As readers of Cake Geek will know, we're huge fans of Erin Gardner and The Wild Orchid Baking Company so we were super excited when a copy of Erin's book, Great Cake Decorating arrived on our desk. Our biggest problem was trying to choose which of the 30 cakes to share with you - there were lots of new techniques and brilliant tips but we eventually settled on Erin's hand-stamped floral "Craft Cake" above. Stamped cake designs and illustrated sugar plaques are two techniques we haven't tried ... Read More...
Gumpaste Magnolia Tutorial – Quick & Easy Sugar Flower Tutorials
One of the great things about the gumpaste magnolia is that it’s very quick and easy to make as you’ll see in this tutorial. And yet it is a spectacularly showy flower for cake decorating due to its size and the combination of its pristine white petals and its beautiful and detailed yellow/gold centre. There are other varieties of magnolia which are just as popular, especially the pink magnolia which has narrower petals. Materials 3 x 18-guage wires taped ... Read More...
Gumpaste Anenome Tutorial
Anemone flowers come in lots of different colours – white, pink, purples and lavender, reds and more – and while it’s a popular garden flower, many varieties are native to woodland areas, which makes it a great addition to woodland themed wedding cakes and party cakes. Materials Black gumpaste 18-guage wire (white or green) 24-guage white wire 30-guage wire (white or green) or anything from 26-guage upwards Needle-nosed pliers Edible glue Powdered gelatin or semolina Black ... Read More...
A Compendium of Sugar Flower Tutorials
Sugar flowers add a sensational finishing touch to wedding cakes and special occasion cakes so we’ve compiled a selection of sugar flower tutorials to help you on your way to sugar flower mastery. First up is our gumpaste rose tutorial featured above. It's part of our Quick & Easy Sugar Flowers collection and features a speedier method for creating large gumpaste roses. It also demonstrates a unique way of creating textured/torn petals that give a really natural look to your ... Read More...
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