So many people love piñata and a lot of celebrations now include them. This love has even led cake decorators to learn how to make a piñata cake. Piñata originated from Mexico. Some historians say the original shape was conical with seven points while others say it was an object with ten points. Some others…
Smash cakes are the next big things after gender reveal cake. Click here to find out more about gender reveal cakes. So due to the popularity of these cakes, many a mum is searching for how to make their baby’s smash cake special. By the way, for those of you who may be clueless about…
Multi-tiered cakes are arranged in different forms but the most popular arrangement is to stack them. You need to know how to stack a cake especially if you are a cake decorator who intends to make a living from making cakes. On the other hand, you may just be a hobbyist who loves to DIY…
Every cake decorator needs to know how to put picture on a cake. This is because a time would come in your career when someone would demand that you put a picture on their cake. Would you keep on refusing orders that require picture on cake? We think not! There are many methods of putting…
A Bundt pan is a bakeware that’s designed differently from the regular cake pans or bakeware. This different designs make it imperative that one learns how to use a bundt pan. Bundt pans are usually designed with a hollow in the middle and grooves on the sides and they are deeper than regular cake pans.…
It’s a great advantage to know how to make buttercream flowers in addition to all the other types of sugar flowers. This means that you can always crank up buttercream flowers for your buttercream cakes instead of looking of other types of decorations to put on the cake. We are not saying that other mediums…
When we talk of the tropics and flavors, exotic fruits readily come to mind. Fruits such as pineapple, mango, coconut, tangerine, kiwi, papapya, mandarin, Barbados cherry, grapes, guava and many more. These fruits provide the bedrock for some of the best Christmas cake recipes from the tropics. What better time to enjoy these fruity goodness…
Adding intricate details to a cake can be tough and time consuming. But thanks to tools such as cake stencils, the process is made easier. To this end, learning how to use cake stencils is of great value to every cake decorator. Cake stencils are just like the regular stencils that artists use. The only…
Cake decorating has many facets and techniques; one of them is sugar veil or sugar lace. Many new cake decorators always ask how to make cake lace but the correct and more popular term for this decorative piece is edible sugar lace. It is in the class of fondant applique and the likes. The difference…
Silicone cake pans are becoming increasingly popular with new generation cake decorators. The old guard is still skeptical to using them; this is mainly because it has a bit of a learning curve. But since they have many advantages, we think that learning how to use a silicone cake pan is a good idea. We’ve…