Sugarpaste

Tale of a Wedding Cake

Hello all – please forgive me for the lack of recipes of late I have had a huge project on the go…

A wedding cake for my sister Charlotte and her husband!

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The Busy Girl’s Guide to Cake Decorating

Well, it’s just a fortnight until my book hits the shops.

 ‘EEEEEEEEEEK!!’

So it’s definitely time to fill you in on all the ins and outs of where you can nab a copy, or get me to sign it for you…..

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How to Make an Easter Chick

How to make an Easter Chick

How cute is this little chickie?

He’s made from a creme egg!  When I saw these made by Helen at Casa Costello I knew I had to  have a menace about and see what I could come up with!

(Do bob over and see more of Helen’s fab creations)

It’s also my first ever foray into video tutorials if you need a bit more than just the photos!

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Day 2 – Father Christmas Cookie Lollies

Father Christmas Cookie Lollies

On the second day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Father Christmas Cookie Lollies (and if you’re not singing – why not?)

You will need:

1 batch of Vanilla Sugar Cookie Dough

Lolly sticks

Sugarpaste in peach or pink, red and black (or a black icing pen)

White edible ribbon (Renshaws) or white sugarpaste

Royal icing

Pink lustre dust for the cheeks (optional)

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Posted in Biscuit, Biscuits, Children, Christmas, Decorating, Gifts, Kids, Sugarpaste, Treats, Twelve Days of Christmas | 13 Comments

Day 1 – Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake

On the first day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me (singing please!)…..Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake.

Stars and Sparkle Christmas Tree Cake

Hurrah!  For me, Christmas starts on the 1st December, I have to be held back until today before festooning everything in sparkles and fairy lights because I’m a Christmas nut!

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Stars and Sparkle Christmas Tree Cake

Stars and Sparkle Christmas Tree Cake

 You will need:

1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here

Sugarpaste, white and dark blue

Small sugarpaste star cutters  and medium star cutters

Silver balls

Edible cake sparkles in white

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Gingerbread Man Cake

Gingerbread Man CakeYou will need:

1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste as per the instructions here

Sugarpaste in red, white and green

Chocolate sugarpaste (or regular sugarpaste coloured brown)

Royal Icing

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Holly Wreath Cake

Holly Wreath CakeYou will need:

1 x cake marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here

Green, white and red sugarpaste

Round fluted cutter

Edible red glitter

Steak knife

To create the two shades of green, take equal amounts of the green and white and knead together until fully combined.  

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Spooky Spectacular Halloween Cake

I thought I’d throw in a decorated Halloween cake to the projects pot this year using a really simple but effective cake decorating technique – brushed royal icing.

If you’d like to have a go at this cake at home (and it’s not half as tricky as it looks) you will need:

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How to Cover a Cake with Sugarpaste

How to cover a cake in sugarpaste

I’ve already shown you how to marzipan and cover a fruit cake with sugarpaste when we were making Christmas cakes last year (post here) but it’s useful to be able to cover sponge cakes with sugarpaste too.  The preparation is a little different so here’s how to….

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