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Do you want FREE cake decorating tutorials?
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– find advice
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FREE Cake Decorating Tutorials – Videos
Click on the photos below to view these short video tutorials
In this short video, you will learn:
- which dowels to use for stacking cakes
- how to measure and cut the dowels
- how to stack a 2 tier (6″ & 8″) cake
In this short video, you will learn how to:
- colour sugar paste with gel colours
- add tylo powder to sugar paste
- cut out heart and circle shaped pieces of paste
- apply sugar paste decorations to your cake
In this short video, you will learn how to:
- texture a covered cake board
- divide into even ‘floor boards’
- create a knot in the wood effect
- hand paint to achieve a realistic wood colouring
In this short video, you will learn how to:
- create fabric pleat effects with sugar paste (fondant)
- how to measure the size you need
- how to apply to your cake
I have also done some FREE full length cake decorating tutorials, live from the Sugar & Crumbs kitchen.
The recordings of these can be accessed by clicking on the photos below:
In this live recording, you will learn how to:
- carve a cake
- cover with chocolate ganache
- achieve a quilted effect with sugar paste
- make simple make up accessories
- stamp and paint a birthday message on the cake board
In this live recording, you will learn how to:
- cover a round cake with a striped design
- make Rice Krispie Cereal Treats (RKT)
- model the RKT into a dog’s head
- cover and detail the dog’s head
- make a ‘box lid’
- add Christmas themed decorations
- stamp and paint a Christmas message on the cake board
In this live recording, you will learn how to:
- carve a stocking shape from cake
- coat carved cake with ganache
- cover the cake with white sugar paste
- airbrush the red and white snowflake design
- emboss and paint name to personalise
- make holly leaves for decoration
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