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 […]
Meringue based buttercream has been incredibly popular in Europe over the decades. In fact, if you talk to a European, chances are that this is the only form of buttercream they know of. It is an incredibly versatile buttercream which keeps its form and has a silky smooth mouthfeel. There are three kinds of buttercream […]
Recently, I had the urge to make Millionaires Shortbread. This is a three layered sweet concoction with short bread layered with rich caramel and then chocolate. Despite some serious damage that it does to calorie counting, it is a very popular treat in the UK. Now, everyone who makes this sugary extravaganza, has their own […]
This is a very controversial subject and it comes up again and again in our classes. Do you bake from scratch or do you use a packet mix? I know that emotions run high in the baking world. You only have to watch BBC’s Great British Bake Off once to see just how high. We […]
Your feedback is important to us! We run a number of different cake classes at our workshop through the year. We are honoured to teach students from around the world in our classes. But not all our students have Facebook accounts or are active on Instagram. We would love to hear from students who have either come to our […]
We held the first Tiered Wedding Cakes Class last week. This class is perhaps the most ambitious of all our cake classes. We teach a number of cake decorating techniques in this class, some of which are: Using buttercream and chocolate ganache as cake covering, covering a cake in fondant, achieving sharp edges on a cake (a new trend), […]
We like wedding cakes. We like looking at wedding cake pictures, discussing wedding cake design and oohing and aahing over delicate details. A cherry blossom wedding cake was high on our list to work on. Over the last few springs, we always came across gorgeous cherry blossom wedding cakes, so it was high time we […]
In June 2012, I made my way down to London for my first every cupcake class at Fair Cake! The journey was just hideous (but that is probably because I adopted the, “Oh! There’s a train, let’s get on it and hope for the best” attitude. Needless to say, I got lost, very lost. After a tearful phone call […]
I am super pleased to write about the latest teacher to join our awesome tutor r team – Ms. Trina Thomson of Sweet Ruby Cakes, Brisbane, Australia. Why, you ask, am I addressing her as “Ms.”, when I am sans any formality elsewhere on this site. Well, you simply have to see a picture of her work before the […]