Yoda Cookie Tutorial

Finally, finally I have completed a little demonstration/tutorial video. Many people have asked me to make one so I finally was able to photograph my way through my Yoda cookies. Now please keep in mind, this is a pretty advanced cookie and I've had a lot of practice. I should have made a basics video first, but this is the way it happened. I'm working on straight forward star cookies this week and I'll try to video the basics. You need to start with a good quality cookie (smooth and without rounded edges) in order for your icing to work right. So enjoy this video and remember it was my first one so don't be too harsh! I'm not claiming to be an expert by any means! This is just what works for me. There are many, many schools of thought regarding cookie decorating, and I know several decorators that could decorate circles around me!
And for all you who have no desire whatsoever to stay up all hours of the night baking and decorating cookies, I'm sure it will be interesting just to watch. It is kind of neat! You'll also see how much time I put into my cookies! if the video is choppy, press pause and let it load a while before you watch it. took me a while to figure that one out!

Piano Cookie, Star Wars Cookies, Pillow Cake, and a Garden Tea Party Cake!

Wow! It's been a busy few weeks! Needless to say, kitchen clean up awaits me. Ugh. Here are a few of my baking projects from recent weeks.
These cute piano cookies are actually from a while ago, but I'm trying to go back and post old pictures from January-March. These were for a piano recital at Burlington Day School. Thanks Laura!


These were for another BDS student who celebrated his birthday last Sunday. He shared these with his classmates and the rest were for his family party. I added 3 new characters this time! All of these are hand cut, and several of them are have hand painting. I photographed my way through the Yoda cookie and I'm working on a tutorial! Thanks again Shylon!




This was a fun project. This is a pillow cake I carved from a 8 inch square cake. Covered in fondant and made a gumpaste crown. I love the matching cupcakes! Thanks Helen!



And my last project for this wonderful Easter weekend. A sweet little cake for a tea party birthday. The birthday girl requested dirt, grass, pink, purple, tulips, roses, butterflies and a caterpillar. Whew! I'm glad she wasn't too specific! It was really fun trying to have all of those elements on the cake and throw in a teapot too. I love how it turned out. This one is the main reason my kitchen is such a mess! Gumpaste flowers = big mess. At least in my kitchen! Thanks a bunch Susan and I hope the party was lots of fun! Elizabeth is such a sweetie!





And now...clean up!