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Buttercream vs Chocolate Ganache

We use both buttercream and chocolate ganache in our cake decorating classes and we always get [...]

Dream Cupcake Bakery Tour of America – Part 1

This is a list I have been compiling in my head for a number of [...]

Buttercream Flowers – the new trend

Meringue based buttercream has been incredibly popular in Europe over the decades. In fact, if [...]

Millionaires Shortbread – why reinvent?!

Recently, I had the urge to make Millionaires Shortbread. This is a three layered sweet [...]

Bake from scratch or use Packet Mix?

This is a very controversial subject and it comes up again and again in our [...]

Feedback and Opinions

Your feedback is important to us! We run a number of different cake classes at our workshop [...]

Tiered Wedding Cakes Class – Students Experience

We held the first Tiered Wedding Cakes Class last week. This class is perhaps the most ambitious of all [...]

Cherry Blossom Wedding Cake

We like wedding cakes. We like looking at wedding cake pictures, discussing wedding cake design [...]

How to bake THE perfect cupcake… Fair Cake style!

In June 2012, I made my way down to London for my first every cupcake class at Fair Cake! [...]

Getting to know you… Trina Thomson

I am super pleased to write about the latest teacher to join our awesome tutor r [...]