Peanutbutter muffins

I found this recipe online that looked interesting. It called for peanutbutter and brown sugar and the divine smell of freshly baked muffins attracted the residents of the house, gladly offering their tastebuds...

We were all quite puzzled to find out that these little wonders tasted of absolutely nothing...?
 It helped a little with a fair amount of chocolate ganache.

 

But they look great, don´t they?

 

Never mind, they´re all going to the freezer, and will add texture to the next batch of truffles..

My cakes in 2012

I made lots of dummies this year, mostly for a cosy little cake-supply shop in  Roskilde, wich i also got to tend a few times. Such fun! I also got to teach a Royal Icing course wich was a huge challenge, but went along well. 

I took a quick trip to Birmingham to visit Cake International fair, great to be back after missing out the last couple of years.

Most popular posts this year have been:

Tutorial - Gardenia

Tutorial - Lotus Flower

Tutorial - JEM Butterflies

Tutorial - Black and White Cuteness

The Lambeth

Naughty Cake!

Tutorial - Sheep

Tutorial - Patterned paste

Ninjago Cake

Galleries

My little blog has been very well visited this year - according to my standards. Twice there´s been over 1.000 visitors on one day! Plus a couple of times 5-600 visits a day. Wow..

Thanks for stopping by in 2012!

I wish you all the best in 2013 - having fun in a world of sugar! :)

Gingerbread Royal Icing house

This years gingerbread house is inspired by techniques found in Eddie Spence´s book.

I love the lightbulbs over the door - they are not from the book though...

The inside of the house is a mess, royal icing all over the "floor" so i had to shield off the windows.

Luckily My little bakery shared her beautiful gingerbread house, giving med an idea how to.

Tip; After baking, the walls dried up with a big curve, but after 8-10 seconds in the microwave I could carefully press them down so they became totally flat. After cooling on the counter with a little weight on top, they held the shape nicely.

I had this "canvas" on the backside of the house, but no idea how to decorate it,

so i played around a little. The lantern is a pattern from the book.

The reindeer and its pup :) -And the scallop piped rope/running bead,
which I´m very proud of, because it was really hard to make!
It doesn´t show very much, but its on the cookie-base along the house.

Merry, merry Christmas all :)

Christmas tree

Christmas dummy.

Once again, textures from EdibleCreators,  love these.

The tree is made by piping royal icing shells on a styrofoam cone and is "recycled" from last year 

- I´m so lazy!

Christmas cake

 

I brought this christmas cake back from Birmingham to share with my colleages come december, and it has not been easy not to take a bite or two because it smells simply divine! -And i know it tastes great, because i had more than a few tastings at the stand...

 

 

I love the texture on these cakes. I soaked the cake thoroughly with my husband´s brandy, I don´t know if that´s the way to treat it, but i bet it´s pretty tasty :) Can´t wait - I´ll have to try making these cakes myself.

 

The cover is marzipan fondant, not too easy to paint on as the wetness draws out in the marzipan.