Dressing Desserts in Belgian Lace
FancyFlours - There's something about dressing desserts in vintage wedding-cake figures, pink heart-shaped cake-stand wrappers and candy corn towels that makes me want to quickly get my baking utensils and appliances out of mothballs. It's a way to make fashion statement without breaking the bank. I've led a sheltered baking life since I've retired but since Camp Gray looms, ordering some of these accessories is just too tempting.
Art Deco, Filigree or French Medallion Cake Top stencils are decorative implements that are new to me but then I've been making baba ghanoush, not babas. Try an 18th c. chocolate transfer sheet. Or one with a Belgian lace pattern. How about angels and stars, bees and flowers? Just looking at the new products leads to thoughts of home decorating projects. There are instructive videos such as Wafer Paper How-To and Spring Watering Can Sugar Cookies as well as Top Ten Decorating Tips. (For SeniorWomen.com's decorating maven, read Roberta McReynolds two-part drama, Just The Icing on the Cake.)
Instead I'll just order the catalog and consider using those stencils for art projects with the grandchildren, who are the real bakers. But I'm just glimpsed a set of gold egg shells vessels that I actually have a craft use for.
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