Cupcake Bouquet Step-by-step

As this is a question I get asked quite a bit, I decided to photo my latest cupcake bouquet every step of the way to show exactly how it’s done. It’s fairly easy to do and by using different...

New CakesDecor Features #2: Cake Decorator of the Week

10 000 cakes! Are you kidding?? If you told me 5 months ago, when we were launching this website, that there will be 10 000 cakes posted in March I would think you are insane. And now…here it is!...

"Lots of questions"

I need some ideas on how to make a pirite ship cake for my Grandsons 10th BD party. Is it easier to use fondent or gumpaste to make fiagures?

CakesDecor.com Cake Themes #3: Ruffle Cakes

homemade silicone mold #2: BORDER tutorial

The previous silicone mold tutorial dealt with creating silicone impression of buttons, cameo and other decorative ornaments you can put on the side of a cake. In this series, we will be talking...

CakesDecor Tutorials Contest #6: And the Winner is ...

First I would like to thank all of you who decided to enter our Tutorials Contest by posting a tutorial. Also I would like to thank to our sponsors, who donated the prizes and make the contest...

Isomalt Coral

I am not an expert at this by any means. I have just done a ton of trial and lots of errors so I wanted to share what I learned so far. If anyone has anymore tips please let me know and I will...

Interview #2: Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen

1. How did you first get started with cake decorating? I got into cake decorating by accident… It was not something I went to school for, not something I willingly sought out. I ordered a...

How to Make Tiki Heads

Last week I needed a luau-themed sweet treat to feed a crowd, so I decided to make mini cupcakes with tiki head toppers made out of chocolate rolled fondant. This is a lot of fun and very...

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...

Edible Painitng on Cakes #1: My edible painting on fondant covered cake

Step #1 Cover cake with fondant with your choice of color Step #2 Trim edges and smooth fondant onto cake Step #3 Draw/Transfer image on cake using scriber needle and pencil (this will be...

CakesDecor Tutorials Contest #5: Third Week Winner

25 excellent tutorials were posted on our website and I’d like to thank you for posting every one of them. The 3rd week random winner of our CakesDecor T-shirt is Royal Bakery with her Freehand...