Here at Fair Cake, we’ve been very busy planning new classes for 2020 and testing new recipes. Whilst its great to try new things, we also believe in the age old saying… why fix something that isn’t broken, eh? And that’s exactly how we feel about our Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake. This isn’t a recipe […]

We are hiring! Person Specification We are looking for an enthusiastic and expert cake teacher. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is as obsessive about sharp edges as we are, who can tell their Swiss Meringue from their French Meringue and who has the patience of a saint. You will teach classes of […]

This dark chocolate ganache recipe is perfect for all those of you who are chocoholics. Sometimes, buttercream can be too buttery or too sweet. Not so with chocolate ganache (pronounced guh-nah-shh). It is absolutely sublime and, of course, gives you a perfect base on a cake. You can cover an entire cake with chocolate ganache, […]

This is THE Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe that we use in all our classes. Swiss Meringue Buttercream, if you have not had it before, is soft and silky. American style buttercream can sometimes be a bit grainy, depending on the icing sugar (confectioners sugar) used. It also develops a slight crust when it is exposed to air. […]

Claire Hall of @sprinklesinthewild recently booked classes at Fair Cake. Her review of Tara Gan’s Big Blooms class can be found here. Here is Claire’s review of our Hot Off The Press Caking Class, taught by the fabulous Laura Grix of Grix Cake Design. —- As a self taught baker I’m always looking out for exciting courses to […]

Claire Hall chose Fair Cake recently for two very different cake classes. One of these was Big Blooms taught by Tara Gan of Tara Gan Sugar Flowers fame. These are Claire’s words and pictures about her learning experience at our workshop. This is a two day sugar flowers workshop that runs from 10am to 5pm […]

Ah, the rainbow cake. Pictures of this cake are all over Pinterest and Instagram and Google. And why not? This turned out to be a seriously gorgeous cake to make. Is it worth making this cake just so you can see the finished result? Absolutely. Is it worth 7 hours of work? Maybe not. But, […]

This is the first time we did a cake collab (let’s stick to ‘collab’ instead of ‘collaboration’, let’s just give in) with Tara Gan. Tara is a fabulous sugar artist whose work is just beautiful. Her work is so breathtaking that we simply had to get in touch about working together. So last week, she […]

We use both buttercream and chocolate ganache in our cake decorating classes and we always get the question: Which is better? Buttercream vs chocolate ganache? In our cake baking and decorating classes students decide for themselves because they get to work with both. Buttercream can be a simple mixture of whipped butter and icing sugar or made using a slightly […]

This is a list I have been compiling in my head for a number of years. Accountants and lawyers probably do not wish to do accounts and read legal books once they leave their offices. But cake makers, we are a different kind of people. We tune in to Great British Bake Off, YouTube, the […]