The cake business - How many orders can you take on?

The cake business is a fantastic business to be in! Not only is it someone’s birthday each day of the year but people get engaged, married, have baby showers, christenings and anniversaries....

CakesDecor Theme: Wedding Cakes - Part 5

Wedding Cakes: Part 5!! This has definitely been the most popular month for Wedding Cakes on CakesDecor, we have over 120 cakes featured this week, and, they’re all stunning!! ...

Large Rose Tutorial

This tutoriial is based in part on Fran’s Rose tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYkPhb-_gDg but includes wired petals. Take a 20 gauge wire and a small styrofoam egg. The egg...

Fleur De Lis Cake Video Tutorial

Here is a free video showing how to make this beautiful cake featuring Sharon Zambito of www.SugarEdProductions.com and Dominic Palazollo of www.MarvelousMolds.com ENJOY! VIDEO HERE ...

How to create perfect stiped fondant and chocolate

This a tutorial on using a pasta maker to create perfect horizontal stripes on fondant or modeling chocolate. 1. Take your chosen base colour of fondant or modelling chocolate and pass it...

Pillow cake tutorial

This is a pillow cake for a 50th birthday. The shoe is made of fondant/gumpaste and completely edible. We two-toned the fondant with purple on the bottom and biege on top with white royal...

homemade silicone mold #1: tutorial

two brands of food safe FDA approved silicone mold I use . I buy this two from Michael’s using 40-50% coupons. The box comes with two different colored component. varieties of knick...

Diamond Buttercream Quilting Technique

I posted this to my blog this morning, but I wasn’t sure if I could share videos on here or not. In this video, I present the method I use to get a diamond / harlequin effect on my buttercream...

Ribbon Rose Tutorial

A number of people have asked me exactly how I make the ribbon roses on my bouquet cake so here’s a quick tutorial. *The Equipment * I use a small cutting board, a rolling pin and a...

Sharp Edges on Fondant Cakes

OK, so I posted some time back in one of the forum posts about how I achieve sharp edges on fondant, and while for the most part my technique is much the same, I am always learning how to do...

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,...