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POPPIES, Please, People!
(This tutorial was originally published Australian Sugar Craft, Volume 22, No. 3, March...
Rolled Buttercream
(This recipe was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 16, Issue 1, September...
Cake Boards
(This Judges’ Corner article was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 18, No. 4, June...
Gluten-free Carrot Cake with Orange Frosting
(This recipe was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 16, Issue 4, June 2005)Note from Jean...
Gluten-Free Fruit Cake
(This recipe was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 16, Issue 4, June 2005)Note from Jean...
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The Magic of Aquafaba
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Transferring an image to Fondant
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Painting on Icing
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Modelling Chocolate
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Marbled Buttercream Cake with Chocolate Decorations
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Designing Christmas Cakes
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Tutorials
POPPIES, Please, People!
(This tutorial was originally published Australian Sugar Craft, Volume 22, No. 3, March 2011)Poppies symbolize beauty, magic, consolation, fertility and eternal like. The ancient Greeks used Poppies in the shrines of Demeter, goddess of fertility. We think this...
Wrapping or Tenting your Cakes
Tenting your cakes is a method of wrapping and covering your cakes while baking to ensure an even bake with no overcooked edges and dry crusty tops.I always use 3" high baking tins as I like to bake smaller cake layers, so they don’t have to be in the oven too...
Mermaid Cake Topper
The aim of this Tutorial is to show how to make a completely edible, detailed character topper quickly, using relatively few tools and two easily found generic cheap moulds.REQUIREMENTS 3 Kellogg’s LCM bars (Rice Krispie bars), plain or coco pops doesn’t matter....
Pirate Ship
It’s fun to make and you can change it up to suit whatever occasion you need it for.Equipment & Supplies: • Approx. 500g of light brown sugar paste with tylos added • Small amount of black sugar paste with tylos added • 100g of dark brown sugar paste with tylos...
Decorated Biscuits
Decorated biscuits look great as an accompaniment to a cake, but they can also be incorporated into the final design of the cake. Better yet, used as a cake topper, or as the base for a name or greeting plaque, or to create structural elements as part of the overall...
Cupcake Themed Cake Pops
Our Associations have talented junior cake decorators, and Isabelle is one of them. With this tutorial Isabelle shows how to hand-mould and decorate cupcake themed cake pops. Cake pops are a form of cake styled as a lollypop, hand shaped into any shape you desire....
Gorgeous Meringue Sugar Cookies & Pops
You can make meringue kisses, pops or anything you like. here’s how I make them . . . In this lesson you will learn how to make these easy meringue pieces to decorate your cakes *Original recipe is based on the Sugar Stamp Meringue Recipe by the Cookie Countess....
Baby Face Biscuits
A delightful gift - so easy to make!EQUIPMENT Biscuit, round shape (use your own biscuit/cookie recipe) Rolling pin Pizza wheel cutter Small circle cutters Edible black paint Edible glue Cornflour or icing sugar Large circle cutter Lustre or powder...
Wired Phalaenopsis Orchid
How to create a beautiful orchid.If you look at a real Phalaenopsis Orchid, you will see that the throat seems to hang from the column in the centre of the flower, so this method of wiring is a little different from the usual way. Take six lengths of wire about 7cm in...
Wedgewood Theme
These are some examples of Wedgewood as we all know it. What I did was add a spin on the old favourite and do a couple of different things.The Wedgewood Rose Make your bud as usual then when dry add your “Wedgewood” effect by piping thick Royal Icing to the edge of...
Making a Slipper Orchid
The genus are many and are generally known as Slipper, or Lady Slipper Orchids (Paphiopedilum is derived from a Greek word meaning - Paphia = Goddess Venus, pedilon = slipper or shoe).The Slipper Orchid habitat is South-east Asia, Philippines, Malaysia, New Guinea and...
Introduction to Wafer Paper Techniques
Wafer paper has been used recently to decorate cakes in various ways. It comes in the form of white sheets usually made from rice or potato starch. There are two different sides of this paper, a shiny side and a more textured side. The shiny side is considered the...
Winter Theme Cake
This cake can be adapted for Christmas, Frozen Theme or a Winter Woodlands CakeI just love the marble effect on cakes but always inform your customer that they turn out different every time. It can be so hard to replicate a certain look or match colour ratios from...
Santa’s Little Helpers
These little cuties are so easy to adapt for different skill levels. Just add or take away different parts.Also making them in different colours these little guys will easily transform into red & blue for Gnomes and browns for Fantasy Woodland Critters. This...
Santa
This Santa can be easily adapted to any size. Made out of just fondant. Use rice crispies if you want to go bigger. You could even use a cupcake, muffin or cake for his body.Use your imagination about the different accessories you can make to sit next him: • Christmas...
Santa Claus, Mrs Claus & Reindeer
This tutorial will show you how to create a Christmas family including Santa, Mrs. Claus and their Reindeer!Equipment • Polystyrene cake dummy • (7” round. 1 1/2” in height) • Sugar glue • Cornflour • Solite/vegetable fat • CMC/tylose • Cake decorating matt •...
POPPIES, Please, People!
(This tutorial was originally published Australian Sugar Craft, Volume 22, No. 3, March 2011)Poppies symbolize beauty, magic, consolation, fertility and eternal like. The ancient Greeks used Poppies in the shrines of Demeter, goddess of fertility. We think this...
Wrapping or Tenting your Cakes
Tenting your cakes is a method of wrapping and covering your cakes while baking to ensure an even bake with no overcooked edges and dry crusty tops.I always use 3" high baking tins as I like to bake smaller cake layers, so they don’t have to be in the oven too...
Mermaid Cake Topper
The aim of this Tutorial is to show how to make a completely edible, detailed character topper quickly, using relatively few tools and two easily found generic cheap moulds.REQUIREMENTS 3 Kellogg’s LCM bars (Rice Krispie bars), plain or coco pops doesn’t matter....
Pirate Ship
It’s fun to make and you can change it up to suit whatever occasion you need it for.Equipment & Supplies: • Approx. 500g of light brown sugar paste with tylos added • Small amount of black sugar paste with tylos added • 100g of dark brown sugar paste with tylos...
Recipes
Rolled Buttercream
(This recipe was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 16, Issue 1, September 2004)How good is Buttercream! Check out this golden Oldie Recipe from Pam PentonIngredients: 250g butter 1 cup glucose 1 teaspoon vanilla essence ½ teaspoon salt 3 cups pure...
Cake Boards
(This Judges’ Corner article was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 18, No. 4, June 2007)Decorating a cake is more than making a good cake, covering it with icing, and arranging the decorations. The design of a well-decorated cake has many components...
Gluten-free Carrot Cake with Orange Frosting
(This recipe was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 16, Issue 4, June 2005)Note from Jean Major: Many of us face the problem of a family member or customer with special needs. We have a family member who suffers an extreme intolerance to gluten –...
Gluten-Free Fruit Cake
(This recipe was originally published in Australian Sugar Craft, Vol. 16, Issue 4, June 2005)Note from Jean Major: Many of us face the problem of a family member or customer with special needs. We have a family member who suffers an extreme intolerance to gluten –...
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