Wedding Cake Tips

The Cake Tips Blog is a collection of tips for the bride to be and cake decorators. It will...

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---will inspire your creativity with decorating ideas and photographs of wedding cakes.

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Fondant cake decorating techniques

Fondant cake decorating techniques questions with answers, how to make fondant shiny, fondant applique and flowers questions with answers

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The height of the cake

I have baked cakes for a long while and beginning to see a lot of cakes that seem to be higher that the standard 2 layer cakes (4 total). Can you tell

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Best Carrot Cake Recipe Also Known As Carrot Cake Supreme

My best carrot cake recipe is a tropical carrot cake style. It's simply the best carrot pineapple cake!

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Stenciling on a round cake.

Hello! I am doing a 3 tier round fondant covered wedding cake with Damask design. I am having trouble getting the design to continue around the cake without

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Modeling chocolate not setting!

I made modeling chocolate for the first time using candy melts and glucose. The modeling chocolate was quite oily to start but it soon came together (I

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Caramel Icing From My Homemade Icing Recipe Collection

Caramel icing has a fudgelike consistency and is one of my favorite homemade icing recipes. Try it with my chocolate cake recipe or with a spice cake

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Can you cover a ganache cake with fondant

Can a cake filled with buttercream, and sealed with ganache, then be covered in fondant? I know that a cake can be filled, and covered with a a layer

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Multiplying Cake Recipes

Multiplying cake recipes and how much batter for a wedding cake

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Shipping a cake

Hello, how do I package a cake for shipping through Ups or Fed ex? Hi Gria, I have not shipped a cake via the mail, but I can make some suggestions.

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Wedding Cake Gallery And Pictures of Wedding Cake

Wedding cake gallery at Wedding Cakes For You See wedding cake photos from an award winning cake decorator

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Fish Cakes

Fish cakes collection at Wedding Cakes For You shared by readers like you, see cake decorating techniques and share stories and cake decorating pictures

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Brittle royal icing

My royal icing is brittle and breaks for string and filigree pattern work. Is there not enough meringue powder? Hi,so sorry it took me so long to get

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Enter The Wedding Cake Contest And Win Prizes

Enter the wedding cake competition to win prizes and recognition. Take the wedding cake challenge, Its easy to do, just add pictures and write a story with cake decorating techniques and tips

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Cake Decorating Pictures And All Occassion Party Cakes

Cake decorating pictures and wedding cake decorating ideas with cake decorating techniques beautiful wedding cakes

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Princess Garden Cake

This Princess Garden Cake was for a little girl whose family had never been financially able to throw her a birthday party. She was turning 8 and was

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Seashell Wedding Cake In Florida

I call this Seashell Wedding Cake Floridian Tide. A friend from work asked if I could make her a tiered wedding cake. Her wedding was on the beach so

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Gum Paste Decorations

Gumpaste Peonies. I started the gumpaste decorations first for this cake about two weeks prior. Gumpaste peonies. First I researched good pictures of what

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Cupcake Stands From Petite to Large Wedding Cupcake Stands

Cupcake stands find your favorite cupcake wedding cake stands on the best wedding cake website on the internet.

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Permission to use Groovy Owl Birthday Cake Idea

Hi! Your owl cake is AMAZING! I've been dabbling in cake decorating for 2 years now, and my daughter loves coming up with creative cakes to make me pull

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Wedding Cake Delivery Test

I made this 5 tier wedding cake for a friend of mine's daughter. She wanted these colors with roses in the tangerine and magenta colors on the top. She

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Choosing the correct size tiers - so that they look balanced

Hi Everybody - I am making my first wedding cake and am having trouble deciding which size tiers would look the best. My bride would like to feed 100

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Fondant and buttercream together!!

Hi Lorelie, I just have a quick question for you (your advice has always been very helpful!!). I was looking at decorating a bridal shower cake with

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Refrigerating cake for fondant

I need to make a cake that will have fondant on it. When I apply the thin layer of buttercream and put it in the FRIDGE so I can put the fondant on, the

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cake filling recipes questions

Cake filling recipes questions and answers, ask your baking questions

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Testimonials About Wedding Cakes

Testimonials about the Wedding Cakes For You website where cake decorators and diy brides can learn to bake and decorate their own cakes

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Basketball Theme Cake

I made this cake as a request for a 12 year old birthday boy who is completely obsessed with basketball and loves guava. Jordan and his family are from

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Cheese Cake

I am making a cake in Jamaica and have a couple of questions. The Bride is having a three tiered cake. The bottom layer is Strawberry Cheese cake and the

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Chocolate dipped strawberries for cake topper

We were on a tight budget (like most people,) so my daughter agreed to let me make her cake. I had made wedding cakes for a short time when my girls

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Cake Baking Tips And Lots Of Great Baking Ideas

Cake baking tips - Lorelie has baking ideas for you and will answer your baking questions.

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Chocolate Cake Recipe Questions

chocolate cake recipe questions, buttermilk chocolate cake, triple chocolate cake, death by chocolate

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Cakes Are Falling

Cakes falling? Get answers to your baking questions at Wedding Cakes For You

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Do I put icing on the cake before or after refrigerating?

I have a question about your Italian Buttercream recipe. Do I put icing on cake before or after you refrigerate the cake? Hi, I believe you are talking

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Best Ever Carrot Cake

This is the best ever carrot cake! It's my FAVORITE! My sister, who decorates cakes, used this recipe to make me a beautiful two layer birthday cake. It

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Cake Decorating Contest Enter Your Fabulous Cake Decorating Pictures

Cake decorating contest - show off your cake decorating techniques, share your story and win prizes.

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How To Make Fondant Flowers And Fondant Roses

How to make fondant flowers, fondant roses, and fondant leaves. Cake decorating with fondant allows you to create the most magnificent cakes. Working with fondant is the ultimate for creative cakes.

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Chocolate Mousse Filling and Fondant

Help. I have made your chocolate buttercream cake with chocolate mousse filling. I have already crumb coated and frozen the cakes. It is Wednesday, the

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25th Anniversary Cake

Inspiration This cake was inspired by my mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversary. I wanted to make something beautiful for them, so I decided to learn how

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Your Wedding Cake Photo Gallery

Show off your wedding cake photos-Tell your story or cake decorating technique, check out the wedding cake designs and get ideas and cake decorating tips

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Cupcake Tiered Wedding Cake

I finally made that wedding cake for my friend's sister. I used the Wilton floating cake stand. The top tier is a 6 cake with buttercream frosting and

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Modeling Chocolate On An Ice Cream Cake?

Can you use modeling chocolate on an ice cream cake? Hi, Thanks for visiting. Interesting question. I asked my Facebook friends at Wedding Cakes For

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Wedding Cake Testimonials For Wedding Cakes For You

Wedding Cake Testimonials From Wedding Cakes For You

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Piping Gel Questions

Piping gel questions and answers, mixing royal icing with edible gold, glazing a cake, colring piping gel

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Tipsy Pudding Cake

TIPSY PUDDING CAKE Back in the late 1950's I advertised in a small local paper to do baking and sewing from home. I was trying to earn money for Christmas.

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Wedding Cakes and Cake Decorating Ideas

At Wedding Cakes For You find the latest cake styles and the best recipes from a Connecticut award winning cake decorator. Enter the wedding cake contest!

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Mexican Wedding Cake Recipe

Mexican wedding cake recipe also known as a russian tea cake recipe are actually cookies. They are a nice addition to a pastry table or to give as favors to your guests.

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Delicious Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipes

Extraordinary pumpkin cheesecake recipes, served hot or cold these rich pumpkin cheesecakes are much like a pumpkin pie but one step better!

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White Wedding Cake Recipe for White Wedding Cakes

A white wedding cake recipe for traditional white wedding cakes. Award winning pastry chef is giving away her gourmet cake recipe for an easy wedding cake.

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Filling for fondant wedding cake

Hi I am making a four tier wedding cake for my friends wedding I am wondering what kind of filling I can use. The cake has to travel 4 hours away. I plan

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Cheesecake Recipes Featuring My Best Cheesecake Recipe

Delicious cheesecake recipes for unusual wedding cakes and bridal shower cakes

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