When your dessert needs a lift, here is is quick trick.
What you need:
• Store bought two-bit brownies
• A can Duncan Hines frosting,
• Pack of YouCake cookie toppers – 1.87 inch rounds.
You can order a pack of toppers at YouCake – they keep sealed for several months. We include a zip lock bag if you want to hang on to any extras for a quick dessert lift later. Kids photos, old photos, and a few ideas featured below are fun to have. I like the Duncan Hines brand when you don’t have time to make your own – (and it also freezes well with the topper).
Frost brownies, apply the edible toppers, let the toppers rest on the dessert un-refrigereated for 45-60 minutes, then it is ready to serve. Watch the video:
Easter Toppers
I luv my Mom (Dad also available) – these are 1.5 inch for mini cupcakes
My mother is an artist, see cardsbycathrina.com, and does a lot of entertaining and baking. She made edible toppers using her latest owl and bird drawings that she scanned and uploaded to YouCake. Below are the results along with a two-part how-to video— first the baking, then the decorating. She did not film the eating, but they are delicious. She used the following recipe from Eloises Easy Cookies Recipe. She flavored this batch with lemon, she has also done with orange. The top-tip to share is that she added some lemon juice when she thinned the royal frosting mix…a really, nice touch.
Since the toppers stay fresh in their sealed bags unopened for about a month, she took a pack with her to France. When she has guests come over she can make a batch of cookies and top them with her lovely owl art.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Put in refrigerator over night
Divide into 4 pieces and roll out to about 1/8” and cut into rounds or whatever….
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks. Let cookies cool completely before icing.
For 3in. round cookies use 3.5 in cookie cutter
Royal Frosting
3 oz pasturized egg whites and 4 cups of confectioner’s sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla (or other flavoring)
Beat the egg whites at least 4 minutes until stiff and shiny white
Add little by little the powdered sugar add vanilla
Thin with water or juice to paint on cookies prior to putting on the YouCake topper
For my birthday, how to decorate my birthday cake? It is plenty easy to choose images for friends and family, but for my own cake?
I asked my husband which photo should make my birthday cake, what would best sum up the year and the occasion… Without hesitation, he pulled up his favorite picture of me during a trip to France. We had stopped at an itsy-bitsy town in France called Mons.
In Mons we walked into the middle ages, with steep, tiny streets. When we entered the town restaurant, we literally stepped off a cliff—the restaurant balcony hung above the steep mountain-side. Needless to say, the views were spectacular.
We settled in with a citron-presse (lemonade) in hand, marveling at the sites in this remote area, when a virtual feast was presented. I can’t recall the menu, but when treats come like this, especially at higher altitudes, you imagine you have found a slice of heaven.
If you have a gourmand food photo, I thought the cake required some attention. I chose to make a banana cake with a coconut butter cream frosting with fresh strawberries and whipped cream filling. Click here to make the cake topper and get the recipe at Epicurious! This worked for a 9×13 inch cake pan.
What could be better for Easter then homemade Carrot Cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. To make them festive and seasonal, decorate with the YouCake Easter Toppers. Toppers are edible images that apply to any frosted cake, cookie or cupcake. Here is the before and after.
The fist step is to find a yummy recipe for carrot cake cupcakes and cream cheese frosting. I used this recipe from Real Simple magazine. The only change I made was that I added some Bourbon soaked raisons and used a little less of the brown sugar.
The fun thing about carrot cake is that with all the carrots, topped with cream cheese, you can justify this cupcake as a breakfast treat : )
Now to decorate…once you make cupcakes and cream cheese frosting, give each cupcake a squirt of frosting. Remove the toppers from their sealed bag. Remove the wax paper backing they come with and press them flat on the cupcake. Make sure your hands are dry when you handle the edible images.
Just make sure that the topper is flat. Then, if you like, add some sprinkles.
Let the toppers set for 30 minutes, then eat. The toppers are 100% edible – extra pretty and fun frosting.
For those who like to prepare ahead. Cupcakes with the YouCake edible toppers freeze perfectly. De-thaw your frozen cupcake in the refrigerator. When de-thawing, remove the lid or cover of the container that they are being stored in to prevent any condensation that may drip onto the top of the cupcake.
Valentine’s Dessert Decorations, Edible Love Notes for the ones you Love!
This is a lovely holiday, Valentine’s Day. A day to share your love, with notes, and some sweet love bites. A little wiki history
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”). In Europe, Saint Valentine’s Keys are given to lovers “as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver’s heart”, as well as to children, in order to ward off Saint Valentine’s Malady.[6] Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.
Keys, hearts, doves, Cupid…images and sentiments of courtly love with sweet confections makes this a popular holiday around the world. How sweet you’ll be if you adorn your Valentine’s Day treats with edible images expressing your affections. How about modernized expressions? Try out some emojicons on cupcakes or cookies…how many ways to say “I love you”!
Custom engagement cookies—note with matching wedding colors for the flowers and heart. It must look and taste just right! Cookies by Bonne Fete Baking.
I “heart” Mom and Dad design as used by Bonne Fete Baking as cupcake and cookie decorations.
Not just for adults, great idea for school valentine parties, here is a topper that went on a cookie last year.
Have a terrific Valentine’s Day! We look forward to your yummy ideas.
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Make your own YouCake custom edible dessert decoration,click here to get started. Request your theme, add your inscription, and voila…we melted white chocolate on store bought two-bite brownies and applied the YouCake 1.5 inch circles to make an extra special dessert. Use coupon code: 30OFFSERVESMILES at check out for 30% off your order.
What to do with all of your fabulous travel stories and adventures? Have a party and serve up on cake! Here are some clever ideas that some of our customers have come up with that you can try as well.
Celebrate with friends away from home
Haitian Flag custom edible topper, cake by Kitchen Surfing, Kizzy Kooks
Holiday picts – perfect on a birthday cake – celebrating two great events on one cake! Birthday toppers from family vacation.
Custom YouCake edible topper on a birthday cake
Favorite Destinations Displayed with Vintage Travel Edible Stickers on Suitcase Cake
YouCake edible prints of vintage travel stickers on cake by Bonne Fete Baking
So many possibilities, serve up your last travel adventure on a cake, cookie, or cupcake! Create your custom topper at youcake.com
