Our fabulous recipe this week is the exquisite Chocolate Salted Caramel Dream Cake from the famed Cutter & Squidge Bakery in London. Emily and Annabel Lui, the dynamic duo behind the bakery, have produced a gem of a book, Afternoon Tea at the Cutter & Squidge Bakery: Delicious Recipes for Dream Cakes, Biskies, Savouries and More. It's one of the most exciting collection of recipes for the finest bakes and irresistible pastries that Cake Geek has come across. With recipes for ... Read More...
Fairy Toadstool Cake & Fairy Cake Topper Tutorial
This week's fairy cake topper tutorial and fairy toadstool cake tutorial are by the award-winning cake artist, Vicky Teather from her brand new book, Making Sugar Models. With over 50 imaginative and adorable sugar models - cute animal characters and people models in all age groups - you'll never find yourself stuck for a cake idea again. Each model also has instructions for a themed cake project, which can be mixed and matched as you like. Whether you're a complete beginner or an ... 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). 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 edible pen. Move the fabric away from ... Read More...
Piped Cake Tutorial by Carey Madden
This week we have a beautiful, and surprisingly easy, piped cake tutorial by Carey Madden from her book, Sensational Buttercream Decorating. If you haven't yet caught the buttercream bug, then you definitely will with this book. Covering basic buttercream decorating techniques from scratch, Carey takes the reader on a journey from the absolute basics to becoming accomplished in the art of beautifully decorated buttercream cakes. Sensational Buttercream Decorating encompasses a range of ... Read More...