Painted cakes #1: My American Cake Decorating Magazine Debut

I am so thrilled to share that I was in the July/August issue of American Cake Magazine with a short tutorial on how to paint a cake with edible food coloring. I hope that you were able to get...

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...

Tool Review-Curling Iron

I have a curling iron that is dedicated to just my Wafer Paper. The heat causes the paper to curl where you need it. Its perfect for making fringe, curled petals, spindles for ribbons or what...

Brushes. Tool review competition

I love to paint on cakes. So my fave tool/s are brushes. I own a lot and lot of brushes. I think i have over hundred. I’m always buying brushes. I think it’s an addiction. Here’s a small...

Tool Review: Rubber Matting

This really isn’t a “tool” per say, but very essential none the less. As you can see, I have a very large roll. Purchased at my Ikea store. I use this rubber matting in so, so many ways. ...

Blossom Sugar Art Moulds and Cutters

I am amazed how much I use these cutters! My fave by far is the petunia cutter and I often combine it with my other flower cutters too. The others I have are cherry blossom and daisy. I...

Ribbon cutter. Review tool competition

This is another favourite tool. The ribbon cutter. It’s an amazing tool to do perfect fondant ribbon strips. I also use the ridged round cutters for handbag cakes and clothing cakes.

Tool Review: Floral Nails

I use these little babies when I bake my cakes. 1-2 in my small to medium cakes, and anywhere from 4-5 in my larger cakes. Helps cakes to bake evenly by conducting the heat. Stops cakes from...

Tool Review: Pizza Stone

Another essential for baking. I place my cakes on the stone in conjunction with the floral nails, it helps the cakes to bake evenly. I actually leave the pizza stone on my bottom wrack of my...

Tool Review : Dotting Tool

This tool is one of my fave. Actually it’s for nails art but i use it to replace the use of ball tools. Sometimes for very small details to make figurine, i can’t approach it by my finger or my...

Tool review - water brush pen

Hi all, This is one of my favourite tools – the water colour brusH20 pen by Zig. I have the green one which I believe is a medium tip. I find it perfect to dampen sugarpaste and gumpaste...

tool review 2 - No. 1 palette knife

Hi This is another of my faves – my number 1 artists palette knife. It has a really thin and flexible blade which is perfect for lifting and cutting (I find it cuts more cleanly than my...