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Bite Sized
Watch Valeri make her amazing buttercream cake in just one minute!
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1. Blooms on Basket
This cake project is a part of our Sculpture Palette knife Painting series which we have strategically broken down to parts for your ease of understanding every topic. Stunning creations are waiting for you, you just have to practice, practice and practice.
Blooms on Basket Tutorial by Valeri Valeriano
Blooms on Basket is rather extra ordinary way to progress your Sculpture palette knife painting skills. The approach of doing the basket weave on this cake project is surely going to be an excellent addition to your do-me-a-basket collection. The Roses and Anemones painting can be a little complex but Valeri will give you a comprehensive explanation on how to properly achieve them so you will not need to worry.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to…
- Cover your cake with a little bit of rustic look
- Create a unique basketweave pattern
- Correctly hold your palette knife to be able to achieve palette knife painted designs
- Achieve stunning colours using your Swiss meringue or Italian meringue
- and lots, lots more
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Valeri Valeriano & Christina Ong
Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes is a multi-award winning cake company based in London. Founded in June 2011, the company is headed by cake artists and best friends, Valeri and Christina. It was by sweet accident that these ladies discovered their passion and talent. On Mother’s Day 2011, they wanted to give their two friends whom they consider their “second-mums” something special but not expensive and decided to bake for them...and they have never stopped since. Renowned globally for their edible works of art using nothing else but buttercream as their decorating medium, Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes has been featured in numerous well known blogs, local and international news, magazines, TV Shows and have showcased their masterpieces as well as demonstrated in some of UK’s biggest exhibitions. Valeri and Christina take immense pride in their mastery of buttercream and their goal is to revive and modernize this age-old art.
