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Cake of the Month
Courtesy of www.cakewrecks.com The Cake Wrecks blog was set up by American Jen Yates in May 2008 to showcase professional cakes which have gone hilariously wrong. It became an internet sensation. In 2009, Yates compiled user-submitted photos for her book, Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. A second ...
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Modern Wedding Cake
by Sandra MongerA cool modern twist on the traditional stacked wedding cake, this design combines pure white elegance with vibrant textural expression topped off with a funky sugar flower.
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A Naked Wedding Cake
Photographs by Robin PakesThis 2014 favourite is easy to make and perfect for an informal summer wedding. A classic combo of moist vanilla sponge and lashings of scrummy jam and buttercream is sandwiched into deep tiers and dusted with icing sugar before being decorated with delicious soft summer berries.
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Oh the Joys of the Cake World
I am not one to voice my opinion loudly on cake drama. I have a small group of cake friends that I chat with but I am generally not the one to get on the defensive on cake forums and cake debates.
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Easter Cake Project
This quick and cheerful oval ganache-layered Easter cake, by Paul Bradford of the Sugarcraft School, is sure to be a crowd-pleaser, featuring a fun spring scene in pastels with a roll call of sugarpaste rabbits, ducks, eggs and daffodils.
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Christmas savarin cake
GBBO winner John Whaite’s Christmas savarin cake He won the hearts of the nation when he won this year’s Great British Bake Off. Here, former law student John Whaite gives CakeWire his Christmas version of a savarin.
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Wedding Cake Masterclass
We asked Elizabeth Solaru, who runs the successful Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium in London, to create a wedding cake that looked a million dollars but was relatively straightforward to make. Her answer was this stunning wedding cake: a three-tier stack of cushions, which is decorated with pearls, lace and sugar flowers.
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The Smash cake
For a great deal of cake-makers, myself included, the birthday cake is the reason they are now in this industry. A major birthday for a partner, child, parent or friend, for example, may have sent us running to books by cake designers Debbie Brown or Lindy Smith and wishing we could achieve such great results, rather than buying the preservative filled supermarket sponge cakes.
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Spooky Haunted Castle Cake
Inspired by Hammer House Horror, ghoulish goings on and things that go bump in the night, this cake is ideal for Halloween and the celebration of all things spine chilling.
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Christmas Cake Project
A Christmas Gift - in 12 StepsChristmas is traditionally a time for the giving and receiving of gifts and also a time for eating and celebrating. Here at CakeWire we have devised a delicious way of providing a Christmas cake as a gift to help celebrate the festive season.
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The lowdown on children’s cakes
Points to consider:Children’s cakes can be great fun to do.....but while not wanting to sound negative a large, carved novelty can take the same amount of time, ingredients and effort as a wedding cake! And the party budget may not stretch to this.
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The lowdown on Easter cakes
The lowdown on Easter cakes In the past Simnel cake was popular, a fruit cake with a marzipan layer baked in the centre (although it was also a traditional Mothering Sunday Cake). This is decorated with marzipan, melted fondant and Royal Icing, the marzipan balls around the top edge represent the apostles present at the Last Supper.
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The lowdown on Wedding cakes
We had a discussion in class re what is a wedding cake? And we realised in today’s fast moving market- anything goes! So from the traditional to the wacky it is basically what the couple fancy. Tips:
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Cutting cakes
Q: Dear Lindy, Do you have any advice on how to go about cutting a really ornate cake? I make a lot of children’s cakes and some of them have a lot of decorations on them. I never know what to advise parents in terms of how they can go about cutting them up into party-bag size portions without too much mess. Any advice would be really appreciated.
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lara’s life sized cakes
Behind the scenes with the Cake International Winner How Lara Clarke created her award-winning life-sized cakes: process, timings and the transportation Amateur baker Lara Clarke’s life-sized cake creations wowed visitors at Cake International in Birmingham in November, winning both silver and gold. Following her Johnny Depp cake last year, which ...
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Pricing cakes
Q: "I have been selling my celebration cakes mainly through word of mouth recommendations so far and not reallycharging enough as my cakes are really a labour of love. I want to scale up my business, but my cakes will still be bespoke. How do I work out what to charge? Should I sell at a loss to get things going?"
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Vegan cakes
Q: "I have been asked to make a vegan birthday cake for a one-year-old who is allergic to dairy products and eggs. Do you have any tips on what I can use instead of these ingredients? I am worried about coming up with a really awful- tasting cake."
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Wedding Cakes
The wedding cake market, although competitive, is undeniably a profitable market to get into. For most people their wedding cake will be the most elaborate, expensive and pondered-over cake purchase they will make in their lives, so they are great orders to get, with lots of scope for profit.
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Wedding Cakes
Q: I was asked to create a wedding cake for my niece months ago, and did not hear any more. Now the invite has come through to her wedding, scheduled in May, plus a note asking me again to do the wedding cake. I thought she had made other arrangements. I am in two minds what to do. I can’t really say no as she might take it personally, but time is so short that I might not be able to get everything done in time. The colour scheme is difficult, bright purple and she does not want a traditional fruit cake or cupcakes either. Do you have any advice on cutting corners in making this wedding cake?! If it was not family I would say no. Please help me!
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Whimsical Wedding Cakes
Ok all you home based cake bakers: imagine your ideal house. You wake up in the morning, get dressed and drift downstairs to the lower level of the house which opens with a welcoming sofa and one wall made up entirely of large picture windows with an amazing view of a beautiful river, boats gently drifting past. Turn around and look at the rest of the room.