Category Archives: Experimental Techniques

Experimenting with Spray-On Shine

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Kimberly Chapman

The following is a complete, accurate, and in no way embellished version of a conversation from Mike McCarey’s Guitar Cakes class earlier this week. Really really*. Also: you should all remember that it’s very dangerous to confront a spatula-wielding madwoman … Continue reading →

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2012 Austin Cake Show

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Kimberly Chapman

This is my summary of my and Peo’s stuff from this year’s big cake show in Austin. My main entry was a completely new technique I invented that I call Flexible, Edible Stained Glass. I recreated John William Waterhouse’s “The … Continue reading →

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Inflated Dessert

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Kimberly Chapman

OMG. I need a helium tank. I want to try this with gummy, jolly ranchers, sugar, and everything else I can think of.

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Gummy Water Drop Test

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Kimberly Chapman

I’ve been wondering for some time if I could make nice, round ropes of gummy by running a stream of it into cold water. Today I gave it a shot, and the short answer is nope, it doesn’t work. The … Continue reading →

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Gobble Gobble Gobble

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

The turkey cake class got cancelled due to insufficient sign-ups (and then enough people tried to sign up after it was cancelled…figures…), but the cake club’s loss is Ace Academy’s gain since it left me with more time to make … Continue reading →

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More About Healthy Oat Pancakes

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Back in this post I discussed my tweaking of Chocolate Covered Katie’s recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pancakes. This recipe and variations of it have become my most common breakfast over the last several months, so it’s time to … Continue reading →

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Zombie Skin: Let’s Bite ’em Back!

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Zombie apocalypse got you down? Hordes of the greenie-gutses trying to storm your compound and eat your tasty, tasty brains? Well I did some experimenting and I’ve found a way for you to bite those undead back with Zombie Skin … Continue reading →

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Stained Glass Gummy Goodness

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Oh look, a beautiful bit of churchy stained glass in a window. Let’s have a closer look, shall we? Hang on… That’s no moon stained glass. It’s a space station bunch of gummies. It’s a bunch of Han Solo in … Continue reading →

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Molding Flesh-Like Gummy in Buttercream

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

This is the sort of discovery that I should save for the booklet I’m working on. It’s the kind of thing I should reserve to make money on via classes, books, etc. If I was a real cake decorating professional, … Continue reading →

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Mmm, Edible Carbonite

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Want to see a five-year-old eat the pearled Han Solo in Carbonite gummy I posted about yesterday? Of course you do. My daughter chose that one for dessert tonight. I said, “You can have that one, but only if I … Continue reading →