buttercream rose with an all-in-one rosebud nozzle

Hi all, So I don’t know if you saw, but these russian piping nozzles have been causing quite a stir. You can basically just squeeze and pipe out a whole flower, tulips or rosebuds mainly. I...

Brick pattern

Ok go easy on me this is my first tutorial. Hopefully I have it in order right. To make a brick board first cut equal rectangles the size you want the brick. Then place them on the board and...

A Roald Dahl Celebration

Today is Roald Dahl Day! It would have been his birthday and in honour of such an occasion 20 cake friends came together to create characters and scenes from the books. I hope you enjoy our little...

Cut-Outs: Favourite Technique!

They are relatively new to me, but I have completely fallen in love with making sugarpaste cut-outs. They are fiddly and time consuming, but I find making them really therapeutic, and I think they...

Ruffles - Favourite Technique

Anyone who knows even a little about me, knows I LOVE ruffles. If I get the chance to put ruffles onto a cake its a good day for me. Ruffles add prettiness, gorgeousness and femininity to any...

Handpainting...my favorite technique (at least for now! Ha!)

I have really gotten into handpainting as of late and LOVE it. I blend Americolor or Wilton color gels with a Super White color gel and get the color to form a consistency similar to that of...

Hand Painting

I remember being utterly terrified the first time I painted a cake! I’d been asked for an animal print cake and the customer had sent me an image that was clearly painted! Luckily for me my friend...

Airbrushing....a fave technique!

Hi I thought I’d share my thoughts on airbrushing, whilst still quite a novice I’ve loved my experiences of using it so far and it’s definitely a skill I’d love to develop. I have a dinky doodle...

Thor!

A quick step-by-step pictorial showing how I built up the layers to make my cut-out Thor. The detaiing was added with a plastic blade and a colour shaper. You can view the finished cake here:...

Royal Icing Chains

Loved doing this technique of the royal icing piped chains, I did lately on the Kratos chocolate model figure. This can also be used for models earrings. You need lot of patience and a steady...

Easy Texture effect

Textures are one of my favorite and be a little creative and you can find it everywhere. For my recent creation ‘’Sparkly Bridal Shoes’’ for A walk of the wild side collaboration, I struggled to...

A Walk On The Wild Side (sugar shoe collaboration)

I was honored to be part of this team of 36 International sugar artists, which I headed up, with a goal to create incredible edible shoes from various mediums! This team consisted of sugar...