Creative Pancakes
There are some incredible pancake recipes out there, today we bring you some of the most creative designs for your Shrove Tuesday.
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Category: Cake Decorating Tips
Search our blog for cake decorating tips and practical advice on how to improve your baking and caking skills and become a better cake decorator in the process.
Working with red food colouring
We talk about how to use red food colouring and the best ways to get a true red colour for your cake and icings.
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Top tips for working with Royal Icing
In this blog we share with you 5 top tips for working with royal icing. We also share our foolproof royal icing recipe with you for you to try at home.
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What causes elephant skin on cakes
Ahhh – elephant skin on fondant. When you envision a perfectly smooth cake but actually end up with one that is all wrinkly – just like elephant skin. Watch this tutorial and read our tips below to know how to repair that. What is elephant skin? Elephant skin is beautiful on elephants but it’s just […]
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How to stop peeling cupcake cases
In this blog we talk all about those pesky peeling cupcake cases and how to prevent them from coming away.
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How to transfer a cake without damaging it
In this free cake tutorial, we teach you how to transfer a cake without damaging it. We have all been there…you have a perfectly iced cake and a perfectly iced board, and then somehow you have to get your cake onto your board without damaging either of them! This tutorial from Sugar Street Studio’s shows […]
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What is Palette Knife Painting
Palette Knife painting is an abstract, modern and beautifully textured way to decorate your cakes. All you need is a little buttercream, a cranked palette knife and your artistic flair. Palette knife painting was first introduced by artists such as Monet and Cezanne in the impressionist period. The beauty of this type of painting is […]
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Top tips for working with sugar paste
New to working with sugar paste? It can be confusing to a new cake maker so we’ve written a guide with some of our top tips on working with sugar paste so you can get cracking with your creations. But first, a question that comes up all the time – is sugar paste the same […]
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Should I buy a Kenwood or Kitchen Aid
Kenwood vs Kitchen Aid One of the questions we are asked most often is not about cake! The perennial question for budding cake decorators is whether to buy a Kenwood or a Kitchen Aid cake mixer. After all they will become your best friend. If you look online and do some research on the […]
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