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 out the centres, fiiling them with sweets and a foiled wrapped bunny, then placing one cupcake on top of the other and buttercreaming them together. A ... Read More...
Cupcake Bouquets & Tutorials
With the peak wedding season winding down after the summer, lots of you cake decorators will have more time to try out new decorating ideas. For commercial cake decorators, cupcake bouquets have the potential to bring in an excellent additional revenue stream if marketed well. They make a great alternative to flowers as gifts for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers and as gifts in the workplace. Instead of saying it with flowers, say it with cupcakes! A flyer drop to local workplaces ... Read More...
How to Make Stiletto Cupcakes
Stiletto cupcakes?! What sort of crazy sugarcraft genius would it take to come up with such a concept?! The sugarcraft geniuses that are Karen Tack & Alan Richardson of course. These super girly cupcakes are just one of many of awe-inspiring designs featured in their book Cupcakes, Cookies, and Pie, Oh My!, the follow up to the bestselling Hello, Cupcake! Stiletto cupcakes are the perfect party dessert for bridal showers, hen parties, 21st birthday parties, 30th birthdays and beyond. To ... Read More...
Easy Cupcake Decoration: Poured Fondant
Easy cupcake decoration is always something we're in favour of here at Cake Geek. While we don't usually feature cupcakes here, preferring to stick to larger cakes, this cupcake decoration from The Cupcake Daily Blog really caught our eye. The cupcakes are iced with poured fondant which gives a lovely smooth finish and is much quicker to decorate cupcakes with than using rolled fondant. Plus, we love the way the poured fondant drips over the edge of the vintage blue paper cases - it makes ... Read More...