Cake Ideas and Top Tips
A host of ideas from flavours to decorations Cake is perfect for a celebration. And every day can be a celebration especially if this list of food based high days and holidays is anything to go by. Cake flavours When baking a cake a world of flavour opportunities is available to you. From classic vanilla to crowd pleasing Biscoff to something a little different like bubblegum. There are lots of delicious options, and ways, to flavour both sponge and buttercream. Classic and Caramel flavours Chocolate Flavours Fruity Flavours If you are truly stuck for ideas Sugar and Crumbs make an amazing range of icing sugars such as pineapple perfect for flavouring icings and…
Bunny Bum Cakes
Celebrate Easter with these fun rabbit cakes! Easter is fast approaching and Bunny Bum cakes are perfect for a spring celebration. A few years ago I organised an Easter Eggstravaganza event at Wood Green Animal Shelters at Heydon so I thought it would be a great opportunity to make an Easter themed cake! I was inspired by the rabbit cake I saw at TESCO but I thought I could make it a bit cuter and more interesting. So here is my strawberry Bunny Bum cake! What you need to make Bunny Bum cakes How to make Bunny Bum cakes So first of all I made two strawberry flavoured cakes…
How to make a Converse Cake
Fun ideas for custom cakes Converse are a classic shoe brand synonymous with canvas shoes. Would you eat a cake in the shape of a shoe? Back in 2015 I was commissioned to make a cake based on a client’s favourite pair of shoes! I had never tackled something like shoes before but I thought I’d give it a go. I didn’t take too many pictures at the time but I thought I’d post what I had. Converse cake: Step by Step First the shoe First I baked a rectangular cake which I then carved into shape using a sharp knife, many research images and small cuts. Next I…
