TUTORIAL - Simple Swags by The Violet Cake Shop

This is a quick tutorial for simple swags as seen on my Modern Steampunk Hat cake that was featured in Cake Masters magazine (November issue)… Not sure if anyone else has ever done swags this...

Background Ideas for Cake Photos

In the past, I’ve struggled with taking pictures of my cakes with nice backgrounds. Most of them end up with a background I didn’t like, (chairs, couches, windows) or just a plain wall. ...

Hermit Crab Tutorial

Supplies needed: scissors, 2 brushes, 1 embossing tool, pearl dust, 1 black food gel color, 1 blue food gel color or what ever color you want , 3 different shades of fondant your choice ,...

Coffee Filter Rose

Supplies: coffee filters, wire, green floral tape, alcohol, colour gel, if desired, scissors, white glue, small brush to apply glue, styrofoam square (to place your flower as you work),...

Making Modelling Chocolate

One of the beauties of Modelling Chocolate (I find) is it allows you more time to detail your work, and spend more time modelling in contrast to fondant and the other sugar-pastes which (for me) ...

Wafer Paper LOTUS Tutorial by The Violet Cake Shop™

Merry Christmas Everyone!! I made a tutorial for how to recreate the wafer paper lotuses that I had on my Festival of Lights cake from October, for everyone as my Christmas gift. Hope you all...

Christmas Minion with a banana tree

Hello everyone, I just wanna to share with you a tutorial that I made recently for a blog adventscalender. I use fondant with CMC to create the figures – for the minion body about 80g and...

Tutorial For The Making of "Autumn Impressions"

Hello everyone, The tutorial of Autumn Impressions is finally out. You may see it here. I hope that you enjoy it and that you find it useful for your own future projects. Don’t hesitate to ask...

Christmas Snowman Cake Topper Tutorial

Welcome to this Christmas themed video tutorial where I show you how to make a Christmas snowman cake topper out of icing / fondant. This snowman would be great to add to the top of your...

Orange cake with passion fruit Swiss Meringue Buttercream

This recipe is from http://www.cakepaperparty.com/. I have used a number of the recipes and so far have loved them all. This one was a big hit with the family. Orange Cake with Passion Fruit...

Marble technique for movement effect or natural details

I love this simple technique and I use it very very often. Furthermore it is a good way to use tiny bits or left over of fondant coming from the cake you just finished to cover. Put all your...