Cake Geek Magazine

Cake Tutorials, Trends, Design & Styling

Tres Leches Mousse Cake

Our exquisite tres leches mousse cake recipe this weeks is from New-School Sweets: Old-School Pastries with an Insanely Delicious Twist, a fantastic new book that takes classic pastry techniques and  mashes them up with hip new flavors and a flourish of modern whimsy. Guaranteed to reignite your passion for desserts, these delectable recipes will delight your your family and friends, as well as your taste buds, and make a huge impression at parties, celebrations and get-togethers. Vinesh ... Read More...

Cake Calligraphy Tutorial by Faye Cahill from The Gilded Cake

Our beautiful cake calligraphy tutorial this week is from the much anticipated first book by Australia's doyenne of cake decorating, Faye Cahill.  Cake Calligraphy Tutorial - Part 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 ... 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...

Gumpaste Fluffy Peony Tutorial

This gumpaste fluffy peony tutorial shows you how to make a "wow" flower to adorn a wedding cake or special occasion cake. It's over 6 inches wide so it's a true statement flower but you can adjust this downwards if you wish. To make the 6-inch flower we used a 2-inch rose petal cutter for the inner petals and then 2 1/2 inch and 3 inch petal cutters (or round cutters) for the outer petals. You can size down down the flower by using a smaller cutter for the inner petals, as long at the outer ... Read More...