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 […]
Stained Glass Cake Art
Buttercream art has exploded in popularity in the past two years, largely due to the work of Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong of the Queeen of Hearts Couture Cakes who’ve taken buttercream cake decorating to a whole new level. One Christina and Valeri’s signature cake decorating styles is their stained glass cakes with two outstanding […]
Cakes with Stripes
As with polka dots featured on Monday, stripes are also a great customisable cake design that work for lots of occasions, whether you’re going for smart stripes or whimsical striping. Cotton candy pink and soft brown make a pretty combination in our feature cake (above left) by Zoe Clark of The Cake Parlour, with smart […]
The “Half-Dressed” Wedding Cake: The New Naked Cake
Rustic style “naked cakes” have been a huge hit for weddings, but now it’s the “half-dressed wedding cake” that’s set to take center stage. Just a thin scraping of buttercream or frosting around the sides of the cake is all it takes to create this slightly more dressed up version of the earlier naked cake […]
Sugar Succulents
Love them or hate them, succulents are a big trend in wedding florals this year for rustic style wedding receptions. We have two pretty examples above, with a watercolour effect cake above left (via Inspired by This, Braedon Flynn Photography) and to the right, a rustic style beauty softened with blush pink blooms from The […]