Cake Geek Magazine

Cake Tutorials, Trends, Design & Styling

Fashion-Inspired Cakes

With fashion week about to kick off in New York, Paris, London & Milan this month, we thought we'd have our own mini fashion week here at Cake Geek Magazine - but in cake, of course. Make Me My Cake has created a fabulous homage to Dior in the cake design above left, perfectly encapsultating the designer's timeless elegance. On the right, Jacki Fanto of Blissfully Sweet Cakes has designed an exquisite confectionary tribute to fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn, capturing her immaculate sense ... Read More...

Marie Antoinette Cakes

For a lavish birthday cake or novelty wedding cake, nothing beats a Marie Antoinette cake for pomp and splendour. Gilded gold, baroque mouldings and of course an intricate replica of the French Queen herself add a refined and fanciful air to an extravagant occasion. It's a uniquely challenging cake theme that tests the skills of many advanced cake designers, but our selection of cakes this week shows what artistry, dilligence and exquisite sugar work can create. Our feature cake above was ... Read More...

Cakes with Stripes

As with polka dots featured on Monday, stripes are also a great customisable cake design that work for lots of occasions, whether you're going for smart stripes or whimsical striping. Cotton candy pink and soft brown make a pretty combination in our feature cake (above left) by Zoe Clark of The Cake Parlour, with smart blue and grey creating a chic and unique colour combination in an elegant cake design (above right) by My Cupcakery. Blue and white stripes with a hint of beige makes an ... Read More...

Polka Dot Cakes

A polka dot design is one of the prettiest and simplest cake decorations and works for lots of different occassions and styles of cakes, whether contemporary or vintage. We have two fabulous polka dot wedding cakes above in pretty pastels by Hall of Cakes UK (left) and Sophisticakes of Falmouth,UK (right), perfect for vintage themed weddings. Hong Kong desiger, Paige Fong hascreated a contemporary style occasion cake below, using giant-size polka dots with pastel pink and black ... Read More...