Second wedding cake

So excited about my second wedding cake order! I love making wedding cakes even though they are time consuming, I find piping to be a true love for me. For this cake the bride wanted simple ivory...

The morning sickness baker

I have recently become pregnant and suffer from morning sickness all day and night..no relief EVER!! To make it worse certain smells really set it off and unfortunately one of those smells are...

How to ganache a cake with sharp edges - The TORTA method

This tutorial is the technique that I came up with that made it easier for me to make sure that I got straight even sides and a completely flat top every time I ganached a cake. The technique...

Wedding Cake

A simple style wedding cake.

Interview #9: Raewyn from Cakes by Raewyn

Bio I’m a self-taught, stay at home Mum of three Beautiful Girls. Originally from NZ but I have lived most of my life in Australia where it’s nearly always sunny and warm. I started...

CakesDecor.com Cake Themes #11: 3D Cakes

I’m not sure why are they called 3D cakes, since all cakes have 3 dimensions, but I really love them. Usually they are artworks and doing them requires lot of artistic skills. Take a look at some...

Alice in Wonderland - The making of the characters

Hi, I’m a new cake maker and have just created my first real cake – an Alice in Wonderland 3 tier topsy turvy cake, covered in wonderful fondant characters, including Alice, White Rabbit, Queen...

Sprinkle Cake Tutorial

Material list: Cake Buttercream Icing Turntable or Lazy Susan Angled Spatula 2 Cardboard Cake Circles (Ideally the same size as your cake but no less than 1" smaller and definitely not...

Day in the life of a cake maker #1: 12th October 2012

2 cakes to make today, a very floral pink number 1 shaped 1st birthday cake and a blue and white little boy’s Christening Cake. 100 cupcakes to deliver and then not very much else. Looking...

Upside Down Method for Ganaching

This tutorial will show you how I go about ganaching all my cakes…..this is how I do it…there are plenty of other ways...

Hi di hi di hi, ho di ho di ho!

Whoop my first blog entry!! What shall I write about? Shall I bore you with useless information about how I stumbled upon cakey making? Yes, I think I shall :D I have been surrounded by craftly...

CakesDecor.com Cake Themes #10: Black and White Cakes

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts. Black-and-white as a description may be considered something of a misnomer,...