double cherry blossom #1: Gumpaste double cherry blossom tutorial pt 1

Hi all! I have a new video up, this time showing how to make my simple gumpaste double cherry blossoms as featured on my KonohanaSakuya / geisha cake. Part 1 is how to make the flowers, the...

tool review 2 - No. 1 palette knife

Hi This is another of my faves – my number 1 artists palette knife. It has a really thin and flexible blade which is perfect for lifting and cutting (I find it cuts more cleanly than my...

Tool review - water brush pen

Hi all, This is one of my favourite tools – the water colour brusH20 pen by Zig. I have the green one which I believe is a medium tip. I find it perfect to dampen sugarpaste and gumpaste...

gumpaste wisteria #3: taping together the spray (video)

Hi all! Just to let you know the third and final part of the wisteria tutorial is up on YouTube now – taping together the spray. It was more fiddly than I expected to work with the camera in...

gumpaste wisteria #2: dusting the buds & flowers (video)

Hi all! This is the second part of my gumpaste wisteria tutorial, where I show you how to colour the buds and flowers made in part 1. Thank you all so much for your lovely comments, views,...

gumpaste wisteria #1: making wired gumpaste wisteria flowers & buds

Hi all! Super excited to show you my first youtube video I filmed while making my Konohana Sakuya Hime for the Gardens of the World collab! This one shows you how to make the buds and flowers. ...

Quick hypericum berry spray pictorial

Hello :) I finally got round to compiling this pictorial from photos I took while making Tahira’s wedding cake last August! It’s a quick way to make a little spray of berries you can dust &...

Leftover smbc almond cookie recipe

Hi all, Had some lovely vanilla bean smbc left over and just tried this… 10 mins later I had the most perfect almond vanilla cookies ever – crisp and a little chewy on the outside, fluffy and...

My cake studio (kitchen tour)

Hi guys, This is my little cake kingdom :) not as big or organised as some, but a pretty little space where I can be creative. This is an overview of the main thing. Its pretty much one wall...

My favourite fluffy vanilla cookies

Hi all, I made a batch of these at 3am last night. Then a second, larger batch just now. I think that means they’re good enough to warrant a recipe share, right? :) These are the softest,...

CI entry - your thoughts please

Hi all, So, there’s something I didn’t tell you. I entered a cake into CI last weekend – I didn’t say anything before because it was all a bit new and I tend to introvert when going through...

Secret recipe: All natural chocolate ganache from scratch - naturally sweetened

Hi everyone. I umm’d & aah’d about keeping this recipe a secret forever, or if or how I should share it… in an eventual book, as a paid or free tutorial, as a video, series of pictures or...