For those of you who love beautiful sugar flowers but hate how long they take to make, then Immaculate Confections: Book 1 - Sugar Flowers was written by Natalie Porter especially for you! What makes Natalie's approach to sugar flowers unique is the need for speed for commercial cake decorators and designers. And that's exactly what you get with this book - impeccably detailed instructions, fabulously illustrated for a super fast rose, peony, hydrangea, filler flowers, foliage, plus buds and ... Read More...
Gumpaste Willow Tutorial
This gumpaste willow tutorial shows you how to create beautiful winter willow branches with their signature silver catkins. These willow branches make a fabulous winter wedding cake decoration or even just a beautiful arrangement for your home in winter! Furry catkins appear well before the leaves and are one of the earliest signs of spring towards the end of winter. Some varieties have brown calyxes under the catkins and some don't. So while we demonstrate how to make these below, you can ... Read More...
Easy Gumpaste Poinsettia Tutorial
This easy gumpaste poinsettia tutorial uses a simplified method to create the poinsettia center which can often be complicated to make. But it produces a show-stopping masterpiece when finished to display on a winter wedding cake or Christmas cake centrepiece. Poinsettia have also been cultivated in chic ivory shades too so consider this when designing your winter wedding cakes. Gumpaste Poinsettia Tutorial: Materials green gumpaste red gumpaste poinsettia cutters (we've used the ... Read More...
Gumpaste Christmas Rose Tutorial (Hellebore Tutorial)
This easy gumpaste Christmas rose tutorial (or hellebores as they are also known) is for a white rose but the Christmas rose comes in a whole host of colors and varieties. White, lime green and dusky pink are three of the most popular shades. Gumpaste Christmas Rose Tutorial: Materials white gumpaste leaf green gumpaste yellow seed head stamen (or if you have white you can simply dust the heads yellow) wide (circular) rose petal cutter (3cm or 1 1/4 inch) calyx cutter or ... Read More...