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...
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 examples above. Inspired by the Queen of Hearts girls, cake decorators and designers around the world have taken inspiration from their work and created ... Read More...