Our fabulous recipe this week is the exquisite Chocolate Salted Caramel Dream Cake from the famed Cutter & Squidge Bakery in London. Emily and Annabel Lui, the dynamic duo behind the bakery, have produced a gem of a book, Afternoon Tea at the Cutter & Squidge Bakery: Delicious Recipes for Dream Cakes, Biskies, Savouries and More. It's one of the most exciting collection of recipes for the finest bakes and irresistible pastries that Cake Geek has come across. With recipes for ... Read More...
Cake Calligraphy Tutorial by Faye Cahill from The Gilded Cake
(This cake calligraphy tutorial is extracted with permission from The Gilded Cake by Faye Cahill, published by FW Media International). A. Transferring a pattern Before you can start to decorate, you’ll need to transfer your design onto a fondant-covered cake. Use a fine fabric such as chiffon or netting and an edible pen to trace the design onto the cake before adding colour and embellishment. Trace your design onto a piece of fine fabric using an edible pen. Move the fabric away from ... Read More...
Blue Tiled Wedding Cake Decorating Tutorial by Lindy Smith
This week, Lindy Smith shares with us a beautiful blue titled wedding cake decorating tutorial from her book, Simply Modern Wedding Cakes. Vibrant colours and contemporary designs are the hallmark of Lindy's cake decorating and her latest book is jam packed full of inspiration for the cake decorator. Lindy describes the inspiration behind this stylish new design: "Something old, something new, something borrowed… and this stylish cake is the perfect something blue! Tiled patterns and ... Read More...
Stamped Cake Tutorial by Erin Gardner
As readers of Cake Geek will know, we're huge fans of Erin Gardner and The Wild Orchid Baking Company so we were super excited when a copy of Erin's book, Great Cake Decorating arrived on our desk. Our biggest problem was trying to choose which of the 30 cakes to share with you - there were lots of new techniques and brilliant tips but we eventually settled on Erin's hand-stamped floral "Craft Cake" above. Stamped cake designs and illustrated sugar plaques are two techniques we haven't tried ... Read More...