Today I made a project using the Cricut Cake. I combined the cricut cake with a few of the cutting cafe files. The cricut machine performed great. I made some sugar cookie doe, which I made apple cookie and used a tag from the cutting cafe from the all occasions tags set these tag punch out perfectly using the stamp the map tag punch. The cookies were cut out at 3 inches with the Cricut Cake Machine. I did a lot of trial and error with the machine but it really impressed me when I was done. Next I made a sugar tree for a birtday party for earth day. I put brown fondo and I created a strawberry. If your sugar cookie dough gets to buttery, add more flower to it, mead it well then roll it on the mat with lots of shortning, put it in the freezer for 15 minutes then it cuts better. By the way Hall Mark scrapbook is the best place to purchase the cricut cake and related items. I watched a cricut cake video the other day that gave an idea for my next cricut cake designs. The video gave me some great cricut cake decorating tips.

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Hope all of you are enjoying my blog about the Cricut Cake. I’ve had a fantastic time designing cakes with the cricut cake machine. Another great resource that I found that has allowed me to really make fantastic cake designs is Yummy Arts. The site and creative online videos helped me really reach my potential with unique cake designs. All of my friends now come to me for help on any cake project that’s out of their league. Be sure to check out the great design tips this site offers. Be sure to leave a comment on this post so I can see what you think about Yummy Arts.

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On the Cake Cake Cartridge there are up to 600 unique images so I suggest you do review the cake basics booklet to view the images you can use with this cartridge.

The Portrait Mode

When selecting this button it changes the cut path. When selected in the highlight mode it will cut in portrait size. When not highlighted it will cut in landscape mode which is the default mode.

Fit To Page Mode

When this button is selected/highlighted, you then select an image and it will fit the image to the entire page size of your decorating material.

Fit To Length Mode

When selected/highlighted it will cut the image you have selected to the desired length of the image you like but it only does this in landscape mode.

Auto Fill Mode

You can select an image, press autofill mode and it will calculate how many times that image will fit on your material

Quantity Mode

Once quantity is selected you can select the number of images you want to cut on your material. For example if you want 5 images cut you can select that option

Mix & Match Mode

This allows you to mix and match your feature keys to cut any type of image you desire.

For those of you who have just found that the Cricut Cake exist are probably wondering how long it has been around. Well the release date was March of 2010 and it’s retail price was set at $349.99. It’s such a wonderful digital tool for decorating cakes that I think the price is well worth it.

The Cricut Cake cartridges makes it worth the investment it you create your own cake designs or help others each year on wedding cake projects. The ability to expand your designs with the simple purchase of a new cricut cake cartridge really is a key selling point for my cake design projects.

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The Cricut Cake Machine can cut many edible materials. I will describe what I consider to be the Gum Paste Basics. Two of the edible materials I will talk about are gum paste and frosting sheets. The gum paste is sold in 2 lbs tubs and frosting sheets come in multiple colors.

When you are working with gum paste you want to remove a fist sized amount from the tub then warm it in the microwave for no longer then 5 seconds. Be sure to make sure it is not to hot to work with so you do not burn your hands. After making sure it’s not to hot to handle knead the gum paste so that it becomes more easy to work with. You want it to become a soft pliable ball.

Once the gum paste is pliable you want to add your food coloring gels or paste. After you thoroughly mix your coloring in you can then roll it out with a rolling pin. You want to roll it out as thin as you can, about 1 and 1 1/2 millimeters if possible.

When rolling it out you have to put a lot of pressure on the rolling pin because the gum paste will be fairly stiff. In most cases once you start rolling it out you want to finish the process because you do not want to leave gum paste out to air dry. You must cover it in plastic wrap if you stop and then you may need to re-heat before you start the rolling process again. It’s best not to stop until you are finished.

After rolling out the gum paste to a thin sheet then you want to brush a thin coat of vegetable shortnin onto the food safe plastic mat. You want to cover the mat where ever your gum paste is going to be on the mat. You need to place your gum paste on the mat smooth it down with you hands to make it stick to the mat then roll it down with your rolling pin to make sure it is very secure to the mat. You do not want if shifting while the machine is cutting. If gum paste is hanging over the edge then you need to cut away gum past so that it remains in the gray area so that it does not get in the way of the rollers feeding it through the machine.

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The inside of the Cricut Cake machine is made of food safe materials. The roller and blade are stainless steel to protect the food. It also contains food grade plastics. The joint in the machine has been sealed so food cannot enter vital parts of the machine. This also lets you easily wipe down the Cricket Cake Machine very easily with a damp cloth to keep it clean.

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There are 3 components you will find when you open your cakes cartridge box. The first will be the cakes basics booklet. In this book you will find all the different images, features and ways that you can use the images together.

The 2nd item you will find is the silicon overlay that shows all the different artwork and features.

The 3rd component you will find is the cake cartridge itself. Take your cake cartridge and put the cake cartridge skirt on the bottom. This will protect the cartridge. Now you can place the cartridge into the cricut cake machine itself.

Remove the main silicon cover and place the small silicon cover that shows the artwork and features. Now replace the main silicon cover back over the small silicon cover.

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Gum Paste will actually harden and will probably be something you won’t want to eat. You will pull it off the cake and set it aside while eating. The fondant is something that you will probably like to eat.

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Hey girls. I found this really good beginner Cricut Cake Video. It’s good to learn from. I’ve included the text for the hearing impaired below the actual video.

Hello everyone. This is the Cricut Cake machine that I just got in the mail today. I tried to decorate a the top of cookie, something really quick. I will start slow and then build up to doing a cake by myself. I wanted to start by showing you a couple of things about the Cricut cake machine. Everything is very similar to the Cricket Expression except it is food grade which means that it is washable and safe to use for food.

Everything can be wiped down and the stainless steel blade can be thrown in the washing machine.

When your are working with the mat you want put generous portions of shortning on it. In this video I am using gum paste with some cake coloring in it. I beleive that Prov Craft has 14 colors to choose from. I think this is what I heard from CHA. It is a very big pain coloring the gum paste yourselg. It will really be nice and easy when I order it from Provo Craft.

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