Cakes and Sugarcraft Magazine have just published the FIVE cake finalists in their 100 iconic cakes series and I am honoured that you, the voting public, have chosen my dragon cake as one of these finalists! My dragon was originally created as a competition piece for a salon culinaire competition – at the time he won […]
Archives for July 2009
How do I change cake recipe quantities?
I keep being asked how to adapt or scale a cake recipe quantities to bake a larger or smaller cake. It’s not difficult and instructions are given in some of my cake decorating books! Below, however, is the chart you will need if you are up for the maths! If not see my alternative approach […]
Summer cookies workshop
Decorating cookies is always so much fun and Friday’s class was no exception. “I could do this all day everyday” was one students comment! The cookies that we decorated were all inspired by summer so first up was a pair of flip flops – there are so many possibilities with these, but as this was […]
Cheeky chimp – novelty cake class
Well I think a very enjoyable day was had by all on Friday’s cheeky chimp cake carving workshop. I certainly enjoyed helping all the students achieve a cake that they were proud to take home. The class was to introduce the students to the art of carving cake, something that many feel frightened of even […]