Mexican-style “pinata” cakes with sweets hidden inside are a huge hit for children’s parties. For Easter, Sugar, Cinnamon & Love have created a fabulous mini Easter surprise cake with a chocolate bunny hidden inside that even us grown-ups would love. This magical little Easter cake is made by trimming the tops off two cupcakes, scooping […]
Mother’s Day Cakes
Mother’s Day is the perfect excuse to make a beautiful vintage style floral cake to spoil your Mum or Gran with a luxurious afternoon tea. The fabulous pale blue and pink Mother’s Day cake above left (by Ceri Badham of Fancy Cakes by Linda) features a delicate stencilled lace side design for an elegant vintage […]
Valentine’s Cakes
With just a month to go, it’s time to start planning your Valentine’s cakes for 2014. For those in the cake decorating business, early promotion of a beautiful range of Valentines cakes as a alternative to flowers will reap rewards for your business. Indeed, mini “cakes for two” have been a surprise hit in the […]
Piping Techniques: Piping Scrolls
Scroll piping is an enduringly elegant cake decoration and a technique that’s well worth practicing for any beginner cake decorator. While not as simple as pearl piping or drop string piping, it is nonethelss easy to master scroll piping with just a bit of practice. We have lots of exquisite examples below to inspire you, […]
Our Top 10 Halloween Cakes!
Halloween is the perfect excuse to indulge your novelty cake-making talents! To inspire you, we have two masterpiece Halloween cakes above from Martha Stewart (top left) and via Indulgy.com (right). You’ll find the templates for Martha’s spectacular cake here: haunted house templates, as well as directions to make the cake. The detailing on this cake is […]