How we made Goofy out of Fondant/gumpaste

This is our first attempt at an iconic character. We were pretty happy with the results!We couldn’t find any help on line, so this is how we made our goofy. We hope it can help! First...

How to work ahead

Time management is a key ingredient to cake decorating success. I have found a way to work ahead. Recently, I used this method and was able to complete 3 cakes, all with detailed fondant accents,...

New CakesDecor Features #3: Following a member and Tracking Discussion

After receiving lot of messages and questions about the Follow buttons on our website, we decided to to tidy up this mess a little bit. As a result, we’re bringing you new “Following a Member” and...

Half-Covered Stripes

Just a quick note (hopefully) with a few hints on how to create a seamless join when you want to have more than one colour of fondant covering your cake, with no overlaps. 1. Start by...

We have launched direct ad sales on CakesDecor

It’s nice to just copy and paste few AdSense banner from Google and show – what they call related – ads on the website instantly, isn’t it? Yes, we think it is but only if we don’t want to provide...

CakesDecor.com Cake Themes #4: Hello Kitty Cakes

This time I would like to showcase the famous hello kitty cakes posted here on CakesDecor.com. I can’t show you all Hello Kitty Cakes posted, but I hope I picked the most of them. Enjoy Hello...

Hi all

Hi everyone, I will admit when I first came to this site I was dumbstruck, and quite intimidated. All these perfect cakes, and here I am hobby baker whose fondant is usually wrinkled, no sharp...

Coffee Squared Cupcakes

Cupcake Ingredients: (Makes appx 24) 3/4 cup strong hot coffee 3 tsp instant espresso powder 3/4 cup dark cocoa 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 2 cups brown sugar 3 large...

How to make marshmallow fondant (mmf)

Ingredients: 1 – 16oz bag mini marshmallows 1 – 2lb bag powdered sugar (sifted – I usually use about 3/4 to 2/3 of the bag) 2 to 3TBS water shortening gel paste food coloring (if...

Tangled cake tutorial

Hi everyone! This is my first real tutorial and there are some missing photos so bare with me. I hope I have explained this clearly enough and that it’s not a terrible bore. :) Here we go: ...

Strawberry Mascarpone Filling

This is a softly sweet filling made from mascarpone which is an Italian cheese made of cream and a citric acid base. Because of that, it enhances sweet flavors and pairs well with fresh fruit....

How to make a two-toned cake with buttercream

Ok, so this two-toned technique has many applications, but I used it to create a landscape on the side of my cub scout cake. It worked so well, I can’t wait to find a good reason to use it again!...