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Tips for Extreme Weather Cake Decorators Part 2 – Fillings & Frostings
If you spend hours and hours decorating a beautiful cake it can be devastating if extreme weather conditions are out to destroy all your hard work so I am passing on some tips that may help you. For the majority of my cake making and decorating career, I lived in England where it seldom gets
Tips for Extreme Weather Cake Decorators Part 1: Gum Paste Sugar Flowers
You can spend hours and hours making the most beautiful gum paste sugar flowers only to find that hot/humid weather conditions are out to destroy all your hard work so I am passing on my own experience and tips from friends that may help you. I started off my gum paste flower making, cake making
How To Colour Gum Paste On A Budget Like An Expert
Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to spend a lot of money to colour your Gum Paste when you start making sugar flowers and still get amazing results? I know the feeling… Whenever you start something new you always feel that it’s going to cost you a fortune and I have no doubt
How to Make Your Own Marzipan and Cover Your Rich Fruit Cake
The texture of homemade marzipan is really good and it can be rolled out to cover a cake just the same as you would use fondant or used to cover a fruitcake before you add a coat of Rolled Fondant Icing or Royal Icing. You can colour it and as well as covering a cake,
Simple Homemade Gum Paste Recipe for Sugar Flower Making
What if you could cut back on your expenses by making your own Gum Paste – read on and find out how it’s done. I know it’s easy to shop online or go to your local cake supplier to buy ready-made Gum Paste but it is expensive and I have not been satisfied with the
My Rich Fruit Christmas Cake Recipe that Really Works
This rich fruit Christmas cake recipe will produce a moist cake that everyone will love. Once you have perfected the art of making this cake, I don’t think you will use any other recipe for your Christmas cakes. The fruit used in a traditional English fruit cake are sultanas, raisins, currants, glace cherries and small
Everything You Need to Know About Beet Sugar Vs Cane Sugar for Decorating Cakes
Have you ever wondered why some sugar you buy, even if it looks the same as any other sugar, just does not produce the results you would like? Until I started using icing/confectioners sugar to make my own gum paste to produce sugar flowers and for the decorations on my cakes, I thought all sugar
How to Choose the Best Royal Icing Recipe for Your Cakes or Projects
Often people are unaware of which type of Royal icing to use for their cakes or projects so below I’ve put together my two ‘go to’ recipes that will guarantee your cakes turn out successfully. One of the most versatile products used for cake decorating is Royal Icing whether it sets hard or is a
What You Must Ask Your Clients To Get Their Wedding Cake Flowers And Cake Just Right
Do you know what questions to ask so you can give a bride exactly the cake she wants? Get this right and she will have nothing to complain about. The type of flowers, the colours and the design of the cake will normally be chosen by the bride but sometimes they don’t have any idea
The Easiest Rolled Fondant Icing Recipe
There are many uses for rolled fondant as well as using it to cover a cake. For example, you can use it to make simple flower designs for cupcakes, make cut-out designs, models, bows and drapes for your cake. Unlike decorations made with gum paste, they are all edible. Fondant plus gum is possible but
5 Reasons To Make Sugar Gum Paste Flowers
The delicate sugar flowers that decorate many of today’s celebration cakes are called gum paste flowers because they are made from confectioner’s/powdered sugar that has been mixed with several ingredients including edible gum. It is made into a paste that has an elastic quality, which can be rolled very thinly then shaped easily by hand
Should I use Gum Tragacanth, CMC Tylose or GumTex?
There are three gums available for making sugar gum paste. Two are natural gum products and the other is a chemical substitute. Natural Gums Gum Tragacanth – is a natural gum made from the dried sap of a plant found in the Middle East. It has no taste but it does have a slight smell