Wedgwood Inspired Cookies

Wedgwood Jasperware was the inspiration for one of my very first (and still favorite) cookie designs when I started decorating.  

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I recently came back to my original inspiration and created these cookies using royal icing and fondant. This set is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop.

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The roses and cameos on these cookies are made from fondant while the rest of the details were piped in royal icing.

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Here's a little tutorial on using silicone molds with fondant. I make my own molds using Amazing  Mold Putty. I love that stuff so much. For a great tutorial on how to make your own molds, visit Pam's blog at Cake Ball Love.

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The mold I'm using here is a rose. I put a little bit of shortening in the mold before pressing the fondant into it. 

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These molds are flexible, so once you've pressed the fondant in, you can just pop it right out.

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I made the tiny rose by filling just the center of the mold with fondant. I attached the roses using a small dab of icing on the back.

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The brush embroidered leaves were piped with a tip 1. For a tutorial on brush embroidery, watch my YouTube video here.

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You can see more photos of these and other cookies on my Facebook page.

Ombre Cookies

For a tutorial on this method, click here.

 Available in my Etsy shop.

Ombre (A Brief Tutorial)

I tried a few different techniques for this ombre cookie and found that brush embroidery worked best for transitioning through these shades of blue (Wilton's delphinium blue to be exact).

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 I started by giving my cookie a crumb coat, which is not something I'd tried before. While I did need a smooth surface on which to apply my brush embroidery, I did not want to flood the cookie and end up with two full layers of icing in the end. Also, the drying time for this thin coat was about 20 minutes in front of a fan, meaning I didn't have to wait overnight to get started on the decorating.

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The consistency of the base icing was about the same as sour cream.

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Before the icing dried completely, I marked 1/2" spaces using a ruler and a scribe (this cookie is 3x3"). A toothpick would also work for this step. 

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Once the icing is dry to the touch, you can start on the fun part. I have here a container of water, a square tip brush and a paper towel.

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Begin by piping a line in a zigzag motion. This icing is about the consistency of toothpaste.

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Then, dip your brush in the water, blot the excess on the paper towel and bring the icing inward in short, quick motions. To see this in action, visit my YouTube channel and watch my video on brush embroidery.

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I was able to fit 3 rows of each color per 1/2" section.

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The bead border is made up of about 3-4 beads of each shade per section.   

To see the finished product, click here. Or, if you don't feel like going through the trouble of making these yourself, you can buy them in my Etsy shop!

Quilted Cookie Tutorial on Celebrations.com

Visit Celebrations.com to see my tutorial on these quilted cookies. 

NYC Cookie How-to

I don't own a Kopykake. I wish I did. It would make my life so much easier. But, until I stop dragging my feet and just order one, I'll continue to use this tracing paper and edible ink marker method. So, for those of you who don't have a Kopykake, you can use this method to transfer pretty much any design onto a cookie.

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Trace your image onto a piece of tracing paper using an edible ink marker.

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Place the image on top of an iced cookie that has been allowed to dry completely.

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Go over the image again with the edible ink marker. Use a little pressure to be sure that the image transfers onto the icing. You don't have to turn the image over for this process because the ink will bleed through the tracing paper.

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You'll have a rough outline of your image, like this.

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Outline and fill in your image. I'm using a tip 1 and 10 count icing.

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You can use a scribe or a toothpick to evenly distribute the icing and fix the edges.

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Pipe a border using the thinned black icing and tip 1.

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You can see the entire NYC set here.
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For video tutorials, visit my YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/sweetambscookies