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The annual Feast of the Flowering Moon Festival is held each Memorial Day weekend in Chillicothe, Ohio, located in Ross County. Founded in 1984, the festival pays homage to the rich Native American culture present throughout Chillicothe. The event draws in excess of 85,000 visitors each year, and the entire city gets involved in the three-day affair. The festival is named after the moon which appears in May. This moon is referred to by the Shawnee Indians as the Flowering Moon as it brings about the flowers and new harvest season.
All Terrain Armored Transport-- or AT-AT--walkers are massive tanks in the fictional universe of the Star Wars series of science fiction movies. They resemble giant, robotic beasts because they have four legs and an articulated cockpit that extends from the front of the body of the tank like a quadruped's head. The challenge in making an AT-AT cake is supporting the heavy torso on the creature's slender legs, and creating a head light enough to extend from the torso without falling off. Use cake pillars and make a head out of paper and cardboard to solve these structural problems.
Most human cultures have their own burial techniques and traditions that are observed when a loved one dies. The wake is a period of mourning before a funeral service, and it is a common practice among many different cultures around the world. A common way to express loss and sorrow for a loved one is to send flowers to a wake, but some blooms are more appropriate than others.
Choosing a decorating medium for cakes is not as simple as just simply choosing a frosting color. There are a number of different frostings, including buttercream, royal icing and fondant. The different components of each frosting determine how it behaves. Knowing this helps you decide which frosting is right for your needs.
A diaper cake is typically a large assortment of diapers wrapped and shaped into a cake design. However, there are other designs you can make with diapers as well, including a car. Making a car diaper cake takes a large number of diapers and may take some time to construct, but it will surely delight the mother-to-be.
For a baby shower, baby birthday or other special occasion, a sculpted baby cake that looks like your little one will delight guests. These cakes are not easy to get right, and making a realistic-looking child can take time, patience and sculpting skill. If you're nervous about your baby cake, make a practice cake one week before the event, then make the real cake one to two days beforehand, so you can finesse small details if necessary.
Cupcakes are a welcome gift for any occasion throughout the year. Yet, sharp car turns and accidental tripping can turn your exquisite creations into a blur of frosting. Many modern cupcake bakeries offer same day delivery or shipping with freeze packs. Delivering cupcakes yourself is certainly more personal; it just requires a bit more planning. When it comes to cupcake packaging, the three S's are security, separation and stability.
A properly decorated multi-tiered cake can be an elegant addition to any event. However, the cake can become quite messy and topple inward, if the tiers are not properly supported. And then the elegant cake will be nothing more than a gooey memory. It is a fairly simple matter to support the tiers of a cake so that this risk is minimized.
A diaper cake is a creative baby shower gift alternative to a box of diapers. Gift givers can present a mother-to-be with a practical baby gift, while also presenting an elaborate centerpiece of the baby shower. The cake is made with tiers of diapers formed together to look like a multi-tier cake. Diaper cake decorators can choose between a single tier diaper cake wrapped with a ribbon or make an elaborate three or four-tier cake with silk flower or baby items for decoration.
Many boys and girls of all ages love tractors. Farm-themed parties need tractor cakes. Depending on your skill level, there are three main ways to make a tractor cake: using plastic toys, using a cake mold or carving the cake. No matter which version you choose, decorating the cake with specific colors allows you to customize the cake for the recipient. Knowing the proper techniques ensures a successful tractor cake.
The Care Bear Birthday Bear, from the popular cartoon show, is a stuffed animal that is a golden yellow color. The adorable bear has white hearts for footpads and a cupcake on its belly. The character provides a cute theme for a child's birthday party. A cake decorator can reproduce the birthday bear image onto a Care Bear birthday cake with piped frosting techniques. The image is piped onto a flat sheet cake or a bear-shaped, three-dimensional cake.
Late November birthdays and parties compete with the Thanksgiving day feast. The turkey is a featured centerpiece for the feast of thanksgiving just as a cake is the highlight of the party meal. A turkey-shaped cake is a novelty for any November event or Thanksgiving dessert. The turkey-shaped cake is carved from round and loaf cakes made from the equivalent of four to six cake mixes. Make cuts that shape the cake before frosting and displaying it with decorative touches.
The Mad Hatter is one of the most recognizable characters from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Through the Looking Glass." He is portrayed in both live action and animated versions of the story wearing an oversize top hat that has become synonymous with his name. If you are planning an Alice in Wonderland-themed party, a Mad Hatter hat cake is a great choice for cake design. Although hiring a professional to make the cake will free up some time for party planning, creating a Mad Hatter cake is something even the novice cake designer can achieve.
If you know someone in Kuwait celebrating a special occasion, such as a birthday, shipping him a cake is a great way to celebrate and let him know you are thinking of him. You can pay for a company to send a cake to Kuwait for you. You can also opt to bake and ship your own cake. If you send your own cake, you have to package the cake with care so that it diminishes the chances for destruction or damage during the shipping process.
Cakes made using the Wilton Heart Tasty-Fill Cake Pan Set have a unique heart-shaped cavity that people fill with fruits, ice cream, pudding or even whipped cream. When the cake is cut into slices, each slice has a heart-shaped filled center. Serve a cake made with the Wilton Heart Tasty-Fill Cake Pan Set at any party, and the guests are amazed. This is a two-piece cake pan set, with one pan for the top, and the one pan for the bottom.
Shaped cakes are popular for almost any type of celebration. Baby bootie-shaped cakes are easy to make. A cake can be a 3-D standing bootie, a flat cake, or cupcakes arranged to look like a bootie.
Also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, the August Moon Festival is a Chinese celebration of the harvest, much in the same manner as the American Thanksgiving holiday. August Moon is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, when Chinese legend says the moon is at its roundest and brightest.
Frosting can turn an ordinary cake into a masterpiece, adding personality and elegance to your celebration. To frost a professional-looking cake, the key is to choose your frosting wisely and to frost the body of the cake completely before you worry about the details.
Add a wave trim to cakes with a pastry bag. Make frosted cake trimmings with tips from a professional baker in this free cake decorating video.
Attach a two-layer cake together with frosting. Add frosting to a two-layer cake to hide the seams with tips from a professional baker in this free cake decorating video.
Using a large spoon of frosting, push the icing onto the sides of the cake with tips from a professional baker in this free cake decorating video.
Holding a spatula vertical will frost the sides of the cake better. Frost the first-layer of a cake with tips from a professional baker in this free cake decorating video.
Learn how to make white cake frosting to frost a white cake with white chocolate in this free holiday baking video.
