Cake Geek Magazine

Cake Tutorials, Trends, Design & Styling

Layer Cake Love – Ode to Sweetapolita

It's the perfect simplicity and instant satisfaction that a beautiful layer cake gives us that draws Cake Geek time and time again to the wonderful multi-colored world that is Sweetapolita. The prettiest cake blog in cyberspace, Sweetapolita is the creation of confectionary genius, Rosie Alyea, and features the most mesmerizingly pretty birthday cakes and cupcakes that anyone can create by following Rosie's wonderfully detailed instructions and recipes. The perfect antidote to fondant ... Read More...

Buttercream Flowers: Part 1

Buttercream is well and truly back with beautiful, botanical style piped buttercream flowers leading the revival in buttercream art. (Don't miss Buttercream Flowers - Part 2 here.) Championed by the buttercream artistry of The Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, Bona Ceri Floral Cakes, Eat Cake Be Merry, Miso Bakes & Erica O'Brien, the resurgence in popularity of buttercream flowers has seen the development of floral buttercream piping to levels of Chelsea Flower Show-worthy ... Read More...

Peach Wedding Cakes

Soft peach tones paired with ivory and cream is one of the biggest colour trends for weddings this year. It's a fabulous palette for summer weddings and early autumn, and works for both rustic style celebrations and more formal occasions. Above we have a beautiful example from Faye Cahill (left) with peaches and cream blossoms and flower buds accented with silvery foliage. On the right, a pretty peach toned wedding cake in a rustic, natural style with soft ruffles and trailing foliage. (Image ... Read More...

The Prettiest Giant Cupcake Cakes

Giant cupcake cakes are one of the prettiest birthday treats with the added advantage of having a super fast turn-around time for busy decorators.  In fact, there isn't much decorating to do, as the shaped cupcake tin does most of the work, especially if you opt for an all-buttercream finish. Katie Hitchborn of Katie's Cake Box UK makes some of the most gorgeous cupcake cakes/giant cupakes in the UK in a fabulous vintage floral style, including the beautiful example above right, with an ... Read More...