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Back in time

Self-taught cake creator Heena Mistry is working on recreating some of our favourite archive CD&S tutorials, to test them and show you how truly easy they are to make. This issue, Heena uses the step by steps from the May 2019 issue to re-create Davina Russell's elegant decorated cookies

The Cake Professionals

it's time to go online!

Character shopping

Whether you aren’t feeling quite so confident in your modelling yet or need a quick fix because your little one has decided last minute they want a certain themed birthday cake, we’ve got you covered!

Cake collaboration

Cake artist Maria Magrat took her love of frogs to a new level – by bringing the cake community together via Facebook to celebrate these little creatures through cake!

TOTALLY ON TREND

Beautiful trends, all in one cake! A marbled cake tier, adorned with geometric hearts and spheres all made simply with moulds. Finished with sugar sails and cut out hexagons to complete the look that is sure to be featuring at many occasions later this year

PRETTY IN PINK

Take this pretty design one tier at a time if you are building your skills; applying printed wafer paper smoothly around cake, working with wafer paper to make ruffles, and using paste to make a statement bow. Take each feature and use separately on baby shower cakes, anniversary cakes, or go for the showstopper all together for a wedding cake!

COLOURS OF THE SEASON

According to leading colour specialists Pantone, their Colours of the Year 2021 are Ultimate Grey and Illuminating Yellow. Here, Emma Stewart shows how you can apply these colours to your cake design, by texturing them together for a beautiful cake tier and adding striking flowers to stand out

FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT

As the CD&S reader ranges from beginner right through to advanced decorator, Jacqui Kelly has created a tutorial to take you on this journey! Three different modelling levels to help ALL our readers!

PINK LADY APPLE PANCAKES WITH BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE

Lush is the word for these amazing South African Pink Lady apple pancakes!

CAKE AROUND THE WORLD

Throughout 2021 we are looking at cakes and bakes that have shaped our cultural and culinary landscape. The traditions of why we eat what we do, when we do and the cultural, historical and sometimes religious factors that have elevated our sweet treats to national and global mainstays. Cake artist Zoe Burmester will be ‘virtually’ globetrotting around the world looking at cake culture from Europe to Asia, the Caribbean and Middle East and sharing some of the world’s best loved cakes and bakes. Each feature will be accompanied by a recipe and a video on the CD&S website so you can have a go at making them at home too!

LOVELY LITTLE LADY

This is one for those who want to keep perfecting their modelling of people – looking at positioning of arms and legs, hairstyle and facial features. We love how her headband coordinates with her dress, but remember you can change her outfit and her hair to suit your recipient and also for a boy!

PIPING AND PEARLS

A beauty of cake, filled with little details that all contribute to its on trend finish; textured buttercream, gold drip, metallic and pearl sprinkles, piped flowers and don’t forget dried flowers to finish!

WILD ROSE

Continuing her flower tutorials throughout 2021, Veronica Seta shows how to make a wild rose using a selection of moulds

WOODLAND WEDDING

Learn to model these popular creatures, then add accessories to finish as you wish!

FUNKY RETRO RAINBOW

This cake combines the modern form of cubed tiers with 70’s inspired retro decoration expressed in a rainbow of colours.  We simply had to bring back this colour explosion from May 2016!