Expert Advice to Bake & Decorate a Perfect Cake

Welcome to all cake bakers and cake lovers! We want to inspire you to bake and help you bake better. Our site is full of tips and recipes, so if you're wondering why your cake sank, which types of tin to buy, or how to create an authentic cream tea, then we are here to help. If you run a cake making business or want to start one up, we have lots of expert cake business advice right here - and our gadgets, the CakeUlator and CakeOmeter will be sure to bowl you over.

The Cakeulator – Get Started with Android

The CakeUlator for Android is really straight forward to use, but we have created this quick guide to get you started and to let you know how the CakeUlator works on Android devices. 1. For Starters… When you first use The CakeUlator you will receive a message giving you the …

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CakeOmeter+: Get Started Converting Tin Sizes

Convert a recipe to fit your tin! Why would you want to converting baking tin sizes anyway? Well we’ve come across this so many times we know why! Match a recipe to a cake tin you actually own – how many times have you seen a great recipe but didn’t …

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Cake Baking and Decoration Books

We get lots of requests (and recommendations) for books that will help you with cake baking, decorating or running your cake business. Here are some that we like and that you have recommended. We’ve included links to Amazon to help you find them: Cake Decorating <#20#>Debbie Brown’s 50 Easy Party …

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Cakes and Baking News/Blog

Competitions, guides and the next one! 11th October You may have noticed some changes to the site and to some of our tasty cake features. We’ve given the whole site an overhaul and we hope you love the pretty new vintage theme. Look out for step by step guides (the …

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Great Gran’s Christmas Cake and Nan’s Chocolate Cake

We recently asked Cakebaker readers (via our facebook page) to send us cake recipes, which have been passed down through their families. Debbie Bode sent us two of her favourites together with this lovely picture of her great gran, Sarah Potter taken in 1952, when she would have been about …

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How to Make a Cupcake Bouquet

A cupcake bouquet makes a refreshing (and tasty) change to a standard floral bouquet. If you’re looking for a new way to present your cupcakes, why not give this a try? It’s certainly a novel way to give flowers to the men in your life (who never normally received flowers). …

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Video: Petal Paste Techniques

In this short video, Kim Patino of Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham demonstrates some petal paste techniques when cake decorating. Video Transcript Hi, I’m Kim Patino of Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham and on behalf of CakeBaker.co.uk I am going to demonstrate how to make sugar flowers to decorate cakes. …

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Video: Decorate a Child’s Barbie Princess Cake

In this short video, Kim Patino of Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham demonstrates how to decorate a child’s Barbie princess cake. Video Transcript Hi I’m Kim Patino with Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham and on behalf of CakeBaker.co.uk I am going to demonstrate how to make a princess cake for …

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Video: Decorate a Christmas Cake

In this short video, Kim Patino of Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham demonstrates how to decorate a Christmas cake. Video Transcript Hi I’m Kim Patino of Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham and on behalf of CakeBaker.co.uk I am going to demonstrate how to finish a Christmas cake. Instead of using …

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Video: Level, Marzipan and Ice a Wedding Cake

In this short video, Kim Patino of Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham demonstrates how to level, marzipan and ice a wedding cake. Video Transcript Hi I’m Kim Patino with Coffee and Cakes in Frodsham and on behalf of CakeBaker.co.uk I am going to demonstrate how to ice a wedding cake. …

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