Interview #55: Marlene Debattista

Marlene’s: CakesDecor Profile | Facebook Account 1. Tell us a little about yourself, family, where do you live and what did you do for a living before making cakes if anything? I have been...

My Cake Studio (Kitchen Tour)

Ok so these are my little spaces for decorating. 1. This is the large area in my relatively new reno’d kitchen nestled near 2 sunny windows and close to my kitchen sink. I do all my baking...

My new cake studio!

You lovelies have been with me from the very beginning so I wanted to share these photo’s with you. My hubby has been working very hard on converting our garage into a wonderful...

Gelatine Shards for Frozen style cakes

I was playing around with gelatine following Kara’s sequin tutorial when I had the idea to make the shards for a frozen cake from gelatine. Worked really well. Cheaper than isomalt and less messy...

Coffee Filter Rose

Supplies: coffee filters, wire, green floral tape, alcohol, colour gel, if desired, scissors, white glue, small brush to apply glue, styrofoam square (to place your flower as you work),...

TUTORIAL - Simple Swags by The Violet Cake Shop

This is a quick tutorial for simple swags as seen on my Modern Steampunk Hat cake that was featured in Cake Masters magazine (November issue)… Not sure if anyone else has ever done swags this...

Cake mailed from Westport MA to Austin TX

Just wanted to show you how the cake arrived. Last year’s cake made it in better shape. But all in all, it is not too bad considering it traveled almost 2000 miles. Had to make a new handle...

Tutorial For The Making of "Autumn Impressions"

Hello everyone, The tutorial of Autumn Impressions is finally out. You may see it here. I hope that you enjoy it and that you find it useful for your own future projects. Don’t hesitate to ask...

Wafer Paper LOTUS Tutorial by The Violet Cake Shop™

Merry Christmas Everyone!! I made a tutorial for how to recreate the wafer paper lotuses that I had on my Festival of Lights cake from October, for everyone as my Christmas gift. Hope you all...

Cake Decorating Business #9: Dealing with Passion Killers: Criticism and Burn Out

Part #9: Dealing with Passion Killers: Criticism and Burn Out In a high emotion-based industry such as cake, it can be very difficult to deal with criticism. In the moment that the client...

Simple ANEMONE with Simple Tools (Gumpaste or Fondant)

I was asked by quite a few how I made the simple anemone featured on my Simple Black & White Polka Dot cake (see last photo) and realized I could not find any picture tutorials for anything...

Stamping/painting

I have done a few more picture tutorial’s to show my method’s hope they help :) First up how is the stamping part , normally i would do this straight onto the cake. You could also use this...