Category Archives: Links

A Week of Baking

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Right on the heels of Sunday’s gummy class (about which I’ll post separately later) came a week of baking goodies for my husband’s workplace, Enthought, which was hosting some training seminars for which they needed some desserts. They offered to … Continue reading →

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Advantages of Googly Eyes

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I frequently use simple black-dot eyes on figures because they’re easy and fast. However, when more emotions and expressions are required, googly eyes are better. By “googly eyes” I don’t mean the rattling craft kind (which I also love but … Continue reading →

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Experiment/Review: Wilton Pot Fails At Gummy

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

In advance of my class on gummy techniques, several members of Capital Confectioners have been trying to help me get enough hot plates to use to melt the gummy during the class. I just tested Wilton’s Chocolate Pro, borrowed from … Continue reading →

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Breakfast Recipe Review/Tweaking

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I follow a lot of bakers lately on Twitter as I comb the internet daily for cool things to post to the Capital Confectioners blog. This means I find a lot of recipes I’d like to try in my copious … Continue reading →

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Cookie Stuffed Cookies? Really?

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I spend a lot of time (probably too much) surfing around looking for amazing cakes, nifty tutorials, recipes, blogs, and other things that I can use for Quick Bites posts at Capital Confectioners, the blog of my local cake club. … Continue reading →

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Bake a Wish Donations

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Doubling up with reports of two batches of donated goodies to help me catch up on posting. Both were for Bake A Wish Austin, a group that connects volunteer bakers to those in need of baked goods. They began by … Continue reading →

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Musical Cookies

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Sorry I’ve been away from the blog, but I have good excuses that will come forth as more posts! I’ve been baking like a crazy mama for the past few weeks for multiple events, but I’ve recently returned to my … Continue reading →

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Yummy Parsnip Cookie Experiment and Failed Icing Attempt

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Having had such great fun with tasty parsnips in previous posts, I decided to go crazy and see if I could make parsnip cookies. After all, they smell like some kind of nutmeggy muffin, so presumably they’d make good treats … Continue reading →

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Link: Giveaway of Austin Family Music Festival Tickets

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I’m still considering what I can do for a cake-related giveaway on this blog, but in the meantime here’s an awesome giveaway at LiveMom! You can win tickets to the Austin Family Music Festival here: http://www.livemom.com/2011/04/16/livemom-giveaway-family-four-pack-to-the-austin-family-music-festival/ And please spread the … Continue reading →

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Link: Amazing Royal Icing

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Look at this gorgeous and detailed church scene by Vanilla Bean Baker. What I love about that is not just the fantastic skill of building a three-dimensional object out of piped royal icing, but the fact that the detail extends … Continue reading →