• 3 round cakes in chosen sizes• Ganache• Fondant• Royal Icing• Airbrush colour in pearl or pearl lustre spray• Oriental lily• Moth Orchids• Diamante letters• Silver 4mm cachous• Sugar Glue • Cardboards to match the cake sizes• The Mat• 2 x Fondant S

• Baked cake of your choice (packet mix or homemade)• Dark and white chocolate melts• Copha if required• Pearl cachous, heart decorations and white sprinkles for decorating • Lollipop sticks• Deep microwaveable bowl• Spoon• Small cellophane bags• Dec

• Round cake of your choice on a cake board at least 2-3 inches larger (the one used in this example is a 9inch round chocolate mud cake)• Chocolate ganache (See page 48 for recipe)• Dark Chocolate melts (approx 350gms for a 9inch cake) • Half cup of

• SugarVeil®Icing 141g bag• Royal icing • SugarVeil®Lace Mat (model SV500)• SugarVeil®Scraper Mix the SugarVeil®Icing according to the instructions on the packet. Beat well. Lay out your Lace Mat. Carefully place a generous amount of icing over the m

• Cake Art petal paste (hard drying for stand up design)• Cake Art icing (for side design)• Cake Art Decorators sugar. • FMM lace design• Rolling Pin• Sugar Glue Using the icing for side design or petal paste for a stand up design, roll out the paste

• Flower paste- recipe www.sugarartcreations.com.au• Tylose glue• Barco powder colours• Rose spirit or Isopropyl alcohol • 24, 28 and 33 gauge white wire• Small pencil size cell stick and large cell stick or balling tool• Hard Rolling out board• Flat

• 1 flat surfaced cake, lemon tart or cheesecake works well! • Everlasting Snow Sugar • Stencil (we used a Chic Rose Top Stencil) • Fine Sieve Bake your cake and let it cool. Ensure you have a lovely flat surface to work with so you can keep the de

• Gum paste • Sugar glue • Cachous • Four petal cutter • Five petal cutter • Small circle cutter • Ball tool • Thin foam • Large foam cup Roll out gum paste to less than a 1.5mm (1/16 inch) thick Using a four or five petal cutter of your choice, cu

• Bakels Fondant in black and white • Wilton Teal and Sky Blue colour gels• Cutting wheel small• Pizza wheel cutter• Baking Paper• Pencil• Non-stick roller• Textured tool (for neck detail)• Scissors• Edible images• Printed template• Sugar Glue• Paint

• Chocolate• Cream • Jug or mixing bowl with a lip There are many ways to make ganache but probably the most common (and easiest) is to melt chocolate and cream together by placing both ingredients in a bowl or jug and microwaving it in 30-60 second

• 8 inch (20cm) round cake• Fondant Icing coloured pale pink• 10 inch (25cm) round wooden cake board• 2 x large ready made sugar peonies or flower of your choice • Rolling Pin• Fondant Smoother• Crankhandle palette knife• PME gold lustre spray• Stenc

Born and bred in South Africa, Helen did not come from a family of bakers, but of medical professionals and accountants. However, when she was growing up, Helen’s late mother Jean would revel in creating home baked delights for all the family to enjo

• Cupcakes• Cake Art Fondant Icing• Pure icing sugar• Food colouring• Rolling pin• Cutter shapes• Dusting colour• Glitter Cut small pieces of icing and knead until pliable (approximately 2 minutes). Sprinkle the bench with icing sugar and roll out t

• Red modeling paste or fondant with Tylopour added• Black fondant • FMM 65mm Five Petal Rose Cutter• FMM 50mm Five Petal Rose Cutter• Small rolling pin• Soft Petal Mat• Ball tool• Sugar Glue• Black Stamens (Black Medium Pearl Stamens were used in th

• Gum paste• Sugar syrup • Rolling pin• Polyfill or hobby fill Roll a log of gum paste around 10cm (4”) long. As wide as a 50c piece. (Photo 1). With Rolling pin, roll gum paste into a long strip.Trim edges to form a rectangle approximately 20cm lon

• Cake Balls• Edible Gold Paint• Small amount of Red, Black & White Fondant• Green & Black Candy Melts (or white chocolate with green & black oil based powder) • 6” Lollipop sticks• Small rolling pin• Rectangular cutter• Small Flower Shaped Ejector C

• Batch of plain biscuits cut to desired shape• White fondant• Royal icing• Sprinkles,cachous etc for decoration• Glucose syrup / sugar glue • Cookie cutter• Pastry brush• Paint brush• Palette knife• Alphabet stamps (found at scrapbooking shops or on

• 1 Cup Sour Cream• 1/2 Cup plain yoghurt• 1 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda• 3 cups plain flour• 2 teaspoons baking powder• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt• 3 large eggs• 1 1/4 cups castor sugar• 250g butter• 1 tablespoon strong coffee cooled.• 2 teaspoons va

These come in a variety of thicknesses and shapes.Thicker cake boards are light weight but still sturdy enough to hold the weight of a heavy, multi tiered cake while the thinner cardboard variety are used between tiers on stacked cakes or for present

• 1 packet fondant• Blue food colouring• Pink food colouring• Green food colouring• Small amount of medium consistency icing • Spatula• Rolling pin• Piping bag• Circular cutter• Tiny teardrop cutter• Tiny daisy or flower cutter• Craft knife Prepare c

• 2 x 20cm round cakes• 1 x 7 inch (17.5cm) round card• 1 x 8 inch (20cm) round card• 4 x wooden dowels• 1 x 11 inch (27.5cm) round wooden cake board• 1.5kg white fondant icing• Sugar Glue• 1kg Satin Ice Gum Paste (or own recipe) • 4 inch (10cm) cran

• 1 x 25cm (10 inch) baked cake• 1 x 500g tub Cake Art Decorators Cream• 50ml cool water• Food colouring • Spatula• Piping equipment Beat the Cake Art Decorators Cream on high for 10 minutes. Add 50ml of cool water and beat for a further 5 minutes.

• Double boiler or microwave safe bowl• Polystyrene square approximately 25cm by 25cm for drying • 1 packet Tim Tam biscuits or similar (Oreos work well too)• 1/3 cup cream cheese • Candy Melts in various colours – approx 500g• Paramount crystals (1

Sugar Craft, Sugar Art or Sugar Sculpting is defined as the practice of creating confectionary sculptures that are decorative and edible. Sugar artists use the common technique of heating sugar and other derivatives to a very high temperature to get

• Greg Cleary’s Premium Flower Paste• Large soup spoon• Polystyrene rose cone• 20-gauge florist wire• Wire cutters• Apple trays (you can pick these up from your local grocer)• JEM Cutters 90mm easy rose cutter• Balling tool• Foam pad• Petal cutters S