Our gumpaste cherry blossom tutorial this week is the beautiful double flowering cherry. Cherry blossoms also come in single blossom varieties (which you'll also learn to create) but the double blossom has an extra layer of fluffy pink prettiness which we couldn't resist. Cherry blossoms come in a variety of colors - candy pink, shell pink, cream and white. We've chosen the shell pink variety for this tutorial. The cherry tree is unusual in that the flowers appear before the leaves in ... Read More...
Number Cake Tutorial/Cream Tart Recipe by Mich Turner
Today’s number cake tutorial/cream tart recipe is extracted from baking supremo, Mich Turner’s latest book – Everyday Bakes to Showstopper Cakes. This treasure trove of a book does exactly as its title says: it turns classic everyday recipes into wow centrepieces by decorating them with fabulous finishing touches. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced baker, Mich’s newest offering will take your baking to the next level and make your cakes and bakes truly Instagram worthy! Over to ... Read More...
Gumpaste Open Peony Tutorial
This gumpaste open peony tutorial shows you how to make an impressive focal flower for a wedding cake or special occasion cake with graduated layers of petals opening out from the center. The open peony consists of a centre made up of three green pods called “pistils” surrounded by yellow stamen, followed by 5 rows of 23 petals (although the second row can be skipped and the number of petals reduced to 19 if you wish). Gumpaste Open Peony Tutorial: Materials • Gumpaste - pale green (using ... Read More...
Immaculate Confections by Natalie Porter
For those of you who love beautiful sugar flowers but hate how long they take to make, then Immaculate Confections: Book 1 - Sugar Flowers was written by Natalie Porter especially for you! What makes Natalie's approach to sugar flowers unique is the need for speed for commercial cake decorators and designers. And that's exactly what you get with this book - impeccably detailed instructions, fabulously illustrated for a super fast rose, peony, hydrangea, filler flowers, foliage, plus buds and ... Read More...