This week's fairy cake topper tutorial and fairy toadstool cake tutorial are by the award-winning cake artist, Vicky Teather from her brand new book, Making Sugar Models. With over 50 imaginative and adorable sugar models - cute animal characters and people models in all age groups - you'll never find yourself stuck for a cake idea again. Each model also has instructions for a themed cake project, which can be mixed and matched as you like. Whether you're a complete beginner or an ... Read More...
Large Gumpaste Rose Tutorial – Quick & Easy Rose with Textured/Torn Petals
This large gumpaste rose tutorial is for a wired rose but don't worry, there is just one central wire - the petals do not have to be wired individually, which saves a tonne of time. Plus it features a rather unconventional method of creating textured/torn petals which gives a beautiful, straight-from-nature appearance. It calls for a fondant plus CMC or Tylose mix rather than store bought gumpaste in order to create the frayed edges on the petals. It is also part of our Quick & ... Read More...
Ballerina Cakes: Part 2
Following on from our Ballet Cakes Tutorials feature earlier this week and one of our most popular features ever, Ballerina Cakes: Part 1, we've a whole new selection of ballet cake designs here in Part 2 for younger little dancers right up to teenage ballerinas, beginning to our two exquisite feature cakes above from For The Love of Cake (left) and Little Lady Baker (right). Don't miss Ballerina Cakes: Part 1 and Ballerina ... Read More...
Ballerina Cake Tutorials
Ballerina cakes are a perennial favourite for little girls' birthday parties and this week we've put together a selection of our favourite ballerina cake tutorials to help you design your own cake, starting with Cake Talk's exquisite ballet shoe cake tutorial above. Sugar Top Toppers have created a simple ballet shoe cake topper tutorial also, featured below. Cake superstar, Verusca Walker shows you how she created her beautiful cake below in her ballet cake tutorial here. This ... Read More...