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 ... 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...
Gumpaste Willow Tutorial
This gumpaste willow tutorial shows you how to create beautiful winter willow branches with their signature silver catkins. These willow branches make a fabulous winter wedding cake decoration or even just a beautiful arrangement for your home in winter! Furry catkins appear well before the leaves and are one of the earliest signs of spring towards the end of winter. Some varieties have brown calyxes under the catkins and some don't. So while we demonstrate how to make these below, you can ... Read More...