HOW TO – Dung Beetle Truffles
I’ll agree with instructables user mousewrites on the idea the uncoated truffles look like beetle dung-balls. These marzipan beetles bring that idea to life– great for a kid’s party or halloween treat!
Food & Beverage
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Smitten Kitchen Bakes a Wedding Cake
Smitten Kitchen recently baked a wedding cake for her friends–yes, a wedding cake! She documents the entire experience (which took place in a tiny kitchen with one counter and no dishwasher) in a five-part series called Project Wedding Cake.
Tom Selleck Cake
An unbelievable find in the CRAFT Flickr Pool: Alicia made this cake featuring Tom Selleck’s likeness. I want a mustache piece!
HOW TO – Rhubarb Hand Pies
Angry Chicken shares her obsession with and recipe for these awesome-sounding Rhubarb Hand Pies. Perfect picnic fare, no?
DIY Master Yoda Cake
Bonnie writes: After spotting this Force-tastic cake of Yoda made by Mikkel Mihlrad for the Star Wars Weekends (at Disney’s Hollywood Studios) cast and crew wrap party, I had to know more about it, so I interviewed her about how she made the cake and why.
HOW TO – Make Frosting Flowers
Cupcakes Take the Cake links to My Sweet and Saucy’s photo tutorial teaching us how to make these gorgeous and professional-looking frosting flowers. These would be so pretty for a casual summer wedding, baby shower, or any special event.
HOW TO – Pan d’Epi (Wheatstalk Bread)
Zoë François, co-author of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, shares a step-by-step photo tutorial showing us how to make this impressive-looking Pan d’Epi (or wheatstalk bread). Thanks to Shelly for tipping us off!
