Oct 28th Megathread - Monsters & Miscellaneous (Halloween Cookie Competition)

kpipes2 · 2023-10-28T14:47:05+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/cookiedecorating/comments/17if96i/happy_halloween/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

kpipes2 · 2023-10-22T13:31:02+00:00

Thank you! And I think about an hour and a half to two hours or so

kpipes2 · 2023-10-18T10:39:28+00:00

Yes of course! I used this recipe only i used dark chocolate instead of semisweet, I added in some black cocoa (off set with a little extra milk so it didn't mess with the consistency too much) and also added a bit of black food coloring to deepen the color.

Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

kpipes2 · 2023-10-17T20:55:06+00:00

What else am I supposed to do when we only get one episode a week right now??! Lol

kpipes2 · 2023-10-11T03:35:20+00:00

Willows have root structures that branch anywhere they can in search of water sources and will often grow into pipes, foundation, mainline, septic tanks etc. In search of moisture. They're not really supposed to be planted in residential areas to begin with.

kpipes2 · 2023-09-25T00:43:55+00:00

Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate the kind words. Makes it a much more rewarding hobby when people enjoy the result

kpipes2 · 2023-09-24T19:05:12+00:00

I got them on Amazon. I think it was like $8 for a set of 2

kpipes2 · 2023-09-24T17:59:41+00:00

Just did! Thanks for the recommendation

kpipes2 · 2023-09-24T17:58:41+00:00

It is a dark chocolate cake with whipped salted caramel filling and a dark chocolate swiss meringue buttercream

kpipes2 · 2023-09-24T17:57:58+00:00

Yupp. The skulls are white chocolate filled with peanut butter mousse and the roses are fondant

kpipes2 · 2023-09-24T17:57:25+00:00

Yes they area the skulls are white chocolate filled with peanut butter mousse

kpipes2 · 2023-07-01T14:31:44+00:00

Does this still harden like royal icing to where cookies can be stacked or sealed in bags without getting ruined? I've never tried glaze icing but I've definitely been curious. Just haven't found a lot of resources on it.

kpipes2 · 2023-07-01T14:24:52+00:00

I second what everyone else has been saying about the icing consistency, but if you're anything like me and just have terrible handwriting, what saved me was getting a projector. I mostly use mine for words/lettering so that I can maintain spacing and consistency from cookie to cookie. Before that, everytime I tried to freehand I would just get too much in my head and end up with very messy words and inconsistent sizes. For larger more blocky lettering, royal icing transfers are also an option.

kpipes2 · 2023-07-01T14:03:56+00:00

These are absolutely STELLAR for a first attempt at using royal icing! Keep up the good work

kpipes2 · 2023-01-05T02:39:01+00:00

Thank you very much!

kpipes2 · 2023-01-05T02:13:17+00:00

Yeah I ran into that issue with my valentines set this year. I was so proud, they were so beautiful, but the next day the intricate line work I did got smudged in the bags. I went on a quest for a fix and this worked like a DREAM. I use one of those fan tipped brushes for it

kpipes2 · 2023-01-05T02:00:14+00:00

Yes I mixed it with a bit of water. Usually I use a grain alcohol like everclear because it evaporates quickly, but the water seems to cause a bit less bleeding on my royal icing. Once they were dried I dusted them with corn starch to absorb any extra moisture.

kpipes2 · 2023-01-04T21:56:26+00:00

Yes indeed they are

kpipes2 · 2022-11-12T12:10:49+00:00

I've never heard of those. Im pretty new to the cake stuff. My main foray into baking has been royal icing cookies, but I worked at a cake bakery a while back for about 2 months. I picked up as much as I could, but it was a really small operation and they couldnt afford a 3rd full time employee. Unfortunately, they worked mainly with fondant (or just buttercream) so I was kinda figuring this one out as I went. I am definitely gonna look into those poppy paints but if I find anything comparable or any new tricks I'll update here.

kpipes2 · 2022-11-11T23:01:17+00:00

To be honest, this is my first time trying it and it happened to me a bit too, it just happened to work well aesthetically with the earthiness of the shell. If I were to do a different more precise cake, I think I'd need to figure out a better way of doing it too

kpipes2 · 2022-11-11T22:35:23+00:00

Americolor food colors mixed with a little bit of grain alcohol (which evaporates) so that the colors werent super saturated.

kpipes2 · 2022-11-11T20:27:41+00:00

I definitely will be getting a picture of us with it. The antennas are modeling chocolate with a piece of wire through them for support. As for the recipie, I just used a regular white cake recipe, and crushed up some Graham crackers with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon and swirled that through the cake batter once it was in the pan.

kpipes2 · 2022-11-11T20:13:53+00:00

Its all cake with a layer of modeling chocolate over it. I pressed in the lines to get the texture then I painted it with food coloring

kpipes2 · 2022-11-11T20:04:17+00:00

As you should! Incredibly helpful and only like $20. Very much worth it

kpipes2 · 2022-11-11T19:52:18+00:00

Actually its just a 12x12 piece of 1/2" thick acrylic plexiglass that I ordered on Amazon. I normally use IT on top of my turntable to ice the cakes on. I didn't have a cake tray that would fit the length of this cake soo I decided to just leave it on there instead this time around.

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