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A Chat With Frances McNaughton

It's a great pleasure to introduce another fantastic guest tutor to the school, Frances McNaughton of Frankly Sweet. Frances has been a sugarcraft tutor and demonstrator since...
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Preparing for a Moist Christmas Cake

Another great blog post from user MadeItWithLove: This year I'm quite late baking my Christmas cakes which normally get started in spring, so long soaking my fruit will help me...
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3 New Chocolate Wrap Courses

Boy do we have something special for you! Coming very soon to the site are not one but 3 new Chocolate Wrap courses using Squires Kitchen modeling...
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How to get Sugar Paste out of Moulds with ease in Seconds

A new technique for getting a 50% sugar paste and 50% flower paste mix out of small to medium sized...
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New Pro Photography Course

We are really please to be releasing a new Pro course on simple photography this week and thought we would give you a quick run down of what's in the course as well as some of our...
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How to Ganache Cakes Without Gnashing Your Teeth!

Sometimes we just want to ganache one cake which is not part of a tier, if you’re like me and keep a massive stash of chocolate hidden away you'll probably wing it for the...
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A Chat With Debbie Brown

  It’s a huge pleasure to introduce Debbie Brown of Debbie Brown Cakes, Author of 23 books and world renowned for her amazing novelty cakes and models. Debbie...
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How to Make an Egg Free Cake + Vanilla Extract

For quite some time now, a few of our members have been asking for an egg free cake...
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Paul Teaches Paul Royal Icing

Paul B has a habit of making things look really easy and from behind the camera (my regular vantage point) it certainly looks easy enough! So why not give it a go? After we...
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Easter Bunny Cake – Photo Tutorial

It’s Easter the time of chocolate, rolling eggs down a hill, chocolate, family, chocolate and CAKE!! (well that’s my Easter at least). And we love all those...
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Textured Sheet Mats

This week, Paul decided to tackle impressions sheets with an dry brushed style colour overlay. Something which...
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How to make a fast and fabulous Chocolate Rose cake

Taking inspiration from the Cake and Bake magazine, Paul shows you how to create a stunning chocolate rose cake, complete...
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