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Casa Luz

Cake courses Spain with Paul Bradford

**Note that Paul is now based in Kirkmicael, Perthshire** Getting Here – do you need a car? We can arrange collection and drop off at the airport at 25 euros a journey. If...

Cake Life Loves…Home-Made Flower Paste

Homemade flowerpaste Michelle Pattinson of VS Cakes has shared her home-made recipe for flower paste/gumpaste with Cake Life readers! “I love making sugarflowers and am...

Ibiza cakes

25 cakes in 2 days – The life of an Ibiza cake maker

A month in the life of an Ibiza cake maker… In this members’ blog, Pro member Eileen Spargo sheds some light on the hectic life of an Ibiza cake maker, which...

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Couture Cakers Collaboration 2018

Couture Cakers – A collaboration ‘Sweet Dreams by Heba’ is proud to once again host the Couture Cakers annual virtual fashion show for the second year...

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Jan Berry’s Baking – How to Make Lemon Curd

Lemon Curd Recipe Who doesn’t love delicious lemon curd? With it’s bright and zingy taste our homemade recipe is sure to tickle your taste buds. Lemon curd makes a...

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Jan Berry’s Baking – Elderflower Cordial Recipe

Janet Berry, a baking and sugarcraft floral expert, is sharing her recipe for elderflower cordial with Cake Life, the perfect accompaniment with her lemon curd cake! Elderflower...

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What are the different types of icing? A guide with Annabelle Jane Cake School

The different types of icing – a definitive guide If you’re looking to learn everything you need to know about the different types of icing then you’ve come to...

Announcing CakeFlix

Introducing CakeFlix As you’ll be aware the online learning experience for many is changing with more and more content being released daily. This is largely down to an increase...

Members’ Cakes – May 2018

Showcasing some of our favourite cakes our members have made over the last month… There’s nothing we find more inspiring than seeing some of our members’...

Making a Chihuahua Cake – In The Classroom

When Collette Ruse of Cake-o-licious wrote to Cake Life to tell us about how much she loved Emma Jayne Cake Design’s chihuahua cake course at Renshaw Academy, we...

Sugar Showcase – May 2018

Sugar Showcase winner May 2018… The Sugar Showcase is a regular monthly online exhibition of some of the greatest cake designs from all across the globe with an overall...

Buttercream

How to make buttercream at home – Free Cake Tutorial

Learn how to make buttercream at home… In this free cake tutorial, we will teach you how to make buttercream from the comfort of your own home. Buttercream is often one of...