 SugarveilI used sugarveil for the first time last weekend. I found it quite easy to do. Fix mix as per the instructions. I left this to sit for about 1/2 hour and then i was eager to use it. Lay your mat on a flat board as it will be easier to move to leave it somewhere to dry. When you are ready give the sugarveil a bit of a stir as it goes sort of “marshmallowy” once its been sitting. Scoop a bit out onto your mat using a spatula, then using the spatula (i found this ea...  Good MorningEarly Start today , working on Snow White and the seven dwarfs :) so excited Look forward to sharing it with you later on Hope you all have a great day :)  New beginnings #20: Last minuteWell today is going to be a mad panic!It’s my dads birthday in Sunday and i was going to see him on Sunday with his birthday cake I’m making, but parents been parents haha and he’s turning up at mine today! tea time!Lets just say I’ve got a bottle cake to make from scratch including sugar glass, edible label the works :-( so wish me luck I think I may need it!It’s 6am UK time I’m about to start baking It’s now 9:30am cakes cooling its a long loaf t...  Rainbow Brite keeps me up another night!Well, what can I say?! I uploaded my Rainbow Brite cake to my facebook page and in the past 4 hours has received 140 likes, 18 shares and tonnes of lovely comments! I’m on cloud 9! I am so tired it’s untrue, but just too giddy to sleep. I have done late nights (2:30am Weds night/thurs morn and 3:30am last night/this morn!) and now it looks like I’m wide away and ready to bake another cake! The last two cakes, I’ve pretty much had free reign on. I love these kinds o...  CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Winter 2013 #3: And the Winners Are ...The results are in and it’s time to officially announce the winners of the CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Winter 2013. There were 177 entries posted in the Ruffles category, 99 votes were cast during this period. I’m really glad that we beat the number of entries, but what I’m really proud of, is that there were more than 2 times more votes than the previous awards. Thank you all and I hope that next time there will be more votes than entries. And here are the winning cakes... Yeah they published me :-)I had to share this with you all as in over the moon. Cake masters ezine published my guest column, I feel so happy right now. I know the ezine has lots if fab cake decorators in but for them to put a just starting out little old me in is fab. I’m hoping it becomes a monthly slot to help other little fish with my cakey adventure and things I find out and come across on the way.  Ribbon Rose and leaf (my way)This is the way I make Ribbon roses. For full Tutorial visit my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MelinArtCakes New tutorials coming soon. Marshmallow FondantSo, today I finally got to play at making some Marshmallow Fondant, I used 8oz Mini Marshmallows, 1lb Icing Sugar, 2 Tblespoon water. Added the water to the marshmallows and microwaved for 1 minute on high, whilst they were melting I smoothered a wooden spoon in Trex, once out of the microwave mixed till nice and smooth, then started to mix in the icing sugar (which was hard going towards the end) once I had encorporated most of the icing sugar, i turned it out onto a well covered boar... How to make a Briar roseThis is the way I make Briar roses. For full Tutorial visit my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MelinArtCakesNew tutorials coming soon.  Why cake decorating is hard workI was asked to do a cake for a girl freinds son who was graduating university. He is also in the police force so I was asked to do a round cake with a graduation cap and scroll on it. Easy peasy I thought, yeah, mother nature had other ideas. I normally bake my cakes and make my ganache 2 days before. So I did my normal ratio of ganache, 2 parts chocolate one part cream. Set it aside to harden slightly the night before. We were having hot and humid days and I didnt take this into accou...  
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