Blog: Blog – For Cakers and Bakers | CakeFlix

Gluten free sponge recipe

Five of our Favourite Gluten Free Sponge Cake Recipes

Being gluten intolerant means you have to give up some of the tastiest foods out there, right? Well, in this day and age this isn’t so much the case. Fine food retailers and...

Airbrushing Tips by Emma Ball

Airbrushing Tips by Emma Ball Emma Ball is a multi-gold award winning artist and owner of Emma-Lou Cakes, Manchester and is about to share some key tips to get an amazing...

PBSS Winners of Cake Masters Awards Best Learning Experience 2017

What an amazing night at the Cake Masters Awards 2017 held at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole on the 4th of November. We were welcomed with a champagne reception which...

A Brief History of Cake Decorating

A Brief History of Cake Decorating Origins… Although, it’s difficult to say exactly when it started. Historians believe that the practice of decorating cakes began...

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...

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...

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...

Game of Thrones : 5 cakes worthy of Westeros

Unfortunately, yet another Season of George R.R Martin’s Game of Thrones has come to an end. We entered the world of Westeros yet again, more than aware of the emotional...

Wedding Cakes: 10 non-traditional wedding cake tutorials

Wedding season is well under way and for cake decorators everywhere that means wedding cakes, wedding cakes, and yes… more wedding cakes!!! June through to September...