cake decorating

Have you ever wanted to know how to prevent your icing fondant covered cake board from scratching? Then check out this tutorial! We've all done it, scratched it, dented it, or marked it, but how about not doing it anymore? This is a fabulously easy way to foolproof your boards, even at the last...

When making cakes, especially larger ones, you may have found it difficult to pick the cake and board up from the work surface due to the following reasons:- The size and weight of it. The cake board sits flat against the worktop. You're unable to get your fingertips underneath the board. An...

As you are aware straws, come in an array of shapes and sizes whether it be straight ones, whirly ones, clear ones, stripey ones and now even the environmentally friendly paper ones to choose from. So you'll be pleased to know that as well as being an excellent drinking tool, they also come...

When you begin cake decorating, you will find that having a range of paintbrushes in your toolbox will be extremely handy. Now I don't mean pinching them from your little ones; no, what I do suggest is that you have a set just for cake decorating. They're relatively cheap to buy and will help...

Tonight I will be returning to Worsley College to teach the students how to level, fill and cover a ready-made Madeira Cake, then decorate it and make it into the above shirt design. Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Date: 14 May 2014 Location: Salford College For full details contact Salford College...

Well, I was back teaching again last night and what a night it was....busy doesn't even cover it! :D Barring the fact that the room was like a sauna and the heat was definitely getting to me (I, unfortunately, renamed one of our students Pauline sorry Michelle! :confused:) The creativity and...

If you are making a cake for a party or a little one then always try and remember to incorporate a little of the design on the back of the cake. This makes it interesting to the other guests who only generally get to see the back of the cake whilst it is presented to the birthday boy or girl...

Here are some more student cake designs, we are now running the course over two nights due to the high demand. :) Ana: Ana's Remarkable Rose Design, she used buttercream to cover her cake, iced it and then made all the roses herself. I especially love the Claret colour she used to dye the...