Head over to the newly relaunched chatterberries.com and catch a video we shot at the shop.  I talk about all sorts of things including how we started, our experiences shooting for Food Network and our favorite cakes.

Here’s a clip from the video:

We had the honor of appearing on the Martha Stewart Special Art of Wedding Cakes II with such talented cake designers like Ron Ben Israel, Sylvia Weinstock and Elisa Strauss.

Our segment highlighted our groom’s cakes including our popular cheeseburger cake, beer cake, and a rafting cake we created for a outdoor enthusiast. Below is a clip from the special:

Here’s a clip from my appearance on Ebru TV Daily Connections with Meredith Orlow.

In this clip we introduce our dresser cake and demonstrate how to create a cheeseburger cake. Please don’t mind the fact that I’m looking a bit uncomfortable at the beginning of the segment -- they didn’t tell me I was on yet…

Here’s a clip from my appearance on Ebru TV Daily Connections with Meredith Orlow.

In this clip I demonstrate how to decorate butterfly and ice cream sugar cookies. Enjoy!

Off to the right you’ll notice our dresser cake that we recreated for the Morris magazine shoot. The original dresser cake was created for the British Pine Emporium in Madison, NJ.

Watch Anne’s appearance on Ebru TV demonstrating easy to follow cupcake decorating techniques.

The video includes quick and easy decorating ideas:

• Explain basics of piping including selecting your tip, setting up your pastry bag, and piping buttercream on cupcakes
• Using shredded coconut decorations for your cupcake topped off with a tropical umbrella
• Using fondant to make acorn and leaf decorations
• Kneading fondant and how to deal with sticky or dry fondant (Shortening vs sugar)
• Decorating cupcakes with Savorski crystals
• The idea of using cupcake displays including tiered stands and cupcake display plates

Having trouble viewing the video? Try viewing it on You Tube.
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This is our first attempt at putting together a series of videos demonstrating some decorating techniques with fondant and royal icing on sugar cookies. We broke up the video into 4 parts, click on any image to view the video:

Frosty the Snowman	Gingerbread Cookie
Dove Cookie	Mitten Cookie

My performance and our video skills are still a work in progress… but we hope you find the videos useful!  You can also view our videos on our You Tube cake and cookie decorating channel.