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,...

CLASSIC PIANO TUTORIAL

To see the all tutorial with photos click here CLASSIC PIANO TUTORIAL By ANA REMÍGIO This was my first attempt at making an elevated piano. I’m sure there may be alternative methods for...

How to make a Fondant Ruffle Flower Topper

In this tutorial I want to show you how to make a fondant ruffle flower. Ruffle flower accessories are chic and fashionable and can even be made out of fondant. They are a unique and...

Love these easy going customers they make me feel excited about doing there cakes!!

Just thought I’d share BUT I just love love love those easy-going customers that send you a picture of what they want you send them your ideas and all they say is yes yes yes ahhhh gets me so...

Ombre cake #1: Step by step tutorial

Mix your batter as usual, and add a tiny amount of whatever colour you decide that you are going to use. For this cake I am using pink, use a cocktail stick to add the colour in gradually so...

silent cakes

I have just been scrolling through the silent cakes album.. Not only are some of them amongst the most amazing cakes i have ever seen but they are more than worthy of being in the top 3. Im new...

CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Fall 2012 #2: Call for entries

Entry period of the CakesDecor Quarterly Awards – Fall 2012 is now officially open and will close on "October 24. There are 8 Cakes submitted already – click here to see them all. Here’s...