A Bite of Buttercream #15: Buttercream Wreath Class - April 17th 2016

After months of planning (and stressing!), the day finally arrived for my first ever Buttercream Class! How exciting!! My beautiful students, Robyn, Angel, Sophia, Kat, Ronya, and Grace, were...

A Bite of Buttercream #14: Creating a Pixie Shoe

For such a long time, I’ve wanted to make a Sugar Shoe. The main hitch was, I’m not really a high heel kinda fan. If I HAVE to wear shoes, they’re usually sand shoes, and not really the sort of...

A Bite of Buttercream #13: Prepping and Crumb Coating a Cake

True beauty starts from the inside, whether it’s a person or a cake, and my aim at Viva La Buttercream, is to inspire a little of both. Any cake made with love is perfect on it’s own, but if...

A Bite of Buttercream #12: Hey Sugar!

There’s a whole lot of sugar out there, and I’m not just talking about Chris pratt! There are so many different types of sugar, and sugar products, involved in baking and decorating cakes and...

A Bite of Buttercream #11: Perfect Layers

Perfect, even layers. They look good huh? But just how do you get them? Sorcery? Well possibly, but let’s stick to the easy way! There are numerous ways you can layer (Torte) your cake, but...

A Bite of Buttercream #10: Using a Silicone Mold with Buttercream

Using Buttercream in a mold?? Sorcery!! Well no actually, it’s easier than you might think, and opens up a whole world of design and decoration opportunities. As well as...

A Bite of Buttercream #9: Why I love Buttercream

Spend 5 minutes on any cake page, and you’ll see pages and pages of sharp edged fondant and ganache. So why then, if they are so popular, would I not only choose to work with Buttercream, but...

Piping a Buttercream Rose

Buttercream Roses are sooo beautiful, and they are by far, the most requested Buttercream tutorial that I get asked for! I have a quick and easy Video Tutorial for you (my first ever Youtube...

A Bite of Buttercream #8: Creating a Fairytale

There’s more to Buttercream than meets the eye. Did you know you can texture buttercream with an impression mat, just like fondant? Well you can! You can also mix your media, and add...

A Bite of Buttercream #7: When is Icing, Art?

When does Cake become Edible Art? Is there a point when Buttercream becomes an artistic medium? YES. Creation is intent. Simple as that. If you have taken something, anything, and used it to...

A Bite of Buttercream #6: Flower Arranging - Buttercream Style!

So you’ve piped some really awesome Buttercream flowers. They’re beautiful. The colours are perfect. Now what? Flower arranging in Buttercream is pretty much the same as arranging regular...

A Bite of Buttercream #5: A Leaf on the Wind

Leaves and foliage can make or break your Floral Cake. There has been many a time where I have chosen my flowers, placed them on a cake and thought “this isn’t going to work..”, then Boom! Leaves...