Hold on to your piping bags and spatulas! the Paul Bradford spring sale is on and they are offering up to 50% off his sweet annual course memberships. But before you rush off to snap up this incredible deal, let’s take a Read more…
Nowadays, the cake decorating world is saturated by sugar pastes, modelling pastes and modelling chocolates, but there is one unique Modelling Paste by Cake Dutchess that was formulated by Etty Van Urk from the Netherlands, is now highly sought after worldwide. Why Cake Read more…
Today I will be talking about the latest craze in the cake (cupcake) decorating – floral piping tips. You would be right in thinking that you can make ‘floral’ buttercream tops on cupcakes with many popular tips, but these nifty floral Read more…
Cake Lace By Claire Bowman is attempting to stay ahead-of-the-game with the introduction of new Cake Lace mat designs. It is difficult to stand out in this ever-crowded landscape of cake decorating, but with its striking branding and outstanding product reliability Read more…
World renowned Paul Bradford treats his subscribers to an easy/medium course on making an outstanding Peppa Pig cake! A combination of 2D and 3D designs adds unprecedented realism and has just the right amount of novelty this cake deserves. What You Read more…
The importance of using real vanilla extract in our baking is more important today as our attitudes are starting to change over using artificial flavouring. In this post we will run through the benefits of using real vanilla over a Read more…
Edible flowers have been graciously decorating cakes for years, most notably there are specialist groups that amplify this unique style, such as the British Sugarcraft Guild. Many say that making sugar flowers is a fine art and as such takes Read more…
‘Ombré’ is said to have originated in the textiles industry for materials that vary in different shades of a colour from dark to light. This is now an ever-growing trend in the baking industry where different shades of cake are layered Read more…
In today’s dog eat dog world of cake decorating we are finding new ways to decorate our cakes, at the forefront of the fight are silicone moulds. Ever increasing in popularity, silicone is durable, easy to use, mostly food grade Read more…
On this weeks cakes spotlight feast your eyes on these marvellous works of art :D, the cake industry never ceases to please! (The order of this list does not depict how good the cakes are, it is random.) If you Read more…