the chocolate over low heat.
5. Cover the fruits with the hot chocolate and taste.



When I found this link that talks about the ten fruits that most benefits can provide to your health, I was very happy to know that three of the fruits of my skewers are on that list.

Kiwi for respiratory problems and cholesterol.

The blend of minerals, vitamins and phytonutrients make kiwifruit a protective food against respiratory diseases and heart disease, improve cardiovascular health, regulate blood pressure and reduce cholesterol levels.

Strawberries for tension.

The intake of five or six strawberries a day covers the recommended daily dose of vitamin C, reducing the risk of developing different types of cancer, such as the breast and stomach, help reduce blood pressure and ensure cardiovascular health.

Pineapple for several types of cancer.

It has a high content of bromelain, an enzyme that helps fight cancer cells and various types of infections. It also helps metabolize food, so it has diuretic properties.

Do not hesitate to prepare this dessert to accompany the meals, because besides being very healthy, it is very easy to do

Coconut Cupcakes for a Baptism

Decorating cupcakes with coconut frosting is a wise choice for parties such as, baptisms, and weddings where the color white predominate representing the purity. If we also select the coconut flavor not only remains perfect with the decoration, but also the flavors are integrated into the event.

Ingredients:

1.- 300 gr. Butter 2.- 200 gr. Vegetable shortening 3.- 450 gr. Icing sugar 4.- 2 tablespoons of water 5.- 1/4 teaspoon of salt 6.- 25 gr. Coconut grated

Preparation procedure

1. Beat the butter and vegetable shortening at low speed for 1 minute. 2.- Add the Icing sugar little by little and beat at medium-high speed for 3 minutes. 3.- Add the salt and the coconut grated and continue beating until the ingredients are incorporated. 4.- Add the water and beat for another minute.

If you want a softer buttercream, add a couple of tablespoons of water

Cupcakes for a Mickey Mouse Party

Decorate Cupcakes with fondant or buttercream the result will be the same, they will be very attractive and delicious, the variety of flavors even will attract adults attention. Mickey Mouse is the favorite character of the little children in the house. Decorate cupcakes with this character will make them very happy the day of the party.

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes decorated with tangarine, Oreo, and Nutella Buttercream

The table decorated with Sweets for all

Cupcakes with Oreo Buttercream

Oreo cookies are very famous and everyone likes them, today we are going to use them in our recipe. An irresistible Oreo buttercream for fans of these cookies.

Ingredients:

1.- 4 oreo cookies 40 gr. Approx.
2.- 200 gr. Icing sugar
3.- 80 gr. Cream cheese
4.- 60 gr. Butter
5.- 35 gr. Oreo Cream
6.- 15 ml Vanilla essence

Preparation procedure

1.- Separate the white part of the cookies and reserve it.
2. Crush the black cookies and reserve.
3.- In a bowl add the butter, the cream cheese, the cream of oreo and beat with a mixer until there is an integrated mixture.
4.- Add the teaspoon of vanilla essence and beat.
5.- Add the crushed oreo biscuits and beat until well blended.
6.- Add the glass sugar little by little with a spoon and beat.
7.- Once you get the desired texture decorate the cupcakes.

You can add some colorant gel to the cream for attractive results

Decorating an outdoor Baby Shower Party

The Baby Shower is an important celebration that the mother always will keep in their memory. When mothers are involved in the preparation of the celebration, everything is more beautiful because every detail of the planning is executed with love.
Celebrating any outdoor event allows us to take full advantage of the benefits of nature, we have more space, natural light, and the spring green that we miss so much in winter. 

Decoration

Baby Shower party for a baby boy based on blue and white colors combining with the typical theme "the stork", and some accesories like plates, paper glasses, tablecloths, balloons to decorate a small table.

Candy Bar

Sweet table with beautiful fondant cake, personalized cupcakes and attractive arrangements of  marshmallows distributed on the table that help to decorate and give the sweet touch.

Souvenir

Sweet wrapped gifts for friends in which marshmallows and gummies are the protagonists. It's also a fun memory to be taken away from the baby shower party.

Games

Remember to include a couple of fun games to make the guests feel part of the party. Example playing the typical Baby boy scramble or you can invent your own games like put diaper on the balloon.

An outdoor party should also include comfortable areas for guests, seating, tables, shaded space and many drinks

Planning a Baby Shower

The Baby Shower is a typical celebration in the United States that is made to say good bye to the pregnancy and celebrate the arrival of the new baby. It is the best excuse to get together with friends at tea time and give away the  baby gifts to the pregnant. There are countries where such events are not held, but in others it has spread, ceasing to be a meeting between friends, to become all an event with decoration, food, gifts for the new baby and games that amuse to the pregnant, the father and the friends.

This party usually be prepared by the pregnant or by her friends and family. It is a type of celebration that requires planning and organization, it involves variety of points to consider, such as a guest list and the preparation of the games among others.

Decoration

The themes for decorating in a Baby Shower Party will be childish themes, everything revolves around the baby, teddy bears, ducklings, baby stroller, baby bottles or any topic that is associated with the baby. The colors at the party tend to be blue when the baby will be a boy or pink when the baby will be a girl, but today the parties are coming out of the standard and any color or theme can fit well. 

Candy Bar

Desserts as all parties are part of the decoration of the sweet table, so in this kind of party can not miss the cupcakes, cake pops, cakes and it is very usual to find the diaper cake as part of the decoration.

Games

This kind of party is enlivened with games that used to entertain and have a good time. The contestants in the games are the friends of the pregnant and winners are rewarded. Games can be measure the size of the belly of the pregnant, guessing baby meals, alphabet soup, among others.

Gifts

When the friends give away the presents to the baby, is a special and exciting time for parents, who receive variety of things for their baby. Each friend can give away the present of their choice, but some mothers can deciding open a gifts list at a store childcare, so friends give away things that previously have selected from the gifts list, according to the needs of the mother and baby. The gifts list is very common at weddings and in the baby shower parties too. It is a way to make sure the baby will not receive presents repeated. 

Souvenir

Souvenir, is that little detail that the mother gives away to the friends as a thank for attending the event, such as almonds, chocolates, biscuits, soaps, key chains, bookmarks, etc.

Baby Shower is an unforgettable memory for mother and the baby's father.

Cupcakes with a fondant daisy

What better time than the spring to decorate ours sweet cupcakes with flowers. We can decorate them for birthday parties, baby showers, and for any special occasion. We can use different colors and flavors giving a spring touch with a daisy flower.

      Cupcakes decorated with tangarine and lemon Buttercream flavor

In the market you can find different types of fonfant cutters, in this case we used a special cutter for fondant with built-in ejector.

Cupcakes decorated for a personalized gift or for aspecial event

A cutter that helps us make a perfect daisy flower, to give the finishing touch to the decoration of our cupcakes