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Decorate a Christmas Cake: 3 Classic Ways on How to Do It
Now that Christmas is just around the corner, it’s high time to make plans for your holiday menu, including what
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How to carve cakes
Cake Carving As with any other skill or art form, carving cakes requires: time, patience and lots of practice; but
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How to make Christmas Cupcakes
Cupcakes are one of the most delicious dishes at the time of Christmas. From kids to elders, everyone loves to
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How to make a Fun Fondant Easter Egg Bunny
A superb topping over a cake adds beauty and temptation to the cake. When I was young, I loved the
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How to make a Hanging Birdhouse cake
It’s surely one of the best cakes you could ever see and of course, east. The unique design of the
The Big Slice 5th September 2014
The Big Slice 5th September 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake Good Morning
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Making Marzipan from Scratch
Marzipan is an almond-based confection used as a filling for candy centers, but it can also be used to cover
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Cakes From Middle Earth
Cakes From Middle Earth Prepare to have your mind blown with this sugar art collaboration brought to you by 31
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How To Make A Two Tier Cake with Ruffles Part 4
How To Make A Two Tier Cake with Ruffles Part 4 This is Part 3 of a 3
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How to Make and Ice Sugar Cookies – Apple and Ballet Cookies
How to Make and Ice Sugar Cookies – Apple and Ballet Cookies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5V9ZFK6uew&feature=youtu.be Materials 12 baked cookies (we used a
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Isomalt in Sugarcrafting
Isomalt is a healthier alternative to sugar. It has the taste, texture, as well as physical properties of real sugar,
Fondant
How to Make Fondant from Scratch
Once you have already made your cake, the next step is equally just as important. After all, presentation is also
Fondant
Useful Fondant Tips
The basic ingredients when making fondant is confectioner’s sugar, gelatin, and liquid glucose which results into a malleable sweet paste.
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A Guide to Commercial Fondant
Sometimes, you simply have no time to make fondant from scratch, especially if it’s going to be for a large
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How to Make Gum Paste from Scratch
If you are just a budding home baker looking to branch out of your comfort zone and enter the wonderful
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How to Make Gumpaste for Vegans
Gelatin, which is a common ingredient in making fondant, is a processed collagen that comes from various animal by-products. So
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Useful Gumpaste Tips
What makes gumpaste different from other pastes is the addition of a special ingredient – a gum – to add
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Troubleshoot Gumpaste
Working with gumpaste to create beautiful cake decorations is not the easiest of tasks. In fact, it takes a fair
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A Quick Guide to Commercial Gumpaste
There are times in a cake decorator’s life when things get too busy, like when there’s a looming deadline for
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The Must-Have Cake Decorating Tools for Beginners
You have already perfected the art of baking cakes, so now is the perfect time to move on to the
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Cake Decorating Tools for the Advanced Cake Decorator
The cake has been elevated to an art form, and with the many ways that a cake can be decorated,
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How to Make Modeling Paste from Scratch
In cake decorating, there are many different variants of pastes that can be used. The paste you will use will
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How to Make Modeling Chocolate from Scratch
Modeling chocolate, also known as chocolate clay, is used to decorate and cover cakes. It is also used as a
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Useful Modeling Chocolate Tips
Modeling chocolate, also known as candy clay, is a versatile paste to use for cake sculpting and modeling. It holds
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Troubleshoot Modeling Chocolate
Working with modeling chocolate will be hard at first, and you may encounter several problems along the way. You will
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Chocolate Products You Can Use as Modeling Chocolate
The great thing about modeling chocolate is that it stays pliable for a long time, giving you ample time to
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A Quick Guide to Food Coloring
Decorating your cake with color is important, as this will help you set the right tone and mood for the
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Cake Decorating Using Wafer Paper
Wafer paper, also known as rice paper, are delicate sheets of paper that are safe for consumption. Its versatile nature
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Isomalt in Sugarcrafting
Isomalt is a healthier alternative to sugar. It has the taste, texture, as well as physical properties of real sugar,
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How to Make Royal Icing from Scratch
Royal icing is mainly known as the icing used to decorate cookies. Its smooth, pure- white icing dries down to
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How to Make Ganache from Scratch
Ganache can be used in many ways – it can be used to top, frost, and layer cakes, to coat
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How to Make Buttercream Icing from Scratch
Compared to other icings, buttercream is softer, more spreadable and manageable. Use it to pipe borders and to frost your
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How to Bake a Chocolate Mud Cake
Nothing beats a slice of chocolate cake paired with a cup of coffee to lighten up a day. There are
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A Basic European Sponge Cake Recipe
The European sponge cake is a light and airy cake that contains three basic ingredients: eggs, sugar, and flour. It
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How to Troubleshoot Fondant
Working with fondant can be a frustrating experience for the beginning cake decorator, but there are easy fixes in order
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A Classic American Sponge Cake Recipe
A good versatile sponge cake recipe is essential to any baker’s arsenal. Sponge cakes have two types: American and European.
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Most Common Cake Construction Methods
So you’ve already perfected your recipe for baking the perfect birthday or wedding cake. You’ve already finished filling and frosting
Cake Pops
How to Make Cake Pops
Running out of ideas when it comes to a last-minute, no-fuss, quick party dessert trick? How about trying your hand
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How to Make a Naked Cake
While rolled-on fondant has been the go-to style when it comes to decorating traditional wedding cakes, some people would try
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Dragon Cake Tutorial with Fire Effect!
Our fantastic Dragon Cake is available for purchase individually. Buy my product
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Lovebirds Cake
The second cake of the month, from the creator of the cutest figurines, Pixie is back with a super adorable
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Crazy Rabbit Cake
For the first video this month we have Pixie making the Crazy Rabbit Cake, which is a carved cake with
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The Wedding Dress Good Enough To Eat
Lynette Stokies’s wedding dress looked son good you could eat it – and her guests did just that. But it
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Cakes From Middle Earth
Cakes From Middle Earth Prepare to have your mind blown by this sugar art collaboration brought to you by 31
Could this be the worlds ultimate dessert?
Every once in a while we see something that makes us just want to leap into our computer screen and
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Worlds Largest Cake Sculpture
A team of cake decorators in the UK have cracked the world record in their attempt to make the worlds
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How to Make Candy Cane Bark
How to Make Candy Cane Bark Are you looking for a super easy idea for gifts this Christmas? Or do
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How to make Ruldolph and Snowmen Cake Pops
How to make Ruldolph and Snowmen Cake Pops Are you looking for a super easy idea for gifts this Christmas?
Christmas
How to make Christmas Cupcakes
Christmas is just around the corner and with that comes Christmas parties and Christmas gifts. These cupcakes are so quick
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How to make a Teddy Bear Cake Topper Part 3
How to make a Teddy Bear Cake Topper Part 3 This is Part 3 of a 3 part series in
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How to make Marshmallow fondant
How to make Marshmallow fondant I hear people asking all the time about how to make marshmallow fondant. I do
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Buddy Valastro arrested over more than a piece of cake!
Buddy Valastro arrested over more than a piece of cake! It seems Cake Boss‘ Buddy Valastro tucked into more than
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How to make an Adventure Time Cake
How to make an Adventure Time Cake Do your kids love this show? My daughter just goes crazy for these
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Jennifer Lawrence Hunger Games cake wins gold
Jennifer Lawrence Hunger Games cake wins gold Lara Clarke has taken out gold for the second year in a row
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How to make a 2 tier cake with Ruffles Part 2
How to make a 2 tier cake with Ruffles Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8NqoafkFNY This is Part 2 of a 3 part
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How to set up and make a Two Tier cake with Ruffles and a Teddy Bear Part 1
How to set up and make a Two Tier cake with Ruffles and a Teddy Bear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHWs37bCy0g This is Part
Cookies
How to Make and Ice Sugar Cookies – Apple and Ballet Cookies
How to Make and Ice Sugar Cookies – Apple and Ballet Cookies Cookies are a whole world of fun and
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The Big Slice 19th September 2014
Cakers! Its FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!! Who is busy getting cakes ready for the weekend? There has been some huge things happening
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Make A Cute Caravan with Camping Possums Cake with Margie Carter and Handi Mulyana Video Tutorial and eBook
Make A Cute Caravan with Camping Possums Cake with Margie Carter and Handi Mulyana Video Tutorial and eBook You have
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Make Henrietta the Hippopotamous with Margie Carter Video Tutorial and eBook
Make Henrietta the Hippopotamous with Margie Carter Video Tutorial and eBook You have been asking us for individual downloadable tutorials
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Make a Bride and Groom Figurine with Verusca Walker Video Tutorial and Ebook
Make a Bride and Groom Figurine with Verusca Walker You have been asking us for individual downloadable tutorials and we
Aeroplane Cake with Handi Mulyana Video Tutorial and Ebook
Aeroplane Cake with Handi Mulyana Video Tutorial and Ebook You have been asking us for individual downloadable tutorials and we
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I’m Not Gonna Sugarcoat It – Business is damn hard work
I’m Not Gonna Sugarcoat It – Business is damn hard work Its time to get real. As much as we
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Move Your Body, Get In The Groove – New Cake Playlist
Move Your Body, Get In The Groove – New Cake Playlist I like to work to some music and if
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How to Cover Your Cake in Fondant
How to Cover Your Cake in Fondant – Part 2 of a 4 part series A few weeks ago we
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The Best Wedding Cake of the Year
The Best Wedding Cake of the Year In a world surrounded by mine is better than yours and super competitiveness
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Why you should never work for free
Why you should never work for free Cake decorators are a talented bunch. Creative, full of free flowing ideas and
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How to Pipe in Chocolate
How to Pipe in Chocolate Create easy decorations for cakes by piping chocolate onto non-stick acetate or baking paper. Super
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New member tutorials and a peek behind the scenes!
New member tutorials and a peek behind the scenes! We always get a bit excited at the start of the
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The Big Slice 29th August 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake
The Big Slice 29th August 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake Good Morning
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Its time to make a change in the cake world
Its time to make a change in the cake world In the cake decorating world, I see masses of creativity
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How to Make a Paper Piping Bag
How to Make a Paper Piping Bag from baking paper I find that I have so much more control with
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Top 10 Cake Decorating Tools
Top 10 Cake Decorating Tools, that you just can’t live without… When it comes to cake decorating we all have
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How to Make Sugar Pearls
How to Make Sugar Pearls I know they say that diamonds are a girls best friend but I am quite
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The Big Slice 14th August 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake
The Big Slice 14th August 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake Good Morning
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How to Bake BIG Cakes
How to Bake BIG Cakes – Baking Tips for Big Cakes The questions we get asked so often are ….
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How to Make “Noah Spreads His Love”
How to Make “Noah Spreads His Love” Today I am so excited to share this fabulous tutorial from the lovely
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The Big Slice 8th August 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake
The Big Slice 8th August 2014 – the latest tips, tricks and tutorials in the world of cake Good Morning
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How to get all the forms you need for your cake business
How to get all the forms you need for your cake business When you start a business, it can take
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Top 3 Sugar Flower Books
Top 3 Sugar Flower Books In the years that I have been cake decorating, lets just say I have accumulated
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How To Make Ombre Sugar Hearts
How To Make Ombre Sugar Hearts I am loving these little sugar hearts! I made these a while ago for
Member Tutorials
Salted Caramel and Pecan Truffle Ball Cake Member Tutorial
Salted Caramel and Pecan Truffle Ball Cake Member Tutorial with Adam Cremona Adam shows you how to make this gorgeous
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The Big Slice 1st August 2014
The Big Slice 1st August 2014 Good Morning Cakers! Its been another huge week at LCDO HQ where we have
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Behind The Scenes of an LCDO Tutorial shoot
Behind The Scenes of an LCDO Tutorial shoot After a huge week filming new tutorials last week, I thought it
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Cherry Cake Part 3 – Decorating Your Cake
Cherry Cake Part 3 – Decorating Your Cake This is Part 2 of a 3 part series in creating a
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7 Top Tips for Photographing Your Cakes
7 Top Tips for Photographing Your Cakes Lets improve your cake photography with a few simple tips. LIGHTING If you
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The Big Slice 24th July
The Big Slice 24th July Good Morning Cakers! Its been another huge week this week at LCDO HQ where we
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How to Photograph Your Cake with A White Background
How to Photograph Your Cake with A White Background I see this being asked all the time in cakey forums
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How to put Stripes on a Fondant Cake
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series in creating a cake from start to finish. This video shows
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OUR TOP 5 CAKE APPS
OUR TOP 5 CAKE APPS. Apps, so many of us use them these days, but’s what’s out there for the
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The Big Slice 18th July
THE BIG SLICE 18th July Where we bring you the best of the week’s cake news. At Learn Cake Decorating
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Noah in the Bath Cake Topper
Noah in the Bath Cake Topper Today we welcome our new guest blogger Trish Barber from Cakicature with the first
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Differentiating Your Cake Business
Differentiating Your Cake Business in a Crowded Marketplace There has been a surge in interest in cake decorating for some
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How to Ganache a Cake
How to Ganache a Cake This is the first in our 3 part series of the next 3 Tuesdays teaching
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The Big Slice 11th July
THE BIG SLICE Where we bring you the best of the week’s cake news. At Learn Cake Decorating Online, we
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Cointreau and Rosemary Cake Recipe
Here is the only collection of triple-tested recipes that you will ever need.
Together with chef Adam Cremona, we came up together with a range of mouth watering cakes that can be used as dessert cakes and cakes under fondant or buttercream.
We have also included ganaches, buttercreams, syrups and jellies to be used as accompaniments to your cakes.
You will see a guide with each cake
GF – Gluten FREE
FC – Perfect for Fondant Cakes
BC – Perfect for Buttercream Cakes
DC – Dessert Cakes – Perfect just as they are
I hope you enjoy cooking with and using these recipes as much as we have enjoyed creating, styling, photographing and eating them!
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Top Tips for Perfect Mud Cakes
Top Tips for Perfect Mud Cakes The mud cake is relative newcomer to the cake scene, seeming to have popped
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Make a Twitter Bird Cupcake
Make a Twitter Bird Cupcake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hkt6oT0K-Y
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Gorgeous Marble Cake Recipe
Gorgeous Marble Cake Recipe This cake and the accompanying photo, was one of my favourites from the book shoot for
Member Tutorials
Make a Giraffe Cake
Giraffe Member Tutorial with Handi Mulyana This month we have Handi’s adorable Giraffe. This cake is perfect for a little
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Make a Violin Cake
Violin Member Tutorial with Verusca Walker This month our members can access Verusca Walker’s fabulous violin tutorial. Once you have
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The Big Slice – 4th July 2014
THE BIG SLICE Where we bring you the best of the week’s cake news. At Learn Cake Decorating Online, we
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For The Love of Cake – Our Ultimate Cake Recipe Book
Here is the only collection of triple-tested recipes that you will ever need.
Together with chef Adam Cremona, we came up together with a range of mouth watering cakes that can be used as dessert cakes and cakes under fondant or buttercream.
We have also included ganaches, buttercreams, syrups and jellies to be used as accompaniments to your cakes.
You will see a guide with each cake
GF – Gluten FREE
FC – Perfect for Fondant Cakes
BC – Perfect for Buttercream Cakes
DC – Dessert Cakes – Perfect just as they are
I hope you enjoy cooking with and using these recipes as much as we have enjoyed creating, styling, photographing and eating them!
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15 Things a Cake Decorator Never Wants to Hear Ever…
15 Things a Cake Decorator Never Wants to Hear Ever… Was it really supposed to look like that? “Mum, I
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How to Cover Cupcakes Perfectly
How to Cover Cupcakes Perfectly In this short video Handi Mulyana teaches you how to cover a cupcake perfectly, providing