Simple, Special Cakes

Click on the video above or this link to see the segment on the Fox 9 website.

This morning, I'm headed to Fox 9 to do some "Simple, Special Cakes."

I'm going to demonstrate how to do some of the fancy finishes on cakes that look amazing, and also help to cover up if you're not the best at keeping crumbs out of your icing -- yet.

You can come learn these techniques and some others at a class this spring/summer.
I'll be in White Bear Lake Thursday, April 24 and in Northfield Thursday, June 26.

And if you're interested in my Wilton classes at the Hobby Lobby in Woodbury, check out my schedule of classes here.

Click the Links Below to See:
How To Make a Petal Cake (like Leah's)
How to Make an Easy Ruffle Cake (like Cody's)
How To Make a Ruffle Cake
Community Education Cake Decorating Classes
Wilton Classes in Woodbury, MN

Gingerbread Houses for Kids

There are plenty of amazing websites out there devoted to those perfect, architectural-wonder gingerbread houses. This is not one of them.


My boys and I went to visit Fox 9 to show the weatherman, Cody, how gingerbread houses are done. Click the video above to see the segment, or you can click here to go to the Fox 9 website.

Gingerbread houses in our house generally involve a whole lot of sugar, layers upon layers of candy, marshmallows and sugar cereal, and who knows what else. And with kids, I think that's really what it's all about. Below are some of my ideas for making the kid-friendly gingerbread house a more fun experience.

It's all about the icing

Whether you're making your gingerbread house with a kit or graham crackers or Homemade Gingerbread, whether or not it stands up to the test of a child decorating it is all about the icing.
Most of the kits come with some pre-packaged icing, which is fine for adding your decorations and making snow around the outside of the house, but I've found that real Royal Icing makes a huge difference for getting the house to stay together.

Donuts for Dads on Fox 9

Big day! Lots of donuts! An excited six-year-old! We're heading to Fox 9 this morning to show off my Jackson's donut-making abilities for Father's Day.


Click here to go to the Fox 9 site to see the video there, if it doesn't show up well here.

If you're visiting to find the recipes I mentioned on the show, here's a list of links, or you can scroll down the main page, and you'll find them all from the last week.

'Healthy' Homemade Donut Recipe
Easy Donut Recipes from Cake Mix
Crazy Chocolate Donut Recipes
Best Donut Frosting and Glaze Recipes 
Strawberry Powdered Sugar Donut Recipe

And click the links here if you're interested in taking a Cake Decorating Class or hosting a Cake Decorating Party or Workshop.

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Graduation Treats on Fox 9

I visited the local news this weekend to share some graduation treat ideas. I shared two ideas, cake pops and homemade peanut butter cups. Here's the video:

If it won't play, try the Fox 9 Website: www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/18635225/in-the-kitchen-grad-party-treats

One is a variation of these Homemade Peanut Butter Cup Graduation Caps.
*Update: I didn't get a chance to show you how to get them on the stick, but you want to insert the stick after you put on the top chocolate layer, and before you refrigerate them. Once they set, the chocolate will allow the stick to be stuck.
I made a new batch showing how to put them on sticks and with the various fillings, check them out here: Graduation Cap Candy Pops. 

Another are these Graduation Cap Cake Pops.
*Update: I will do a complete tutorial on these early next week, I promise. (See the Cake Pops tab above for all of my cake pop tutorials.)

Cake Pops from Fox 9

In the Kitchen: Banana Cake Pops: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com

Banana Cake Pops

by Beki Cook

Make Banana Cake & Cream Cheese Frosting according to my The BEST Banana Cake Recipe.

To make cake pops:

1 cake- baked and cooled

1-2 cups frosting

Candy Melts or almond bark

1-2 Tbsp. vegetable shortening

lollipop sticks

styrofoam disks

sprinkles