Our beautiful cake calligraphy tutorial this week is from the much anticipated first book by Australia's doyenne of cake decorating, Faye Cahill. Cake Calligraphy Tutorial - Part 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 ... Read More...
Wildflower Wedding Cake Tutorial
This exquisite wildflower wedding cake tutorial by Juliet Sear is from her fabulous new book, Botanical Baking (© David & Charles Publishing. Published with permission). Juliet has been one of the UK's leading sugar artists for well over a decade and her book perfectly captures the growing trend in natural style baking and cake decorating. It features so many unique and creative cake decorating projects using garden flowers and a variety of fruits, that are refreshingly quick and ... Read More...
Croquembouche Wedding Cake Recipe & Tutorial
Hannah Miles shares with us her fabulous croquembouche wedding cake recipe and tutorial from her book, Naked Cakes. Croquembouche is perhaps the original naked cake, where the decoration is really the elegant arrangement of the profiteroles themselves rather than any fancy icing. Croquembouche Wedding Cake Recipe (Serves 20–30) For the choux pastry: 260 g/2 cups plain/all-purpose flour, sifted twice 200 g/1 3⁄4 sticks butter, cut into cubes a pinch of salt 8 eggs For the ... Read More...
Gumpaste Floral Wreath Cake Tutorial
Our gumpaste floral wreath cake tutorial this week captures the lush floral and foliage trend perfectly featuring hints of gold, lots of greenery, blush florals and of course a touch of marble too. Plus, it's a super simple to re-create as well. We used a 6" gold ring for the wreath with is the perfect size for this four-tier wedding cake (which has 6", 8", 10" and 12" tiers). These gold rings can be bought on Amazon but you can of course make your own if you prefer a more rustic looking ... Read More...
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