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 US with Duff Goldman's Charm City Cakes kick-starting the trend Stateside. We've chosen two subtle and stylish cakes as our feature cakes for Valentine's this year. We just adore the ... Read More...
Christmas Desserts and Treats
Christmas doesn't have to be all about plum pudding and brandy fruitcake. There are so many ways to celebrate the holiday season with all kinds of yummy christmas desserts. Eva's Cupcakes have created the adorable christmas cupcakes above left. A spray of fondant holly and tiny red polka dots are all it takes to add add a touch of festive spirit to white iced cupcakes. But it's the piped shell border cu that really makes these cupcakes super cute. For more on piping shell borders, see Ceri ... Read More...
Chic Christmas Cake Decorating
Chic cake designs are often the simplest cake designs. And our feature cakes above are proof of this. There's not a Santa Claus in sight, yet they ooze festive warmth and homeliness. The beautiful chocolate Boston Cream Pie above, decorated in stunning gold accents, is by Yelena Strokin of Cooking Melangery and is the ultimate in festive cake glamour. Gold dragees/sprinkles and reindeer cake decorations like these are available in lots of cake decorating stores coming up to Christmas. The ... Read More...
Neapolitan Cake – A Great Summer Chocolate Cake
If one trend has gone viral in cake decorating this year, it's the trend for neapolitan cakes. The combination of chocolate, strawberry & vanilla is a classic. Rosie Alyea of Sweetapolita fame created the gorgeous "Inside-Out Neapolitan Cake" cake pictured above. It's a very simple and very eye-catching take on the neapolitan cake, based around a rich chocolate sponge layered with chocolate, vanilla and pink/strawberry buttercream. Buttercream is piped in an "elongated shell" pattern ... Read More...