Posts Tagged ‘wedding cake’

DIY Cake Month: Boxed Mix or Scratch

Your next major cake decision, and one that tortures many a would-be DIY cake maker, is what kind of cake to make. In a later post we'll go through flavor and filling options but this one's devoted to the boxed mix or scratch dilemma. There are few debates as heated in the cake world as the ...


DIY Cake Month: To tier or not to tier?

After you've gathered a few design ideas, looked at pan shapes, and determined the number of servings, the next question you'll need to answer: Stacked, sheet, or tiered? Why is this important? Not only does it determine the overall design of the cake(s), it affects other choices as serving plates/trays and building materials. The tier style ...


DIY Cake Month: Finding Decorating Classes

Later in this series I'll be recommending a few wedding cake books. Surprisingly, there are very few that are worth the money for beginning-intermediate home bakers. The best way to learn cake decorating techniques, in my estimation, is from good old hands-on experience. There's simply no substitution for wrestling with real fondant or getting ...


DIY Cake Month: Is A DIY Cake For You?

The the siren song of a do-it-yourself wedding cake is a hard one to ignore. It seduces. It cajoles. "Make me" it sings. "You know you want to. All the cool kids are doing it. Maaaaaaake meeeeee." It lures you into a false sense of culinary mastery and into the treacherous waters of ...


DIY Cake Month

DIY Bride Cake Month

Today kicks off Cake Month at DIY Bride! From recipes and techniques to toppers and stands, we have a full month of DIY projects to make your cake a delightfully delicious part of your celebration. We'll be posting a glossary of cake terms, answering reader questions, offering downloadable tip sheets, showcasing cakes by other DIYers, and ...


May Is DIY Cake Month

A Call For Questions! The month of May will be devoted to all sorts of cakey goodness at DIY Bride. I have a fantastic bunch of step-by-step tutorials, delicious recipes, inspired designs, and all sorts of expert information coming online for you. It's going to be a lot of fun! As part of the celebration I'm bringing ...


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