Cake Journal

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Packed with fantastic tutorials, tips, news, product reviews and advice, recipes and giveaways, CakeJournal has to be at the top of any cake decorator's blog list.  Louise is the amazing and generous cake artist who shares her skills, wisdom, and beautiful cake designs.  Combined with her obvious passion for all things cake, Louise works hard to make CakeJournal such a wonderful place to visit.

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Louise is the founder and editor of CakeJournal.com. She is a passionate self taught cake artist who has been doing cake decorating for the last five years.


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Recent Updates at Cake Journal

Kerry Bear contest

02 September 2010

If you like teddy bears, then why not enter the Kerry Bear contest over at the blog If You Can Fimo You Can Fondant The faces behind the blog is no other than Kerry Vincent one of the Food Network challenge judges and Lyndsay Zorratti from Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery. The Kerry Bear contest is ...

Bunny birthday cake

23 August 2010

This is the bunny birthday cake that I made for my daughters birthday party. I made the bunny out of gum paste and then made the fur with royal icing. The bunny was suposed to look alot more fluffy in the fur, since it should look like a replica of the little Lionhead bunny that ...

Making a birthday cake

17 August 2010

My daughter is turning 9 and I will be making a birthday cake with a bunny theme this year. Last year I made a small cake with a replica of her dwarf hamster Viola, but sadly we lost Viola two weeks agoe and a little Lionhead bunny is now on her whish list. So I ...

1,000 Ideas for decorating cupcakes, cakes, and cookies

09 August 2010

Back in October last year, my former co-writer Michelle wrote about two sisters, Sandra Salamony and Gina Brown. They were seeking submissions of photos with decorated cupcakes, cakes and cookies for their new book: 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes and Cookies. After seeing the ...

Brownies and meringues

06 August 2010

The whole move went well and I am almost done with the unpacking of our 84 moving boxes. The summer have been so wonderful and very hot so the thought of working with sticky fondant have not been very appealing. The kids will start school next week and they are both excited to meet their ...

Moving

09 July 2010

We made the big move yesterday. I have a lot of moving boxes to unpack, before I can go into my “new” kitchen and bake something delicious to share with you. Our online access is not up right now, so I have to use the computer at my in laws until its fixed. Happy Caking! ...

Summer cupcakes

01 July 2010

The summer holidays are here and the sun is shinning. So a little batch of yummy summer cupcakes is what we will enjoy today. I have used royal icing which gives a nice crunchy frosting. It is also, in my opinion, the best frosting to use on warm and sunny days. Today is also a ...

Needle-felt cupcake pillows

18 June 2010

Just wanted to show you some sweet non-edible crafts that I have made. Two sweet needle-felt cupcake pillows. Next to cake decorating, are needle-felt another favourite craft of mine. I have embellished the cupcakes with different sorts of beads and used some pink and green cotton yarn for the ...

Gum paste peonies

12 June 2010

What do you think of my gum paste peonies? I have been working on them, the last couple of days. It is my second go with peonies and I must say that they look difficult to make, but they are quite easy to make. It is the preparation of all the petals that takes time. ...

Testing the white chocolate fondant

07 June 2010

I have now been testing the white chocolate fondant. I decided to test it on a dummy cake first. That way it was easier to peel off the fondant if there were any problems. I did not experience any problems though. The white chocolate fondant was really wonderful to work with. It rolls out easy ...