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How to cover a cake with sugarpaste

24th November 2020 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

how to cover a cake with sugarpaste

Would you like to be able to cover your Christmas cake in sugarpaste without tearing the icing or leaving bubbles under the paste? Would you like your cake to have a beautifully smooth, silky professional finish with nice sharp top edges? If so, I’ve made the perfect video for you….. Baking and covering introduction This […]

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Sugarpaste and Fondant are they the same?

3rd March 2011 by Lindy Smith

sugarpaste and fondant are they the same thing

I find that many newbie cake decorators become easily confused with all the different names given to the soft roll out icing that we use these days to cover most of our cakes. However, basically yes, sugarpaste is the term most widely used in the UK  for this soft icing and the term fondant when […]

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Why does my sugarpaste crack when covering cakes?

27th February 2009 by Lindy Smith

why does my sugarpaste crack when covering cakes

“Why does my sugarpaste crack when I’m covering cakes” is a question I often hear when I’m teaching, even from people that have been decorating cakes for a while. Usually, the simple answer is that either, the paste hasn’t been kneaded enough or the consistency of the paste isn’t correct i.e. it is too soft […]

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