Cake Geek Magazine

Cake Tutorials, Trends, Design & Styling

Jacqueline Butler’s Heirloom Rose Tutorial

Our exquisite heirloom rose tutorial this week is by sugar flower superstar, Jacqueline Butler. Jacqueline's work is admired the world over by her legions of fans who will be delighted to know that she's now published a second book, Modern Sugar Flowers: Volume II. The book features instructions and beautiful photographs on how to create 17 different sugar flowers: bougainvillea, miniature daisy, dogwood, tulips (a simple tulip and a parrot tulip), gardenia, Japanese anemone, peony, Icelandic ... Read More...

Gumpaste Antlers Tutorial

This gumpaste antlers tutorial can also be made in white modelling chocolate which is actually pretty close to the color they are in nature. Plus it has the added advantage of making it easier to blend the joint between the two sections in which the antlers are made. In any case, the joint can be disguised with optional extra texturing you can add to the antlers at the end. Gumpaste Antlers Tutorial: Materials white or beige gumpaste or modelling chocolate thick gauge wire (we've use 12 ... Read More...

Gumpaste Snowdrop Tutorial

Our gumpaste snowdrop tutorial shows you how to make this exquisite little portent of early Spring. They are simple to create yet make the most delicate and pretty addition to a late Winter or early Spring wedding cake. There are over 100 different varieties of snowdrop but this gumpaste snowdrop tutorial demonstrates one of the classic varieties. Gumpaste Snowdrop Tutorial - Materials: 24-gauge green wires cuts into quarters white gumpaste green gumpaste edible glue and ... Read More...

Gumpaste Orchid Tutorial (Moth Orchid/Phalaenopsis Orchid)

Our gumpaste moth orchid tutorial this week is by multi-award winning UK cake designer, Cassie Brown from her recent book, The Kew Book of Sugar Flowers. Endorsed by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Cassie's book encompasses over 40 tutorials featuring hyper-realistic details that serve both a beginner looking to learn from a master crafts person to a more advanced sugarcrafter looking to enhance their skills further. The book includes all the classic sugar flower favorites, as well as ... Read More...