The ultimate challenge for most wedding cake decorators is a piped lace wedding cake. And while it truly is an art form, there are some techniques to help the beginner create a beautiful lace effect on wedding cakes quite easily. As for the detailed, intricate lace piping of yesteryear, all the masters emphasize practice, practice, […]
Lace Wedding Cakes Part 1: Applique Lace
Lace wedding cakes are in big demand this current wedding season and the trend is expected to continue well into 2014 and 2015. There are so many ways to achieve a lace effect in cake decorating but one of the simplest is using applique lace. With this method lace pieces are simply cast individually from […]
Falling Petals Wedding Cake
The “Falling Petals” wedding cake design is featuring heavily in bridal magazines in the UK, US and worldwide this summer so expect lots of requests for it from brides for 2014. It looks fabulous in all- white, but it’s a great design for incorporating colour also if the bride so wishes. You can use coloured […]
Vintage Birdcage Cakes
Bunting Wedding Cakes
A bunting wedding cake makes a fabulous centrepiece for a summer wedding with a garden party, carnival or village fete theme. Both of the cakes above feature piped rosettes as featured in our Buttercream Piping Series (Part 1). The cake on the left is decorated with pretty semi-circle shaped bunting made from edible transfer sheets and the super cute […]