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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...

Cakers: How You Can Tackle Food Waste TODAY!

Food waste has a huge impact on the environment and is becoming more and more unacceptable when we see the mounting effects of climate change and the desperate impact it is having on some of the poorest countries in the world. When food is wasted, all the resources that went into growing that food are wasted as well. For instance, 25% of one of the world's most precious resources - fresh water - is used to grow food that is never eaten. As bakers and cake decorators we contribute to the ... Read More...

Quickest Ever Gumpaste David Austin Rose Tutorial

This gumpaste David Austin rose tutorial uses a super fast method for creating those usually time consuming layers of intricate inner petals. It's so fast you'll be churning out gardens full of them in no time! The completed flower measures 4 inches/10cm so it's quite a substantial flower head and makes a stunning feature flower either as part of a sugar flower arrangement or as a statement flower on it's own. The David Austin rose is one of the most requested flowers in brides’ ... Read More...

Cake Calligraphy Tutorial by Faye Cahill from The Gilded Cake

(This cake calligraphy tutorial is extracted with permission from The Gilded Cake by Faye Cahill, published by FW Media International and available to purchase here from Amazon). A. Transferring a pattern Before you can start to decorate, you’ll need to transfer your design onto a fondant-covered cake. Use a fine fabric such as chiffon or netting and an edible pen to trace the design onto the cake before adding colour and embellishment. Trace your design onto a piece of fine fabric using an ... Read More...