Patisserie - Cake Geek Magazine

How to make and decorate patisserie style cakes suitable for lots of different occasions. Plus recipes and tutorials for cookies, pies, treats and more!

Mulled Wine Tartlets by Agnes Prus

This week’s recipe is a real seasonal treat – mulled wine tartlets from Let It Snow by Agnes Prus. If you’re looking for inspiration and recipes for festive treats a little bit different from the norm, then look no further than this, Agnes’ latest book. It’s packed full of unique Christmas baking ideas that would […]

Buttercream Hatbox Cake Tutorial

Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong share with us this week their beautiful buttercream hatbox cake tutorial from their book, Buttercream One-Tier Wonders. In a departure from their towering multi-tiered buttercream extravaganzas, the ladies from Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes have turned their attention to one-tier beauties in their brand new book. Filled with simple, yet […]

Vintage Floral Piped Cake Tutorial by Carey Madden

This week we have a beautiful, and surprisingly easy, vintage floral piped cake tutorial by Carey Madden from her book, Sensational Buttercream Decorating. If you haven’t yet caught the buttercream bug, then you definitely will with this book. Covering basic buttercream decorating techniques from scratch, Carey takes the reader on a journey from the absolute […]

How To Make Patterned Roll Cake

This super cute strawberry patterned roll cake tutorial is by Japanese baking blogger, Junko, whose deco roll cakes have taken the baking world by storm. With the publication of her book, Deco Roll Cakes, Junko shares with us the secrets of her eye-catching cake artistry, including her fantastic selection of patterned templates. Jelly roll cakes/Swiss […]

Naked Cakes: Woodsy & Floral

Naked cakes are one wedding cake trend which evokes mixed reactions from decorators – those who adore them and those who start to miss their fondant if separated from it for a little too long. Either way, their huge popularity with brides means naked cakes are here to stay and even if you aren’t a […]