From top to bottom, Julia’s contoured wedding cake cookie looks phenomenal. Even the plate on which it sits is a decorated cookie designed (of course) to complement the cake! For more information about this project, see this video, where Julia
Props to the sanding sugar for keeping Julia’s 3-D decoupage Easter cookie standing upright. And what an elegant presentation in a fancy champagne glass! But . . . there are other equally polished ways to present this cookie. Just scroll
Elsewhere in this gallery, you saw Julia’s 3-D decoupage Easter eggs laying down and perched upright in sugar. For this project variation, Julia went all out and propped the egg up on its very own cookie pedestal made with two
A wonderful Easter gift or favor, especially when filled with Easter candy! These eggs can be decorated and presented in so many ways – here, they’re decked with rubber-stamped fondant appliqués and set laying down on coordinating plates, but they
Julia’s cast sugar panorama eggs also look especially striking stood on end in glasses filled with sanding sugar! For all the details, check out Julia’s video tutorial.
Here’s a closer look at Julia’s fancy cast sugar egg decorated with rubber-stamped fondant appliqués and frosting sheet trims. For the step-by-step how-to, see Julia’s video tutorial.
Check out this closer view of one of Julia’s whimsical cast sugar eggs! All of the flowers and leaves are punched wafer paper and frosting sheet pieces that were painstakingly applied, one by one, with corn syrup. (Piping gel would
And another variation of Julia’s wonderfully whimsical cast sugar eggs! Because cast sugar will last a lifetime, these Easter treats are more for viewing than eating. But what great party décor and favors they make! Learn how to mix, mold,
Here’s another take on Julia’s 3-D baby rattle cookies, just zoomed-in for a better view! Julia used a mixture of decorative embellishments on these beauties, including wafer paper bows, rubber-stamped fondant and punched frosting sheet appliqués, royal icing transfers, and
Let’s look at Julia’s mosaic cookie boxes a bit closer. Such incredible detail was achieved through a combination of molded and contoured cookies, royal icing transfers, and stamped fondant appliqués! To learn how Julia applied all of these techniques, check
As always, Julia takes care to make sure her 3-D projects look good from all angles, as this aerial view of her mosaic boxes attests. To learn how to make these cookie wonders, check out Julia’s two YouTube videos –
Bet you thought this beauty was a cake – what with it being up on a cake stand in the perfect mini-cake size and all! But, alas, Julia conned you! This lovely sweet is a 3-D meringue shell filled with
You’ve probably seen a classic meringue cookie before, but what about a tart shell? Here, Julia piped a heart-shaped meringue base and topped it with lightened lemon curd to make a sweet Valentine’s Day tart. For all of the tips
One of Julia’s early Valentine’s Day projects, this double-decker heart showcases the beauty of simple, un-iced molded cookie flowers and other decorative elements, such as stamped fondant appliqués (the border trim) and wafer paper bows. For the step-by-step tutorial, see Julia’s
Another version of Julia’s molded double-decker heart cookie, this time done in a more traditional Valentine’s Day palette and with a rubber-stamped heart cookie on top. For the step-by-step tutorial, see Julia’s YouTube video, and, for Julia’s favorite tool for rubber-stamping,
Back in 2015, Julia rang in the New Year with these fancy cast sugar bells. Fashioned out of a sugar and water mixture, just as one would make panorama sugar eggs, these ornaments were additionally embellished with punched frosting sheets,
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