Tutorial - Stained Glass Effect Cake

After seeing the amazing stained glass effect cakes by people like Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen and Vinism Sugar Art, I decided I wanted to have a go and put my own...

Interview #13: Michelle Rea

What can I tell you about me as cake maker, decorator and photographer? My name is Michelle Rea and my home is in Sydney Australia. A long time ago I was a pastry chef but most of my recipe...

3D Cakes #2: Making Simon's Mountaineering Boots

These have been my most popular cake and CakesDecor very kindly selected them as Editor’s Choice last year. I have been promising for ages to put together a tutorial to making these for those of...

Healthy Chocolate Cake...Yes I said Healthy...it's actually tastes amazing...Yes Really..LOL

This is raw Vegan cake so it’s Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free & Sugar Free(no added sugar but contains healthy sweetner from dates) Now Ingredients: Base 3.5 cups Walnuts...

Tall Tree Tutorial

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Giraffe Figurine Tutorial

This tutorial is for the giraffe figuring sitting ontop of cake, for the tutorial to paint the bottom tier follow this link http://cakesdecor.com/Ciccio/blog/408 You’ll need : ball tool...

Painted Giraffe Print on Fondant Cake

This tutorial is to paint the Giraffe print on the botom tier of this cake, for the tutorial on the Giraffe figurine follow this link http://cakesdecor.com/Ciccio/blog/409 I’m using 2...

Patterns inside a cake

I have seen other tutorials on this “Patterns inside a cake” technique but I didn’t know the importance of making the inside image tight if you want each piece to reflect a perfect image. My...

Devil's Food Chocolate Cake

This is a very popular recipe on my blog and amongst my customers too. The explanation below looks very elaborate because it is accompanied on my blog with progress pictures....

LEOPARD PRINT: MY WAY

This tutorial shows you how to get the hand-painted leopard print look as seen here and in my cake photos. I’m sure I’m not the first or the only one to do it this way, but after being asked by...

How To Get Smooth Butter Cream that Stands up to Heat and Humidity

I have be decorating cakes for 3 months shy of two years now and have had many challenges decorating cakes in a climate that is always hot and humid. My little cake studio is just off of my office...