April 2010 Archive

Extra Cricut Cutting Mats for Cricut Cake

The Cricut Cake Cutter is hot hot hot right now, and supplies are in demand. Tool kits and extra mats are hard to come by, but you can still pre-order them from Amazon.com.

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Cricut Sweet Treats Cartridge

Althought originally designed to be used with the Cricut expression cutter, the Sweet Treats cartridge seems to be the perfect item to be used with the new Cricut Cake Cutter. You can find the Cricut Sweet Treats Cartridge by clicking here.

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Hawaiian Theme Cricut Cake

I stumbled accross this design on a cake decorating forum and absolutely love it. Although this is an original design, it could be easily duplicated using the Life’s a Beach cricut cartridge.

Below are the recommended settings for your Cricut Cake Cutter:
deep (blue) housing with blade
Blade depth = 4
Speed = low
Pressure = med

Beach Cartridge for Cricut Cake Cutter

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Cricut Cake Demonstration

If you haven’t had the chance to view some of the details of the Cricut Cake Cutter, check out the demo from one of the Product Managers. More videos below showcasing the new ideas and crafts you can create with the Cake Cutter by Cricut.

Posted by admin in Cricut Cake and tagged with Cricut Cake, Demo, Product Details, Specifications, Specs

Hottest Cricut Cake Cartridge – Elegant Cakes

If you didn’t opt in for a special package when purchasing your Cricut Cake Cutter, you might be missing one of the hottest cartridges. You can grab them on eBay by clicking this link. Remember you can always use these Cartridges with your Cricut Expression and other Cricut Cutters.

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Princess Cookie – Cricut Birthday Cakes Cartridge

Princess Cookie
Create a special cookie for a princess birthday party!

Category: Cake
Skill level: Easy
Time: 15 minutes

Instructions
Cover cookie with fondant. Insert popsicle stick.
Cut crown. Using Birthday Cakes cartridge and pink gum paste, cut one 2″ . Freeze for easy handling.
Cut crown shadow. Using dark pink gum paste, select Plain Shadow Blackout feature and cut one 2″ . Layer crown with royal icing. Freeze.
Adhere crown to cookie using royal icing. Adhere silver balls to crown as shown using royal icing.

What You Will Need
Cricut Cake™ Personal Electronic Cutter with Cake Basics cartridge [2000238]
Cricut Cake™ Birthday Cakes cartridge [2000224]

Other Supplies
Cookie
Fondant: blue
Gum paste: pink, dark pink
5 Edible silver balls
Popsicle Sticks
Shortening for mat
Royal icing

From: http://www.cricut.com/projects

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Pink Cake Idea with Cricut Cake Cutter

Flower Cake
Its easy to turn a simple cake into something beautiful with a few flowers!

Category: Cake
Skill level: Intermediate
Time: 1 hour

Instructions
Cover cake with fondant.
Cut borders. Using pink gum paste, press Shift and cut nine 2″ . Use shortening to place borders around top and bottom tiers.
Cut large flower. Using pink gum paste, press Shift and cut one 6 ½” . Use shortening to place flower on top tier.
Cut small flowers. Using white gum paste, press Shift and cut thirteen 2″ . Create ½” balls of yellow gum paste for flower centers. Use shortening to assemble and place flowers on cake as shown.

What You Will Need
Cricut Cake™ Personal Electronic Cutter with Cake Basics cartridge [2000238]