Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong share with us this week their beautiful buttercream hatbox cake tutorial from their book, Buttercream One-Tier Wonders. In a departure from their towering multi-tiered buttercream extravaganzas, the ladies from Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes have turned their attention to one-tier beauties in their brand new book, Buttercream One-Tier Wonders. Filled with simple, yet sensational designs (30 in total), the Queens of Buttercream draw inspiration from a range ... 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...
Baby Bag/Diaper Bag Cake Tutorial by CherylShuen
Our diaper bag cake tutorial comes from Step-by-Step Cake Decorating, by leading Singapore cake designer, CherylShuen. Cheryl's book is perfect for the beginner cake decorator with simple instructions covering the basic techniques of cake decorating, but is also full of ideas for the more experienced decorator with simple, pretty cake designs and cake toppers for all occasions in a rainbow of pretty pastels. We're delighted to be able to share with our readers this week the diaper bag cake ... Read More...
Decorated Jelly Roll/Swiss Roll Tutorial
Jelly roll/Swiss roll art has taken the baking world by storm, thanks to the creativity of Japanese baking blogger, JUNKO. With the publication of her book, Deco Roll Cakes, Junko shares with us the secrets of her eye-catching cake artistry, including her fantastic selection of patterned templates. Jelly rolls will never be the same again! Strawberry Print Jelly Roll Tutorial: The strawberry pattern above may look difficult to achieve but it is done just by piping some pink batter, baking it, ... Read More...