What?! Yes, you can wear them and eat them! Made entirely of molded cookies and royal icing transfers, these pendants are both stunning and tasty. To learn how to make one for your little (or adult!) princess, check out Julia’s YouTube
What’s that wondrous covering on this cake?! Glad you asked! It’s Julia’s signature chocolate cake wrap, this time done in multiple colors. Wraps like these can be traced with untempered chocolate, but Julia opted to pipe this one freehand, only
Before you move away from this cake, take just a moment to appreciate the handpiped chocolate details. Julia piped this entire wrap freehand and did so pretty darn fast to boot! For these wraps to be a success, the chocolate
A riff on Julia’s Caterpillar Caper cookie in her second book Ultimate Cookies, this fun back-to-school project is sure to cheer up those kids who’d rather be in the kitchen than in class! You can turn these cookies into a party game
Inspired by 50s-vintage filigree perfume bottles, these beauties – believe it or not – are completely cookie and icing. And lucky you! Julia reveals all of the tips for making this project in these two YouTube videos: first, this video,
And now for a vertical view of Julia’s filigree perfume bottle cookies, just to demonstrate Julia’s care in making sure her 3-D projects view well from all angles. For all of the details behind this project, see Julia’s two YouTube
Julia’s favorite cookie perfume bottle (of the two pictured elsewhere in this gallery) boasts a towering 5-inch molded and gilded cookie stopper. Wow-za! For all of the details behind this project, see Julia’s two YouTube videos: first, this video, which
Let’s examine the face of Julia’s cookie perfume bottle a little more closely. A focal stamped fondant appliqué and hundreds of royal icing transfers combine to give this cookie its lavish look. For all of the decorating details, please check
Wrapped completely in hand-piped chocolate (seven colors of white chocolate, plus semisweet!), this little cake is a big stunner. For details about how to make your own, check out this YouTube video or Julia’s other cake wrap videos found in this
Not one, but two cakes – wrapped entirely in hand-piped chocolate! The one in the background has additional chocolate details that were hand-piped after the acetate was removed from the chocolate wrap. But those details are completely optional; these wraps
Royal icing transfers and stamped fondant elements commingle here to create a richly textured look. The inside of the bottle is also lined with stamped fondant, making a luxurious bed for tiny sweets or other treasures that can be tucked
Julia loves to dabble in cast sugar art (like her panorama eggs elsewhere in this gallery). But she often ends up with lots of leftover sugar mixture after those projects, and she hates to just toss it. So what does
This sugar structure may look like a modern art piece, but Julia created it simply to demonstrate the wide array of shapes that can be made with cast sugar – a very simple mixture of granulated sugar, water, and (optional)
Made specially for one of Julia’s early cookie decorating classes in Spain, this completely edible cookie design demonstrates Julia’s love for working in 3-D! And what a great and unexpected bridal shower gift! For assembly details, see this YouTube video
Here’s a closer view of one of Julia’s bigger cookie bridal bouquets. Let’s review its many and varied details, shall we?! The roses on top are handpiped royal icing; the leaves are dusted and embossed wafer paper; the ribbons and
Not yet ready to tackle one of Julia’s multicolor chocolate cake wraps pictured elsewhere in this gallery? Then try your hand at a technicolor chocolate doily instead. This doily (used as an underliner for dessert) is substantially smaller than a
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