Sometimes, just sometimes, you fall in love with your own work. I suppose it is a perfectly good place to be. One must love one’s work, otherwise days in the office will be tedious and co-workers will seem a bit monstrous. This is one such class that makes us what we are – it is […]

This time, last year, our workshop was in full chocolate mode. The lovely Natalie was churning out chocolate mud cake after chocolate mud cake from our four ovens. Chocolate smells were infusing every last bit of printer paper (not too bad a thing) in our office and a thin mist of flour and cocoa was everywhere. This is because Sharon […]

We have had a fabulous start to 2014. We have signed up some major new teachers to teach some majorly awesome new classes at our cake school. I start with the amazing Trina Thomson, who is coming all the way from Australia to teach how to make these two absolutely stunning cakes: Ruby and The Ghost and Steampunk Bride and Groom […]

Every now and then you come across a cake that is SO exquisite that you wish you could capture every last detail on camera. We have tried to do so with these images, but it is simply not possible to show here just how stunningly detailed and beautiful these cakes really. These two cakes will […]

Happy New Year! Well, it is nine days late, but better late than never, I say! 2013 was an eventful year at Fair Cake and in my life. One of the most hectic months was September. I had to move house AND make a wedding cake in the same week. To make matters slightly more […]

Buttermilk is a beautiful baking ingredient. Not a lot of people use buttermilk in baking in the UK, we tend to base our cakes more on the classic Victoria Sponge, but once you use buttermilk, you will love what it does to the texture of a simple sponge cake and rave about the slight, ever […]

This is one of my favourite fool proof chocolate recipes. It is from an old Canadian book, of which it was ripped off and given to me years ago. I’m afraid I do not know who the author is, all I know is that the book was Canadian! I used this recipe to make this […]

Fair Cake started as a cupcake business. The first ever classes that I taught were cupcake classes. We are much bigger and different business now, but teaching cupcake making is an essential component of our cake school! Our Complete Cupcake Masterclass is a two day class dedicated to cupcakes. We used to run a number of […]

We are very (very) lucky to have Pamela McCaffrey as a guest teacher at Fair Cake. Not only are Pamela’s designs absolutely stunning and gorgeous to look at, her teaching style and amazing personality leaves students inspired and ready to take on the cake world! Pamela will be teaching Day 5 of our Complete Cake Techniques Masterclass […]

Eggs are a fundamental component in most baked goods. Yes, there is a whole chapter/book to be written on egg-free baking, but we shall come to that later. For now, lets talk about eggs.   Egg whites are used to create a light texture and a tender crumb in a number of cake recipes. These […]