Cake Chat with Aimee Ford

Welcome...

…to your August 2022 issue! As I currently

This Cake Life

Cake inspiration, product reviews, news, views and more...

THE CAKE PROFESSIONALS

Can COPY & PASTE create a better business?

THE CONFIDENT CAKER…

The 'curse' of the crickets: Why rejection should be your new favourite 'ingredient'

SEVEN TIPS FOR CREATING BEAUTIFUL TABLESCAPES

Founder of France’s hugely popular and influential lifestyle and cooking website, Miss Maggie’s Kitchen, Héloïse Brion releases her much-anticipated new book My Art of Entertaining: Recipes and Tips this October. Full of flavoursome recipes, both savoury and sweet, to enjoy throughout each season as well as tips and ideas for creating attractive seasonal table settings and party suggestions. There’s also a countdown to Christmas celebrations!

CUT FOR FOUR

“I’ve been using the local cricket clubhouse to teach my recent cake decorating classes, so the subject for this quintessential British summer cake was obvious – cricket! I imagined a local player playing the ‘cut’ shot, with the ball speeding towards the viewer. The design evolved to have the ball partially emerging from the cake surface, a bas relief figure and cocoa butter painted backdrop. My title is ‘Cut for four’ - the shot being played!" Lindy

BRIGHTON BEACH HUTS

Transport yourself to Brighton beach with these sugarpaste beach huts which allow you to create a bright celebration cake for summer.

DINO-MITE MODELLING

Children who have a passion for these Jurassic creatures will love having their birthday cake adorned with their favourite dinosaur, modelled perfectly from sugarpaste.

SUGAR STRAWBERRIES AND BLOOMS

Perfect for adorning a special cake this summertime, create these sugar flowers and fruit to wow your guests.

HYBRID ROSES

In this month’s flower tutorial, Veronica Seta looks at beautiful hybrid roses set on a pretty cake stand shaped cake, perfect for an afternoon tea.

BEACH WAVES

Explore ways to use buttercream for a summer celebration cake inspired by the sea; you can create the appearance of waves and also add some yummy edible sand using crumbled biscuits – so simple!

SWEET TREATS AND GIFTS

Each month Zoe shares with you delicious sweet treats which would be perfect for gifting, favours or even as dessert table fillers - all linked to seasons and events in the year. We will be delving into homemade sticky sweets, chocolates, confections and more, always with an eye on how they can be turned into presentable gifts.

MER-MAZING STAMPS!

Frances Coby of My Enticing Icing is known for her artistic and flamboyant approach to cake decorating. Frances has always been a huge Sweet Stamp fan; she loves how versatile and easy the stamps are to use. Frances was enthusiastic to have a play with the Mystic Mermaids set and we absolutely love what she has created

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM CAKESICLES

Your summer party dessert is sorted, displayed on a platter you can offer these cakesicles for your guests to enjoy, with a quintessentially British strawberries and cream theme.

I'LL H AV E AN ICE-CREAM SUNDAE PLEASE...

What better treat for a summer celebration than this mouth watering ice-cream sundae cake complete with whipped cream, fruit and wafer rolls? Learn how to create authentic texturing and colouring using different edible mediums to enhance the realism of sugarcraft ‘faux food’, from August 2017!

SHOWSTOPPING CAMP COFFEE MOCHA OMBRE CAKE

Juliet Sear has created some exclusive recipes for Camp Coffee including this showstopping coffee cake!

CAKE COLLABORATION

Especially for International Yoga Day, Sudeshna Sarkar brought together cake artists around the globe to showcase their talents via the world of social media…