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‘One in a Melon’ Watermelon Cake Tutorial + Cake International 2021
Read More: ‘One in a Melon’ Watermelon Cake Tutorial + Cake International 2021At the start of November in the UK there is the Cake International cake show which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham over 3 days. It is an exhibition packed with amazing cakes, amazing products and lots of demonstrations. This year I was so honoured as Sweet Stamp asked me to demo on their…
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My 2021 Christmas Gift Guide – For Bakers & Cake Makers
Read More: My 2021 Christmas Gift Guide – For Bakers & Cake MakersI love Christmas, but I always find it hard to work out what to get everyone. Whether you’re a cake maker looking for gift ideas to tell your family, want to start a new hobby in the new year and you’re not quite sure what you might need, or you know an avid baker and…
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How to Pipe Festive Buttercream Poinsettia Cupcakes
Read More: How to Pipe Festive Buttercream Poinsettia CupcakesWith the festive season fast approaching, I thought it would be fun for this weeks tutorial to show you how I pipe beautiful poinsettia cupcakes.
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Cute ‘Sleeping Moon’ Baby Shower Cake Tutorial – Plus NEW Sweet Stamp sets
Read More: Cute ‘Sleeping Moon’ Baby Shower Cake Tutorial – Plus NEW Sweet Stamp setsIf you follow me on Instagram you may have already seen this cake last Friday. If you didn’t know, last week Sweet Stamp released 4 new letter sets and I was lucky enough to get a little sneak peak. For their launch I created this cute sleeping moon cake to celebrate the release and show…
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Chocolate ‘Splash’ Cake Tutorial
Read More: Chocolate ‘Splash’ Cake TutorialHave you ever wondered how to create a topper that looks like a dish or a ‘splash’ for the top of your cakes? For this weeks tutorial I’ve been using candy melts (you can also use chocolate or isomalt too) to show you how to create this fun splash shape topper that you can add…
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Cake Top Forward – Arch Cake Tutorial
Read More: Cake Top Forward – Arch Cake TutorialRecently on Pinterest and Instagram I’ve been seeing lots of people trying out the trend of turning their cakes on it’s side. It creates this super cute almost circle or arch cake, which is becoming known as ‘Cake Top Forward’. I have been dying to have a go as this cake. So in this weeks…
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How To Create A Pretty Gumpaste Bow For Your Tiered Cakes
Read More: How To Create A Pretty Gumpaste Bow For Your Tiered CakesSometimes it can be so hard to come up with a design for your cakes, and a simple bow can make such an impact. In this weeks video tutorial I’m showing you step by step how to create this giant gumpaste bow which looks like it’s been tied around your cake. I absolutely love how…
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Halloween Cake Ideas – Free Cake Decorating Tutorials
Read More: Halloween Cake Ideas – Free Cake Decorating TutorialsIf you celebrate Halloween, it’s such a fun time of year to make cakes and little treats. The colours are always so vibrant and the there is such a variety of designs you can make. From cute Halloween characters to gory and scary cake designs. Here is a selection of Halloween themed cakes to get…
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Cute Woodland Fox Cakesicles / Popsicle Tutorial
Read More: Cute Woodland Fox Cakesicles / Popsicle TutorialOne thing that I love to make and something I haven’t made for a while on the channel are cakesicles. Cakesicles are great at parties or to add into treat boxes as gifts. If you’re new to making cakesicles and wondering what they are, they are sponge cake mixed with buttercream and coated in a…
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How to use Wafer Paper / Rice Paper to make Cake Decorations – 3D Balls, Spheres, wedges
Read More: How to use Wafer Paper / Rice Paper to make Cake Decorations – 3D Balls, Spheres, wedgesA few weeks on my Instagram and the community page on my YouTube channel, I asked what people wanted to see on the channel and so many people said wafer paper (also known as rice paper). There was a technique I’ve been seeing for a while on Pinterest that I thought would be perfect and…
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Autumn / Fall Cake Tutorial – With Sweet Stamp
Read More: Autumn / Fall Cake Tutorial – With Sweet StampIt’s officially Autumn in the UK so I thought it would be really fun to create an Autumn / Fall themed cake for this weeks tutorial. I love the colours of Autumn and all the fallen leaves so thought it would be fun to add these onto a cake. In this tutorial I’m also using…
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How to make a Gumpaste Rose – Free Step by Step Tutorial
Read More: How to make a Gumpaste Rose – Free Step by Step TutorialOne thing I love to make for my cakes is gumpaste flowers and probably the most popular flower to add is a gumpaste rose. Now I do have a gumpaste rose tutorial but I recently realised it was almost 7 years old, so I thought it was time I created an updated version of this…
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