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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...

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...

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...

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...

New photography course

New Pro Photography Course on CakeFlix

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...

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...

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 played a...

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...

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...

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...

Textured Sheet Mats

This week, Paul decided to tackle impressions sheets with an dry brushed style colour overlay. Something which...

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...