cake recipes #1: No butter victoria sponge cake..... (super quick and easy)

This is an amazing, no butter, light and fluffy victoria sponge cake, that will just melt away in your mouth. Its so quick and easy to make, I’ll make it when I want a super fast dessert for...

$100 Favorite Technique Challenge #3: And the Winner is ...

Thank you for submitting your favorite techniques into our challenge and sharing your experience with all our members. It was an interesting reading. Now it’s time to announce the winner...

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...

CakesDecor Theme: Gothic Cakes

Hi! This week’s blog focuses on the incredible “Gothic Cakes”, each so unique in design and yet all having the same eerie glamorous feel. It always amazes me that just by changing colours...

How to make a Dahlia Without Cutters

To Make this you will need Sugar Glue Tylose Bakels RTR Pettinice (Or something like Satin ice but if you can Bakels is what I use) Food Colouring (I use rainbow Dust Progel colours...

New CakesDecor Features #8: Activity Log

Do you know that situation when you are trying to find a cake you commented on some time ago, but you can’t remember which one it was? Now, you can find it easily by checking out your Activity Log...

CakesDecor Theme: Sculpted Car Cakes

Car cakes, are most definitely one of the most challenging cakes to make! I really admire the work that goes into ANY vehicle cake, there are just so many tiny precise details which must be...

CakesDecor Theme: Valentine's Day Cakes & Cookies

Valentine’s Day is only a few days away! The perfect gift? A cake made with love! Take a look at the beautiful collection of loved up cakes and cookies featured this week to inspire you for...

CakesDecor Awards: Fairytale Cakes #2: Cast Your Votes

Fairytale Cakes Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 213 amazing entries. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. Voting deadline is on January 30, 2015 at 6 PM GMT....

Making Modelling Chocolate

One of the beauties of Modelling Chocolate (I find) is it allows you more time to detail your work, and spend more time modelling in contrast to fondant and the other sugar-pastes which (for me) ...

Cream Icing Rose - How I make mine

Ingredients Pettinice with added CMC Sugar Glue Tools Plastic Bag Spoons (Plus anything you might find around the house to support outer petals) Make cone shapes, the size...

CakesDecor Theme: Wedding Cakes - Part 9

Our first Theme of the year! Another beautiful collection of Wedding Cakes! I’m really looking forward to seeing your new designs this year, I wonder what the new trends will be in 2015?...