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Number Cake Tutorial/Cream Tart Recipe by Mich Turner

Today’s number cake tutorial/cream tart recipe is extracted from baking supremo, Mich Turner’s latest book – Everyday Bakes to Showstopper Cakes. This treasure trove of a book does exactly as its title says: it turns classic everyday recipes into wow centrepieces by decorating them with fabulous finishing touches. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced baker, Mich’s newest offering will take your baking to the next level and make your cakes and bakes truly Instagram worthy! Over to ... Read More...

How To Make Patterned Roll Cake: Recipe & Tutorial

This super cute strawberry patterned roll cake tutorial is by Japanese baking blogger, Junko, whose deco roll cakes have taken the baking world by storm. With the publication of her book, Deco Roll Cakes, Junko shares with us the secrets of her eye-catching cake artistry, including her fantastic selection of patterned templates. Jelly roll cakes/Swiss rolls will never be the same again! The strawberry pattern on the deco roll cake above may look difficult to achieve but it is done just by ... Read More...

Alice in Wonderland Cakes

An Alice in Wonderland cake is one of the most fun and fabulous cake themes to work on but also one of the most challenging, testing a decorator's design skills, modelling skills, cake construction and technical skills. Update: See our collection of Alice in Wonderland Cake Tutorials here. This week we have a selection of some of the best and most magical Alice cakes created by international cake designers and decorators. First up is an exquisite Alice in Wonderland cake by Cakes by ... 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...