There has been much debate about what dowel rods to use when stacking a cake. I’ve seen everything being used from 1/4″ wooden dowels to custom support systems for stacked cakes. I’ve created a stacking method that hasn’t let me down yet. Knock on wood! I use the 1″ white plastic dowels from Pfeil and Holing and the 1/4″ wooden dowels from CK Products. With my method, the plastic dowels provide support ...
Continue Reading →Ok, so I stepped outside of the design box a little bit on this one. I wanted to do a steel grey cake! Doesn’t sound too appetizing does it? Well, who cares. I still wanted to do it so, I did. This cake is covered in light grey fondant and then I pearlized it with white sugar pearl luster dust. I then piped a white beaded border around the base of each layer. I cut out large organic flower petals ...
Continue Reading →Hi everyone! Since my blog is new I thought I would do our first class showing you some of the basics of cake decorating wiht buttercream or Cake Decorating 101 I guess you could say. This is going to be a really informative class that will allow the beginnier to master the basic skills of cake decorating. This is a very important class. You will learn the following techniques in ...
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