This quick and easy Rudolph cake tutorial will take you out of a bind if you're short on time this holiday season. And the best part is, it can be used to decorate a cake covered in fondant, buttercream, chocolate ganache or modelling chocolate - the choice is yours! Rudolph Cake Tutorial: Materials an 8" inch cake covered in either brown fondant or buttercream or milk chocolate ganache or modelling chocolate 8 1/2 oz/240g brown fondant or modelling chocolate 2 oz/60g of white ... Read More...
Buttercream Cable Knit Cake Tutorial
This beautiful buttercream cable knit cake tutorial is from the newly published Reindeer Food by Cayla Gallagher, a follow-up to her previous books, Unicorn Food and Mermaid Food! We love this cake because Cayla's makes it surprisingly simple for such an ornate look. There are so many fabulous festive treats to choose from in her book for both the grown up palette to more playful treats to make with the kids coming up to the holidays. So check it out on Amazon to find new inspiration ... Read More...
Tree Spirit Cake Tutorial for Halloween
This unique tree spirit cake, taken from Helena Garcia's The Wicked Baker, is perfect centrepiece for your family Halloween party this year. It's just one of many weird and wonderful creations in Helena's imaginative new book that is a must for Halloween fanatics and bakers alike. Helena explains the inspiration behind the cake: "Turn this Scandinavian classic holiday bake - the yule log - into a dark fairy tale. Although a yule log is based on a rolled chocolate sponge, I’m stacking this ... Read More...
Gumpaste/Fondant Pumpkin Tutorial
This gumpaste/fondant pumpkin tutorial works just as well with modelling chocolate or marzipan for a better tasting pumpkin or even rice krispies treats softened in the microwave and then shaped into a ball and covered in orange fondant. Materials: Orange fondant with CMC/Tylose powder added (1 teaspoon per 500g) to firm it up Dresden tool Bone tool or small ball tool Sugarcraft tweezer Edible glue Dust colors: orange, red, beige and brown Paintbrush Edible glaze ... Read More...