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It’s Showtime with Karen Portaleo at Cake International

It’s Showtime – Cake International at the NEC – 3rd to 5th November 2017 Cake International is the number-one destination for anyone with serious cake-related...

Ginernuts with Jan

Autumn Comfort Gingernuts by Jan Berry

Jan Berry, a gifted floral sugarcraft expert, started life as a chef, working in top kitchens in the north of England. Jan’s love of gardening led her to her sugarcraft...

Vegan and gluten-free cakes introduced to Starbucks menu

Vegan cake and a cup of coffee? Major coffee shop chain Starbucks has introduced it’s first ever vegan cake options to its menu this week. Several of the popular...

Meadow Fairy Cake by Claire Anderson

A gorgeous autumnal design by airbrushing expert Claire Anderson of Clairella Cakes, multi-gold award winning artist. Claire studied art and design at college, specialising in...

Dog Eats Three-Tier Wedding Cake On Morning of Couple’s Big Day!

Ah Dogs, no matter what they do, you have to love them! However, this may not be the case for newlyweds Scott Willis & Jackie Walker of East Boldon! The now married couple...

The Americas Cake Fair 2017 – Who? What? Where? & When?

Renowned as one of the biggest cake fair in the world. The America’s Cake Fair is set to run from Friday 13th October – Sunday 15th October this year from the Orange...

FREE Tutorial: Chocolate Wrap

The Chocolate Wrap is an amazingly simple design but gives that all important WOW factor. It can easily be adapted to any occasion and by simply changing the chocolate to white...

Research finds that eating chocolate cake for breakfast can be good for you!

Science has found that eating cake for breakfast can actually lead to weight loss! We know what you’re probably thinking? This is simply too good to be true! You may also be...

Pricing Your Cakes | Free Pro Mini Lesson

Charging properly for your cakes is the difference between success and failure, or in other words profit or loss. Pricing cakes is a topic that comes up again and again as...

Spotlight On: Sachiko Windbiel

Sachiko Windbiel: Japan is well known for its decorative culture so it comes as no surprise that Sachiko Windbiel, one of the best cake decorators in the world today, originally...

Bookbug cake

The Tale Behind the Bookbug Cake

The Tale Behind the Bookbug Cake If you follow us on Facebook, then you may have noticed this incredible cake Paul made recently? You may also have questioned just exactly what...

Brand new: 4 fabulous cake calculators!

When our members ask… we deliver! Our development team, Mark and Tom have been working hard – with help of charts and data from the wonderful madeitwithlove – to...