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.

Cake Business: Writing Your Web Pages

So you’ve commissioned a designer – or learned how to create a site yourself – and now you’re faced with the task of writing your web pages. If you want to do it yourself, here’s a guide to help you get started. Writing For Your Customer Before you start writing …

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Choosing an Ice-cream Maker

Want to whip up some exciting homemade ice-cream this summer? If your family gets through it by the bucketload, you need an ice-cream maker. Here’s our guide to choosing the right ice-cream maker. The Price of an Ice-cream Maker You can pay between £48 and £325 for a domestic ice-cream …

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Choosing a Freestanding Mixer

Keen cooks pause longingly in front of freestanding mixers – those designer appliances with a hefty price tag. They come in stylish colours to match your kitchen, they make short work of recipes on TV demonstrations, and they’re increasingly demanded by baking cookbooks. But is a freestanding mixer a great …

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Basic Cupcakes and Three Variations

The cupcake (or fairy cake if you’re of a certain generation) is an icon of the 21st century. Crowned with a swirl of glossy meringue or buttercream icing, and sprinkled with twinkle dust or stars, it’s the Victoria Sponge’s glamorous little sister. Cupcakes are cheap AND easy… You’ll pay pounds …

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How to Make Perfect Blondies

The Blondie is an American favourite – the paler cousin of the rich, dark brownie. The dough features butter and brown sugar with vanilla for a fudgy flavour, and can be studded with walnuts, white chocolate chips, or a mixture. In search of perfection What is the perfect blondie? Soft …

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Double Chocolate Brownies

Dark, rich and indulgent – brownies are the pinnacle of chocolate baking. The very best are crammed with high-quality chocolate and cooked to a soft, squidgy texture. If you feel like a real treat, try our double chocolate brownie recipe. Choosing chocolate This decision is crucial to making successful brownies. …

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American Classic Cakes

American bakers have developed their own canon of home-style cakes. From red velvet cake to bundt and coffee cake, the American classic is typically decadent. Haven’t you tried one yet? American favourites Fittingly, for a culture that’s comprised of people with global origins, American classic cakes come from all over …

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Baking The Perfect Christmas Cake

You’ll find stacks of recipes for Christmas Cake, from Mrs Beeton, to Nigella to Mary Berry. The recipes do actually vary quite a lot but all of them are quite fail-safe as long as you get the cooking time right and make sure your fresh ingredients such as eggs and …

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Red Velvet Cupcakes

These deep red coloured cupcakes make a lovely change to the norm, with their cool cream cheese frosting and moist slightly chocolatey sponge – they are just irresistible! We think you should make at least two batches of these…one is never enough! There are so many tales about where Red …

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The CakeUlator – Get Started Costing Cakes

The CakeUlator has been designed to be very easy to use and really doesn’t need much by way of a user guide. That said, we have prepared a quick start guide to get you up and running and also to give anyone interested a feel for how The CakeUlator works. …

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