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 Moth Orchid Tutorial (Phalaenopsis Orchid)
We are delighted to feature this gumpaste moth orchid tutorial this week 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 ... Read More...
Tree Bark Cake Tutorial
This tree bark cake tutorial makes a beautiful rustic wedding cake for a woodland themed wedding. It comprises four tiers of cake (12", 10", 8" and 6" cakes) with the rustic tree bark panels covering the two of the tiers and pretty sugar flowers and foliage to complete the look. The 12" and 8" cakes were first covered in chocolate fondant but you could also simply leave them with a chocolate ganache covering, without the fondant. For the tree bark panels, we've used chocolate fondant again ... Read More...
Wildflower Wedding Cake Tutorial
This exquisite wildflower wedding cake tutorial by Juliet Sear is from her fabulous new book, Botanical Baking (© David & Charles Publishing. Published with permission). Juliet has been one of the UK's leading sugar artists for well over a decade and her book perfectly captures the growing trend in natural style baking and cake decorating. It features so many unique and creative cake decorating projects using garden flowers and a variety of fruits, that are refreshingly quick and ... Read More...