Preparing and Covering a Square Cake
To Ganache:
1. Layer cake with ganache and affix to baseboard with ganache.
2. Affix baseboard to workboard with ganache.
3. Trim cake so there is a...
Another method for ganaching round cakes based on the Upside Down Buttercream method.
This method removes the need for a ganaching “lid” or board the same size as the baseboard – It can be...
In March I made my youngest daughter Jasmine, a very special little guy to sit on both her ‘at home’ family cake and then her special ‘party’ cake later in the week.
Elmo rules her world, or...
This tutoriial is based in part on Fran’s Rose tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYkPhb-_gDg
but includes wired petals.
Take a 20 gauge wire and a small styrofoam egg. The egg...
Material list:
Cake
Buttercream Icing
Turntable or Lazy Susan
Angled Spatula
2 Cardboard Cake Circles (Ideally the same size as your cake but no less than 1" smaller and definitely not...
Gather your materials (add a ruler or straight edge to this list!)
Knead in a little tylose powder to your coloured fondant. My ratio is 1tsp tylose to 250g of fondant. Roll ropes of...
Time management is a key ingredient to cake decorating success. I have found a way to work ahead. Recently, I used this method and was able to complete 3 cakes, all with detailed fondant accents,...
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had to transport a cake and thought that your heart just couldn’t take the strain. (raising hand)
Raise your hand if you’ve ever transported a cake and mourned the...
This is a pillow cake for a 50th birthday. The shoe is made of fondant/gumpaste and completely edible. We two-toned the fondant with purple on the bottom and biege on top with white royal...
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...
A number of people have asked me exactly how I make the ribbon roses on my bouquet cake so here’s a quick tutorial.
*The Equipment *
I use a small cutting board, a rolling pin and a...
1. Start with a Cake that has been baked in a ball tin or in this cake a 2 litre pyrex bowl.
2. Layer, fill and coat the cake with buttercream as normal.
3. Roll out red...
