Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong share with us their Crochet Lace Cake Tutorial this week from their book, The Contemporary Buttercream Bible. No one has taken the world of cake decorating by storm quite the way Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes girls have and their book is a masterpiece in cake design innovation, oozing with ideas, concepts, textures and brand new techniques in the art of buttercream cake decorating. Beginner decorators have been traditionally been wary of decorating with ... Read More...
A Compendium of Sugar Flower Tutorials
Sugar flowers add a sensational finishing touch to wedding cakes and special occasion cakes so we’ve compiled a selection of sugar flower tutorials to help you on your way to sugar flower mastery First up is our gumpaste rose tutorial featured above. It's part of our Quick & Easy Sugar Flowers collection and features a speedier method for creating large gumpaste roses. It also demonstrates a unique way of creating textured/torn petals that give a really natural look ... Read More...
Bas Relief Cakes
When cake artist Maggie Austin first introduced the world to the beauty of bas belief in cake decorating, admirers of her work kept to the alabaster whites and paired down beauty of Maggie's original designs. But now cake artists have spread their wings and built on Maggie's foundations adding color, florals and frills to enhance the beauty of sculpted effect bas relief details even ... Read More...
Purple, Lilac & Lavender Wedding Cakes
Purples, lilac and lavenders - with lace or ruffles, with pinks or foliage - make for the quintessential summer wedding cake. With lots of different hues and design pairings, we have a super summer inspired selection for you this week. Readers might also be interested in our features on: Peony Wedding Cakes Easiest Ever Closed Peony Tutorial Edible Lace Wedding Cakes Bohemian Wedding ... Read More...