If you love to give handmade gifts that people will remember, then try making some 3D chocolates with these new polycarbonate plastic moulds just arrived in store.

These moulds are perfect for chocolate but they also work well with fondant and many other craft mediums, such a wax or soap.  The polycarbonate plastic moulds tend to be larger in size than the 3D silicone moulds, which help give your projects the extra wow factor. The moulds come as two pieces that are secured together with clips, making it easier to un-mould. You can swirl the chocolate around the mould to just create a shell or fill the mould completely to make a solid chocolate bar. Give some thought before you start as to how you will rest or stand the mould while the chocolate or wax is setting. And always remember to never use the same mould for both edible and non-edible projects.

The first new mould is a Bride and Groom Mould. This would make the perfect, wedding, engagement or anniversary embellishment or gift.

Bride & Groom Poly-Carbonate Plastic Mould For Chocolate Making & Sugar Craft

Keeping with the romantic theme we have also added a swan mould.

Swan Poly-Carbonate Plastic Mould For Chocolate Making & Sugar Craft

We have added a smaller version of our very popular high heeled fashion shoe mould, as well as a new high heel fashion boot and a small child’s sneaker shoe.

High Heel Shoe Food Grade Plastic Mold For Chocolate, Fondant, Cakes & Dessert

High Heel Fashion Boot Poly-Carbonate Mould For Chocolate Making & Sugar Craft

Child’s Shoe Sneaker Poly-Carbonate Mould For Chocolate Making & Sugar Craft

We have many more new products coming in over the next few weeks so be sure to check in often or subscribe to our Newsletter to keep informed of all new products and sales specials, as well as receive special subscriber-only coupon deals.

 

 

 

 

With the festive baking season just around the corner, now is the time to stock up on some new and imaginative cookie cutters.

We have a set of three decorative frame cutter which can be used to create an endless variety of personalised biscuits to give as gifts to someone special. These frame cutters work well with some of the sentiment silicone moulds such as the Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, and Make A Wish.

3PC Frame Stainless Steel Shapes Cookie Cutter Set

For Spring weddings and engagements we have a lovely bride and groom cookie cutter set.

Bride & Grom Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter

With summer knocking at the door, and the promise of long fun-filled days at the beach, we have a seashell set of stainless steel cookie cutters and a cute penguin cookie cutter for those of you with “happy feet”.

Seashell, Seahorse & Starfish Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter Set

Penguin Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter

Or perhaps you would prefer to lie under the shade of a tree with a good book and watch the butterflies and dragonflies flit around the garden flowers?  If so we have a set of very pretty plastic cookie cutters that also emboss a pattern into your biscuit dough, or soap if you enjoy making handmade soap.

Lacy Butterflies, Dragonfly & Dove 4PC Plastic Embossing Cookie Cutter Set

Staying with the garden theme we also have a set of calla lily flower petals to cut fondant for handcrafting beautiful flower blooms for cakes. It can also be used to cut polymer clay to create longer-lasting flowers.

Calla Lilly Petal Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter 3PC Set – Fondant Flower Making

If you are looking for a gift idea for someone special in your life that loves to play Bridge or Poker, then this next cookie cutter set of Club, Spade, Heart & Diamond would help to create that special batch of homemade biscuits that would brighten anyone’s day.

Playing Card Heart, Club, Diamond, Spade Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter Set

We have many more new products coming in over the next few weeks so be sure to check in often or subscribe to our Newsletter to keep informed of all new products and sales specials, as well as receive special subscriber-only coupon deals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you enjoy buttercream icing then you will love some of the new piping nozzles and connectors we have in store to make your cake decorating easier and more fun.

You won’t get bored experimenting and playing with this set of thirty-five different piping nozzles.

35PC Stainless Steel Small Size Piping Nozzle Set

24PC Stainless Steel Piping Nozzle Set For Cake Decorating & Sugar Craft

 

Or this nice set of forty-eight assorted piping nozzles along with a reusable silicone piping bag and two connectors.

52PC Set of Piping Nozzles Set With Piping Bag, Connector & Storage Box

For beginners, we have two nice sets that would make the ideal gift for someone just starting out.

14PC Piping Nozzle Set, Reusable Silicone Piping Bag, Connector & Storage Box

8PC Piping Nozzle Set, Reusable Silicone Piping Bag, Connector

And to easily fill those festive brandy snaps and cream puffs we have a long-nosed piping nozzle to make the job that much quicker.

Cream Puff / Brandy Snap Stainless Steel Piping Nozzle

For the environmentally conscious we have a selection of silicone piping bags that can be washed and reused to help prevent as much excess plastic from entering landfill as possible.

Silicone Reusable Piping Bags – Available in 3 Sizes

Although not strictly necessary, using a piping nozzle connector can help make it easier to quickly change nozzles from one coloured piping bag to another. We have several options available in a range of sizes.

Large Size Plastic Piping Bag Nozzle Connector Coupler

3PC Piping Bag Nozzle Connector Set, Small, Medium & Large Connectors

If you love adding fondant ribbons to your cakes we have a simple wheel cutting and embossing tool to make the job quick and easy for you.

Fondant Pastry Biscuit Plastic Embossing Cutting Wheel Tool With 3 x Wheels

Lastly, we have a tool that no baker or crafter should be without a rotating turntable. Perfect for cake decorating and polymer clay work.

14cm Rotating Plastic Cake Turntable For Decorating Cakes Sugarcraft Sculpting

We have many more new products coming in over the next few weeks so be sure to check in often or subscribe to our Newsletter to keep informed of all new products and sales specials, as well as receive special subscriber-only coupon deals.

 

 

 

A 24 Hour Flash Sale Has Just Commenced Across The Entire Horokea House Website

Save 25% off all products not currently on sale this Labour Day Only!

If you have been enjoying the sunshine this long weekend, thinking and planning about what crafting projects you want to complete before the holiday season, then today is the day to stock up on the craft tools you need to make the job easier and more fun.

Sale Starts Monday 22nd October 2018 00.01AM

Get Started On Your Christmas Craft Projects Now. To help we have some new festive craft products to help you craft your way to a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

To start we have a woodland plastic stencil to help you set the mood for the festive season. The stencil can be used to ice relief onto Christmas cakes and biscuits or with artist medium, paints, felt pen, or watercolour pencils to create texture and backgrounds to scrapbook pages, journal, albums, and book covers, as well as greeting cards. Just be careful to never use the same craft product for food preparation that has been used with any non-edible or non-food-safe craft product or projects.

Deer in Woods Plastic Christmas Stencil For Scrap-Booking, Cake Icing, Painting

We also have some new festive silicone craft moulds just arrived in store. These silicone crafts moulds can be used with a large variety of different crafts projects and mediums. You can use paper or polymer clay to create some festive decorations for the Christmas Tree or as charms for Christmas gift tags. You can use plaster of paris in the moulds to create some embellishments to decorate a photo frame or album to give as a gift. Or you can make some clay charms to decorate your personalised handmade Christmas Bon Bon crackers. See the link below to buy some Christmas cracker snappers. 

Festive Three Bell Silicone Craft Mould For Soap, Chocolate, Fudge, Jelly Toffee

Winter Reindeer Christmas Tree Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Polymer Clay

 

Holly & Mistletoe Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Sugar & Clay Crafts

3 x Pincone Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Chocolate, Polymer Clay Craft

 

Holly Sprig Silicone Craft Mold For Cake & Sugar Craft, Polymer & Paper Clay

Party Bon Bon Cracker Snaps For Christmas Weddings Birthdays Special Occasions

You can find more Christmas and New Year Themed craft products inside our Christmas, Holiday & Special Occasion section inside or product category menu.

We have many more new products coming in over the next few weeks so be sure to check in often or subscribe to our Newsletter to keep informed of all new products and sales specials, as well as receive special subscriber-only coupon deals.

 

Just in time for late spring-early summer, we have a selection of new flower and leaf silicone craft moulds to temp your creative imaginations.

First up are some mini three flower moulds for those of you who love working on small delicate projects such as miniature dolls houses or model gardens, as well as small sculptures, picture frames, book-covers, bead making and jewellery. These tiny flowers are also great fillers for more complex floral cupcakes and celebrations cakes.

Roses x 3 Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Clay & Resin Crafts

Mini Flower Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

 

3 x Mini Flower Bouquets Silicone Craft Mold For Cake Sugar, Polymer Clay Craft

3 x Mini Flowers Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Sugar & Polymer Clay Craft

We have also added a new mould with a range of seven different sized rose blooms.

 

7 x Rose Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Sugar Craft, Polymer Clay etc

And for lovers of fairies and woodland fantasy, we have a new fairy mould as well as a new mushroom-toadstool silicone craft mould.

Fairy Cameo Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Clay & Resin Craft

Three Mushroom Fungi Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar, Cakes, Chocolate & Clay Crafts

To add some iridescent beauty to your projects we have two new dragonfly craft moulds.

Dragonfly, Pond & Cattail Rushes Silicone Craft Mould

Dragonfly Larger Size Silicone Craft Mold For Cake Decorating Polymer Clay Craft

We have also added a face silicone craft mould that can be used as a centre of a flower or the moon depending on where your imagination takes you.

Moon Face Silicone Craft Mould For Polymer Clay, Fondant, Resin, and Sugar Craft

Finally, we have a very pretty sugar lace paisley silicone craft mould, which suits more liquid craft mediums.

Paisley Sugar Lace Silicone Craft Mould Best For Use With Liquid Craft Mediums

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is life without the occasional indulgence?

As Audrey Hepburn once said, ‘Let’s face it, a nice, creamy Chocolate Cake does a lot for a lot of people. It does for me’.

Now that we are all much more conscious of the harm that too much sugar can do to our health, the time taken to beautifully decorate the occasional treats we do indulge in is well worth the effort. After all, we first eat with our eyes.

Cupcakes are very on trend at the moment and whether you decorate them with fondant or piped buttercream, Horoeka House has a range of cake decorating supplies to help make your task quicker and easier.

Inside our baking mould section, we have a variety of silicone cupcakes moulds. There are butterfly shapes, roses, hearts and more. We also stock heart, oblong, oval and square muffin trays if you prefer the ease of a larger mould. Silicone moulds can be reused time and time again making them more environmentally friendly than single-use paper cups.

Heart Shaped Silicone Baking Muffin Cups – 6pc

Silicone Butterfly Cupcake, Muffin, Soap Craft Mould – 6pc

Silicone Bakeware Soap Mould – 8 x Oval Bars

Inside our silicone craft mould section, you can find a number of moulds that can create a pretty fondant embellishment for your cupcakes. Silicone moulds are food safe and easy to use. For easy release from the mould, lightly dust the inside of the mould using a paintbrush and some cornflour. Once you have filled the mould with fondant, placing the mould into the freezer for a few minutes firms up the fondant and allows it to more easily be released from the mould. This is especially true during warmer more humid weather conditions.

Pixy Fairy Silicone Craft Mold / Cupcake Icing Molds

Framed Make A Wish Birthday Greeting Silicone Craft Mold

Our silicone squeeze moulds are another easy way to decorate your cupcakes. They create a pattern on both sides of your object which gives your work a much more professional appearance with little effort.

Morning Glory Flower Squeeze Silicone Cake & Craft Mould

Daisy Flower 2pc Silicone Squeeze Craft & Fondant Mould

So next time you decide to indulge yourself with a cupcake, why not take the time to really celebrate the occasion by decorating the cupcake with a simple but beautiful embellishment made with the help of a silicone mould.

 

 

As the days start to get longer and the sun currently doing his best to shine brightly in the winter sky, wouldn’t it be great to take a drive out of the city in a lovingly restored vintage car with the top down, soaking up the sunshine with the promise of spring just around the corner? We could gather some wild mushrooms for supper and take time to smell the flowers. Then on the way home stop off at the beach, gather seashells, and let the dogs out for a run to chase the seagulls. Then as the sun makes his premature departure, we can go home, stoke up the fire and snuggle down with the cats, and do some knitting. However, if the sun refuses to shine and the thought of riding in an open top car during the pine pollen season just makes you want to sneeze, then you can always create the fantasy at home while dreaming of brighter days.

This week we have a collection of new silicone craft moulds instore that can help you create the romantic dream of a pleasure trip to the country and seaside in an open top vintage car.

We have three new vintage car silicone craft moulds. These silicone craft moulds are not only great for use with fondant and polymer clay, but they can also be used to cast low melting temperature metals such as pewter. The food-safe silicone moulds will withstand temperatures of up to 350 degree Celsius.

Vintage Car Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

Vintage Car Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

Vintage Car Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

We have added a new small three rose silicone mould to our popular rose mould collection, as well as a mushroom mould and a small daisy soap/chocolate mould.

Roses x 3 Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Clay & Resin Crafts

Three Mushroom Fungi Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar, Cakes, Chocolate & Clay Crafts

Daisy Flower Silicone Craft Mould For Chocolate Fondant Soap Clay & Resin Craft

We have added a seven puppy dog face mould, as well as a bone and paw print mould, and a six cat & kitten themed mould to our  Animal, Fish & Pet Silicone Moulds sub-section.

 

Puppy Dog Face Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Clay, & Resin Crafts

Paw & Bone Dog, Cat Silicone Craft Mould

Cats & Kitten Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Clay & Resin Craft Projects

Staying with the cat-theme we have added a new cat chocolate mould to our Chocolate Making sub-section, which consists of one large cat and six smaller sized cats.

Cat Kitten Silicone Craft Mould For Chocolate, Cake, Sugar, Clay & Resin Crafts

Inside our Nautical Sea Themed sub-section, we have a new seagull silicone mould and a new seashell mould.

Seagull Bird Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Chocolate, Clay & Resin Craft

Seashell Silicone Craft Mould For Clay, Resin, Sugar & Cake Craft Projects

We also have a collection of four different knitted patterned silicone texture moulds. These moulds are great for creating an interesting textured background. Impress and/or roll your fondant/clay onto the moulds, then cut out with an interesting shaped cookie cutter, and add embellishments on top made from any of our other silicone moulds.

Knitting Texture Silicone Impression Mould For Cupcake Decorating & Polymer Clay

 

Lastly, we have added two new tissue cut polymer clay blades. These thin flexible cutting blades are perfect for thinly slicing off layers of clay when creating faux wood, stone, marbling patterned clay or for cutting slices from your beautiful jelly rolls.

Long Flexible Stainless Steel Clay Cutting Blades 2PC Set 10 cm x 20 cm

 

Did you know that some of the first cakes baked where small loaves of sweet bread? Look how far we have come. Home bakers should not be intimidated by the elaborate cakes being made today. You do not need to be a pastry chef to make beautiful cakes, you just need the know-how and practice. Of course, the right tools will go a long way in your cake decorating endeavours. Here are a few ideas you might like to try.

 

Every cake worth merit starts with a smooth icing. The cake needs to cool completely before it is iced and decorated. To keep crumbs from ending up in your icing and ruining the look of your cake, start with a thin base coat of frosting that is not quite as stiff as the regular layer will be. Jam thinned with water is also a good option. Once this coat is on, set the cake in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. This will set the icing and any crumbs will be caught in this first layer. Now you can spread a regular layer of icing without worrying about crumbs.

Fondant Cake Icing Polisher & Smoother

Use an icing spatula to apply and smooth the second coat of icing. Once the icing is on the cake, start smoothing on the sides by running the spatula around the perimeter of the cake. One trick for smoothing the frosting is to dip a metal icing spatula in cold water, this will aid in smoothing the frosting. To smooth the top, dip the spatula in cold water and holding it horizontally over the top of the cake. Start at the point farthest from you, holding the spatula in both hands, skim the top of the icing by bringing the spatula straight toward you.

Cake Making Plastic Scrapper Tool Set – 3 Piece Set

Stainless Steel Dough/Pastry Scraper & Ruler – 2nd

Simple Designs

Some cake decorators say learning to smooth the icing is the hardest part of cake decorating. Practice will make you a pro in no time. Once you have it down, show it off, even a cake without many decorations that is clean and smooth will make a perfectly elegant offering. A cake decorating turntable helps ensure all sides of your iced cake are evenly finished.

Food Grade Plastic Turntable For Cake Decorating & Sugar Craft

 

To apply a textured look for your buttercream cake icing, use a saw-tooth comb, available from Horoeka House online craft store.

Saw-Tooth Triangle Icing Scraper

 

Instead of icing, cake tops can be dusted with powdered sugar. You can choose to use a stencil for a more decorated appearance, or just the powdered sugar for a clean look. Horoeka House has a new range of cake decorating stencils due in store in September.

Fondant a smooth white paste is used in professional cake decorating. Fondant is kneaded and rolled to cover cakes with a sleek smooth layer of icing. It is also used to make designs that are 3-D. It is less tasty than buttercream, but the cake will look sleek and elegant

Food-safe silicone craft moulds make it easy to create edible fondant decorations. The use of sprinkles, candy, nuts, and coconut pressed into the icing before it sets, will make your cake stand out.

 

 

Fondant cutters are another simple way to add simple yet pretty embellishments to your cakes. You can get as complex or simple as you desire. A fondant shape cut out with one of the many metal cookies cutter stocked by Horoeka House, with a simple fondant plum blossom flower or lace bow can make the simplest of cupcakes look beautiful.

Metal Cookie Cutters / Mould

Plum Spring Flower Blossom Fondant Craft 4pc Plastic Punch Cutter Set

Lacey Bow Cut & Emboss Cake & Clay Craft Cutter Set

 

This week we have a new selection of silicone craft moulds in as well as peony flower fondant cutting tools, needle felting tools, aromatherapy pendants, jewellery making tweezers and clay modelling tools.

First up is a new roll-up peony flower and leaf fondant cutting set. This set is very similar to the popular roll-up rose making cutter set.  The roll up flower cutters create stunning larger size blooms for your cakes and this new peony set has the handy addition of a leaf cutter.

Roll-Up Peony Flower & Leaf 3PC Plastic Cutter Set

Keeping with the peony theme, we have a new set of three peony leaf stainless steel cutters, which work well with the stainless steel peony petal cutters.

3PC Peony Leaf Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter Set

For general craft work or jewellery making and beading, we have a new set of long nose curved tweezers instore, which making delicate jobs and picking up those tiny beads much easier.

Curved Jewellery Long Nose Tweezers For Beading & General Craftwork

For clay sculptors, we have two new stainless steel modelling tools in store. A stainless steel wire brush tool and a stainless steel needle tool.  These tools can be purchased individually and work well the six small loop cutting tools we already sell. They have a rough textured grip which helps when your hands are wet or slippery. These tools are also very handy for fondant modelling and sugarcraft work.

Stainless Steel Needle Tool For Modelling & Sculpting Clay & Other Craft Mediums

Stainless Steel Brush Tool For Clay & Polymer Clay Modelling

We also have just in some longer size flexible cutting blades which are perfect for cutting your polymer clay canes.

Long Flexible Stainless Steel Clay Cutting Blades 2PC Set 10 cm x 20 cm

 

Inside the Horoeka House Jewellery Store, we have some new aromatherapy pendants. These cute pendants come with a small felt ball that you add a few drops of your favourite essential oil or fragrance onto, so you can get the benefit and enjoyment all day from wearing and personalised scent around your neck. The charms come with a 60cm chain but you can also remove the charms from the chain and add to your favourite bracelet or earrings.

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Elephant Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Dove Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Bee Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Heart Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

For needle felters who are looking to work on larger projects we have an eight needle wooden felting tool just in. The tool unscrews and the needles can be easily replaced when they have worn or broken. You find replacement needles inside our needle felting subsection.

8 x Needle Wooden Felting Tool For Needle Felting

The new silicone craft moulds in include, sunflowers, roses and blossom/bird themed collection moulds. You can use these versatile theme silicone moulds to create small embellishments for cupcakes or gift cards or larger more elaborate tiered celebration cakes.

Birds & Blossom Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Clay Crafts

Rose Flower Stems Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar Craft, Cakes & Polymer Clay

Sunflower Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Clay Crafts

We also have a selection of new leaf designs which are also handy additions to your craft supply collection. Leaves can be used as a stand-alone decoration or as part of a larger design.

Leaves Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar & Cake Craft As Well As Polymer Clay

 

Fern Leaf Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Polymer Clay Craft

Leaf Silicone Craft Mould For Fondant, Polymer Clay & Other Craft Mediums

Check out our Leaf & Petal Silicone Craft Mould subsection for more designs.

For fun, we have added a larger sized hot air balloon mould and a handsome horse in full gallop.

Hot Air Balloon Silicone Polymer Clay Cake Craft Mould – Large Size

Horse Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Sugar Craft & Polymer Clay Craft

We are constantly bringing in new craft products to help and inspire you, so check in again soon to see what new products we have in store, and subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to receive news or coupon deals and sale notices along with handy crafting tips.