Ruffle Effect Piping Techniques – New Piping Tips
Read More: Ruffle Effect Piping Techniques – New Piping TipsIt can often be hard to know which piping tips create which effect, and which ones are best to use on the top of your cupcakes or to make buttercream borders on the top of your cakes. One thing I love to do on the Cakes by Lynz YouTube channel is test out different piping…
Vintage Inspired Piped Buttercream Cake Tutorial
Read More: Vintage Inspired Piped Buttercream Cake Tutorial~ Please note that this post may contain affiliate links~ One trend that seems to be becoming a lot more popular at the moment is vintage inspired piped cakes. One of my favourite things about this technique is you can finally use the smaller piping tips you may have got in piping sets and you never…
How to make gumpaste Gypsophila / Baby’s Breath to add to your cakes
Read More: How to make gumpaste Gypsophila / Baby’s Breath to add to your cakesA really popular flower to add onto cakes, especially wedding cakes is Gypsophila, also known as Baby’s Breath. This tiny white flower looks so pretty on cakes but there is always a lot of discussion about whether it’s safe to use. So this week I’m showing you how to make your own gumpaste Baby’s Breath…
Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Making Cupcakes
Read More: Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Making CupcakesI love making cupcakes, but I know that if you are new to cake decorating or making cupcakes it can sometimes be hard to know where to start. I get asked so many different questions about making cupcakes that I thought I would create a ‘Beginner’s guide’ to help answer some of my most asked…
Ripped Marbled Fondant Cake Wrap Tutorial
Read More: Ripped Marbled Fondant Cake Wrap TutorialRecently I have started seeing people adding fondant wraps around their cakes, whether they go all the way around or just cover part of the cake, similar to the fault line cake but instead of buttercream these are made from fondant / sugarpaste. I really love this style and think they look so pretty. It’s…
Magical Spell Book Cake Tutorial – Plus 10% off Sweet Stamp
Read More: Magical Spell Book Cake Tutorial – Plus 10% off Sweet StampA few weeks ago I received a bunch of goodies from the new Spell Bound range by Sweet Stamp and it included their new letter set. By now you will probably all know I am such a fan of the Sweet Stamp letter sets, I knew I had to create a magical themed cake so…
The Ultimate Strawberry Cake Recipe & Cake Decorating Tutorial
Read More: The Ultimate Strawberry Cake Recipe & Cake Decorating TutorialThis week I have the ultimate strawberry cake tutorial to share with you. If you’re looking for a summery, fruity themed cake, this cake has it all. The cake itself is strawberry flavoured with the yummiest strawberry buttercream, there are strawberries on the board, a giant fondant strawberry on the front and the cake is…
My 6 favourite ways To create edible metallic paint for your cakes
Read More: My 6 favourite ways To create edible metallic paint for your cakesA few weeks ago I uploaded a tutorial which showed you how to add shimmer and sparkle onto your cakes. In this tutorial I used pink diamond lustre dust mixed with dipping solution to create a metallic edible paint (If you haven’t seen it you can click here to watch that tutorial). So many of you…
Rice Paper Sails Cake Decorating Tutorial
Read More: Rice Paper Sails Cake Decorating TutorialI have been so excited to test out making rice paper sails and adding them onto a cake. They look so pretty and a little abstract. In this weeks video tutorial I’m showing you how I made these transparent rice paper sails and different ways you can colour them to match the theme of your…
Rainbow Cake Tutorial With 3D Clouds
Read More: Rainbow Cake Tutorial With 3D CloudsAre you planning a rainbow party and looking for a Rainbow themed cake? This week I’m creating a sweet polka dot rainbow topper surrounded by 3D clouds. This is such a cute design and the colours can all be changed to match your theme. In the tutorial I also go through how to use the…
How to add Shimmer & Sparkle onto your cakes – 3 Different Techniques
Read More: How to add Shimmer & Sparkle onto your cakes – 3 Different TechniquesOn social media a question I see a lot of people ask is how to add sparkle and shimmer onto cakes. So for this weeks video tutorial I’m showing you 3 different ways to make your cakes really shine. From lustre dusts, making your cake look like its covered in sequins to adding edible glitter.…
Ice Cream Themed Cakesicle Tutorial
Read More: Ice Cream Themed Cakesicle TutorialI love creating cakesicles or maybe you call them cake pops, so when this ice cream cone mould arrived from Fest Cake London I knew it just had to be used for some ice cream themed cakesicles. In this weeks tutorial I’m showing you how you can use the mould to create realistic looking Ice…
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