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  • Spiderman Cake

    The idea for this cake came from the Spiderman 4 wallpaper below I copied the spider and the number 4 to cut out in black and red sugar paste. If you would like a larger sized spider  to print out just visit my ‘Free Stuff’ page. The cake itself is a 7″ round Dark Chocolate Mud Cake filled and…

  • Retro Birthday Cake

    This stunning 8″ round cake is a Vanilla Buttermilk Cake layered with Swiss Lemon Meringue Buttercream and covered in sugar-paste. One thing I really like about this particular buttermilk cake is that it is essentially a one bowl cake, not following the regular cake pattern of creamed butter and sugar, eggs added one by one and then alternating dry…

  • Pink Tatty Teddy Christening Cake Tutorial

    7” White Chocolate Caramel Mud Cake Round Ingredients 180g butter 180g white choc 162ml water 90 SR 180g plain 120g caster 120g soft brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 250g nestle Top’n’Fill Caramel Ganache 780g white chocolate 270ml pure cream Fondant 780g sugar-paste Method for the 7″ round white chocolate Caramel mud cake  (adapted…

  • Hand painted Wedding Cake Tutorial

    Materials needed 7″ and 9″ round card for the base of each tier. Doweling for support Bottle Green satin ribbon – 6mm wide by 2m Bottle Green satin ribbon – 2 inches wide by 2m Black satin ribbon 1 inch wide by 2m Diamontes buckle 13″ diameter cake board 4mm or 6mm thick 7” Dark…

  • Pink Tiffany Wedding Cake Tutorial

    This cake was made up of two square tiers. The bottom tier was an 11″ dark chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache and the top tier was a 9″ white chocolate mud cake with white chocolate ganache. Ingredients for the 9″ square white chocolate mud cake 400g butter 400g white chocolate 350ml water 400…

  • How to make Ganache and cover your cake with it

    I love using ganache to cover cakes and wedding cakes as it tastes incredibly delicious and it’s so much easier to get nice, straight sides and edges compared to buttercream. Ganache is also wonderful to use under sugar-paste for the same reasons. Living as I do on the Gold Coast, Australia, ganache is the obvious…

  • Transformers Cake Tutorial

    This was a small 5.5″ diameter cake to feed 10 children. Dark Chocolate Mud Cake (from Planet Cake Cookbook) Ingredients for 5.5″ cake 80g  butter 80g  dark choc 10g  coffee 60ml  water 50g  SR 50g  plain 20g  cocoa 1/4 tsp  bicarb 180g  caster 1.5  eggs 3  tsp oil 40ml  buttermilk Dark Chocolate Ganache  450g dark chocolate,…

  • Butterfly Cookies Step by Step Tutorial

    These cookies are iced using the ‘Outlining and Flooding’ technique which is simple to learn. The outline works as a dam or wall to hold the runny icing which you use to fill in the main parts of the cookie. Buttery Sugar Cookies Recipe click here Cookie Leveller click here Royal Icing Recipe click here Traditionally a thicker…

  • Ben 10 Cake Tutorial

    Ben 10 Birthday Cake When I am designing a new cake I like to gather all my ideas and resources together before I start. I put all my images on one page and then take a screenshot. I have an iMac and I simply Preview/File/Take Screen Shot. Screen Shot Cake tin and cake boards 11.5″…

  • Happy Valentine’s Day Cookies Tutorial

    Here is another treat for you to make for your loved one this Valentine’s day! These cookies are not difficult to make and are decorated with Royal Icing and can be as simple or elaborate as you like.   I now use this gorgeous recipe for all my cookies. The cream cheese gives them a…