Caking decorating teachers

Cake decorating teachers Now you can learn from the top cake decorating instructors of the world from the comfort of your home! Most of our cake decorating tutors are multi-award winning cake contestants from the UK, Europe and Australia. They are not only the best artists in their fields, but they are also incredibly supportive … Read more

Teapot Cake

teapot cake

A cup of tea? More like a slice of cake! Be the star of your tea party with this realistic cake. Handi Mulyana strikes again with his amazing decorating skills in this tutorial. Learn about the right ingredients and material to use to help your cake blend in with actual teapots.

Cake teaching

Cake Decorating Video Teacher – Are you a talented cake decorator and dream of making your living touring the world with your courses?– Do you have an awesome cake blog and looking for a huge appreciative audience?– Do you have a collection of the most magnificent recipes ever and cant wait to share?– Are you … Read more

Make a Teapot Cake

teapot cake

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Yvette Marner

Yvette Marner We proudly announce our newest marvellous cake decorating superstar, Yvette Marner! Yvette is  a multi award winning cake contestant, college teacher of cake decorating, competition judge and internationally acknowledged airbrushing expert, co-creator of the world-famous Weddible Dress. She has taught 7 incredible classes with Learn Cake Decorating Online. Hi, my name is Yvette … Read more

Rhu Strand

Rhu Strand We are super-excited to introduce you the fabulous Rhu Strand of Pimp my cake and her magical creations. Rhu Strand is a multi-award winning Sugar Artist, Cake International Featured Exhibitor and Travelling Instructor and organiser of the French Cake Breaks. Her fascinating figurines have been featured in cake shows, magazines and she is … Read more

Jessica “Jess” Pedemont

Jessica “Jess” Pedemont Jessica Pedemont has over 18 years of experience in the culinary arts. Her passion and focus is pastry, chocolate and sugar craft. She has travelled the world – working, studying and teaching in some of the finest establishments in the industry. As a scholarship winner, Jessica represented Australia, competing at both local … Read more

Margaret “Margie” Carter

Margaret “Margie” Carter Margie Carter is the founder of Margie Carter Cake World; is also known as the 3D cake queen of Australia (if not the world). She is what we call a true artist.She is one remarkable artist who remains humble & witty throughout her years of caking.She is also known for her generosity … Read more

Louise Vansleve

Louise Vansleve Self – confessed sake aficionado and avid book worm, Louise Vansleve has a passion for all things cake. After the birth of her daughter Poppy, Louise was working in the corporate world in sales and marketing and was desperate for a creative outlet.​ Driven by her passion, cake decorating she founded LCDO and … Read more

Ultimate pricing guide

Do you remember… The first one. You know, THE cake that got you started. :) That first one that you now are looking back with nostalgia and a bit of embarrassment. The one with the not-so-straight edges and the bumpy fondant. ;) But Hey! Everyone liked it! :) They even kept telling you that you … Read more

Molly Robbins

Molly Robbins She is young, beautiful, smart, talented, successful and extremely popular. No wonder, because in addition to all before mentioned traits, she has an absolutely sweet, charming personality. She is a cake decorating pin up girl, a dog-cake-whisperer and an avid hedgehog trainer. Molly Robbins is one of the UK’s most celebrated and exciting … Read more

e-Books

Cake e-Books Learn a fun, profitable trade from the comfort of you own home. Handi Mulyana’s Cupcakes-Recipes and Buttercreams $5.95 Are you looking for awesome cake recipes? Try Handi Mulyana’s tried and tested cake recipes and make sure you never have another disaster in the kitchen! Handi started baking in his family’s bakery as a … Read more

Rose Macefield

Rose Macefield Learn Cake Decorating Online is proud to announce it’s newest fabulous cake celebrity instructor, Rose Macefield of Rose Macefield School of Sugarcraft Rose Macefield  is a multi-award winning cake Artist, Author and International Tutor, a Competition Judge, a published Author of cake decorating. Her exhibits have been featured in most major newspapers and … Read more

Adam Cremona

Adam cremona Adam Cremona is a cake decorator, pastry chef and professional recipe writer. Adam Cremona’s classes Click the pics to buy the class or become a member and access them! All for $14.90!  

Verusca Walker

Verusca Walker Verusca Walker is a Brazilian born artist who has been living in Australia for the past 15 years. With a background in Fine Art and Bakery, Verusca loves to mix mediums to create cakes that defy gravity. She is well known for her colourful and sparkly cakes and for 3D cakes that appear … Read more

Handi Mulyana

Handi Mulyana Handi was born to decorate cakes. At 10 years old he began working in Ten Keng Cu Bakery – the family cake shop in Indonesia. Soon after migrating to Sydney in 1994, he established his own business – Handi’s Cakes. He has over 20 years experience in making, decorating and sculpturing cakes for … Read more

Sylvia Elba

Sylvia Elba Multi award winning cake artist, inventor or the revolutionary Fabriliquid®, owner of Cutiful Cakes®, ceo of Selba® Ltd… Sylvia Elba started cake decorating 4 years ago. By now she not only scored multiple shiny medals from the biggest international cake contest of the world but she took cake decorating another level! She has … Read more

Vilmos “Vili” Farkas

Vilmos “Vili” Farkas Vilmos started his baker career at the age of 9 with his first dessert. No wonder since as a child he spent most of his time in the kitchen with his mum in hope for a little bit of sweets coming his way. When he succeeded baking his first pan of paprika … Read more

Beagle Cake

beagle cake

If you are into making realistic cakes and into animals most especially dogs, here is a cake decorating video you shouldn’t miss. With mud cake, chocolate ganache, and fondant and by following just a few simple steps, you’d be surprised to find out how easy it is to recreate this Beagle Cake. Of course, that is with the help of teacher Vili’s skillful demonstration and the step-by-step illustrated PDF instructions.

Beginner cake course

Hello Lovely! I’m so happy that you’re finally here! I know exactly where you’re coming from. You see all these amazing cakes, what’s more, cake sculptures, competition and collaboration pieces…You admire those extremely talented, creative cake decorators who travel the world…You are amazed by their breathtaking showpieces…You’d love to see them live teaching at cakes … Read more

Easter Bilby Cake

easter bilby cake 3

As we already have the Easter Bunny on our site, we were thinking to bring you something original, something different and something that couldn’t be more Australian, but still Eastery :) And then, we found this super cute creature that is exclusive to Australia and that’s why its so very special to us. Look at this awesome Bilby Cake that is an LCDO exclusive that you will NOT find anywhere else, and actually as far as I know it is the first Bilby Cake tutorial in the world!

Christmas Angel Isomalt Showpiece

Christmas Angel Isomalt

We know that you are all about challenges! Take a deep breath and relive the extraordinary sugar artist in you! Scale a new peak with this enchanting showpiece! Take a step up from fondant with Janos towards the exquisite Isomalt art and make this Christmas unforgettable for your customers and of course your family!

Hamburger Cake

Hamburger Cake

Did you know that hamburgers don’t always come in buns and patties? They can appear as cakes too! Get your ingredients and tools ready to make the yummiest hamburger cake ever complete with onion rings and fries and cake. Let Pixie teach you how to make your own burger cake to serve and make it the center of talks at your party!

CurledUp Cat Cake

CurledUp Cat Cake

Aching to create a great cat cake to serve for a birthday party or any other occasion that calls for the love of cats? Get your tools ready and learn how to create the best cat cake by pushing your creativity to the limit and using your fondant and airbrushing techniques. Let Pixie teach you the tried and tested method in making one of your furry friends a yummy cake treat!

Decorate a Christmas Cake: 3 Classic Ways on How to Do It

midwinter candle cake

Now that Christmas is just around the corner, it’s high time to make plans for your holiday menu, including what to serve as cake for dessert. For dessert, you simply can’t go wrong with baking a Christmas cake for your family, friends, and loved ones. A Christmas cake can be the highlight of your family’s … Read more

How to carve cakes

carving cakes

Cake Carving As with any other skill or art form, carving cakes requires: time, patience and lots of practice; but if you are passionate about it and you’re ready to put in the effort, in good time you’ll be sculpting cakes you’ve only dreamt of. And the beauty is you’ll enjoy every moment of it. … Read more

Home

Stuck at home? Out of business? Learn Cake Decorating Online! Learn a fun, profitable trade from the comfort of you own home. Sign up now! Learn Cake Decorating Online Imagine having a bunch of professional cake-decorating instructors and a big family of like-minded decorators just one click away! Anytime Only have time to learn when … Read more

Halloween Pumpkin Cake

halloween pumpkin cake decorating class tutorial

“Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand” I dare you if you will to experience this frightening thrill, with Pixie. Happy Halloween!!!

Violin Cake

Violin cake

Here is another reason why you shouldn’t be afraid of trying out advanced cake designs! A carefully detailed cake decorating video tutorial with step-by-step PDF instructions to guide you in creating a beautiful Violin Cake. Looking at this cake design, you might find it too complicated or you might think it would be difficult to transport. But, with teacher Verusca, everything will be easier and it’s going to be lots of fun.

Easter Bunny Cake

3D Easter Bunny Cake

Here's an awesome and fun-filled cake decorating video tutorial to teach you how to create a vertical Easter Bunny Cake. With the wits of expert decorator Handi Mulyana who will guide you through the entire process of making this deliciously colorful cake, you will enjoy every step and won't feel any exhaustion along the way.

Stenciled Cake with Sugar Peonies

peonies and stenciling cake

Want to see what happens in Handi’s stenciled square cake tutorial with Peony? Trust me…..you are not going to want to miss this! Its hilarious!!!!!!!

Hydrangea Wedding Cake

Hydrangea and Roses Cake

White tiered cakes are very common in weddings but almost all of the time, it would be requested for the cake to have its own unique special design. How about making this 3-layered plain white cake topped with a lovely bouquet of sugar hydrangea and roses? It would be a heavenly sight that would be perfect to set a solemn but joyous atmosphere in any wedding event.

Halloween Monsters Cake

Stacked Halloween cake

Trick or Treat? Well both… In this tutorial Verusca shows you the trick to making  an amazing gravity defying Halloween treat. In this package you get 3 full length videos and a PDF eBook with detailed instructions and pictures.

Gingerbread House

Gingerbread House

Learn how to make a Sweet Spiced Gingerbread House with Learn Cake Decorating Online teacher, Adam Cremona.

Easter Egg Bunny

easter egg bunny cake

Everybody knows just how kids enjoy the surprises brought about by chocolate Easter eggs in fancy foil wraps and this is not only during a specific time of the year. So, moms would sometimes have a basketful of these treats kept in the pantry even though it’s not Easter. Want to know what else can be made out of these chocolate eggs? Watch and learn from teacher Verusca and be able to make your own fondant Easter Egg Bunny with a chocolatey surprise center!

Crazy Rabbit Cake

crazy rabbit cake

Look at that cute, struggling face! Learn to make the Crazy Rabbit Cake, which is a carved cake with a figurine on top. Since it is an easter rabbit cake we made it from a classic carrot cake with marmalade and buttercream. Depending on your local conditions you might want to use a mud cake with ganache instead.

Circus Lion Cake

circus lion cake

MAKE A CIRCUS LION CAKE WITH PIXIE NEMETH   Learn how to make a Circus Lion Cake with Learn Cake Decorating Online cake decorator, Pixie Nemeth. In this video, you will learn how to create a circus themed cake with a cute looking roaring lion. Put your cake sculpting skills into practice again as you follow … Read more

Cheetah Cake

cheetah cake

Make this fantastic Cheetah carved cake! Two full-length videos come with a detailed PDF ebook!

Candy Lady Cake

candy lady cake

Make this fantastic Candy Lady Cake with Pixie! Comes with 2 full-length videos and a detailed PDF ebook!

Easter Chicken Cake Pops

easter chicken cake pops cake decorating class tutorial

Too cute! These Easter Chicken Cake Pops by Adam Cremona are going to be so popular! Send them to school as an Easter gift for schoolmates or keep as an afternoon treat with coffee after that big Easter weekend feast.

Bride And Groom Figurines

Bride And Groom Figurines

Known for her gorgeous figurines, in this tutorial Verusca Walker will teach you how to make her distinctive Bride and Groom. With step by step instructions and a easy to use template provided in the ebook you will be topping your cakes with perfect figurines in no time.

Aeroplane Cake

Aeroplane cake

In this awesome video tutorial, Handi pulls out the big guns! This super cute design is a fabulous introduction to a cake with internal structure. This structure can also be used for an upside down pouring wine bottle as well as many other designs. Handi takes you through all the steps of making this cake in an easy to follow video tutorial.

How to make Christmas Cupcakes

Christmas Cupcakes

Cupcakes are one of the most delicious dishes at the time of Christmas. From kids to elders, everyone loves to eat these cakes. Cupcakes were first introduced in 1796. It was when a recipe notation of “a cake to be baked in small cups” was written in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. The cupcakes are … Read more

How to make a Fun Fondant Easter Egg Bunny

Easter Egg Bunny

A superb topping over a cake adds beauty and temptation to the cake. When I was young, I loved the pets and my favourite was a bunny. They are adorable due to their ears and face, their white colour used to add even more to their lovely feature. So why not try something like this … Read more

How to make a Hanging Birdhouse cake

hanging birdhouse cake

It’s surely one of the best cakes you could ever see and of course, east. The unique design of the cake has enormous popularity among people. The cake needs to have a flame of about 7 inches tall and 4 inches would cover the roof. These types of cakes can use chocolate Ganache or Pink … Read more

Making Marzipan from Scratch

making marzipan from scratch

Marzipan is an almond-based confection used as a filling for candy centers, but it can also be used to cover cakes and form edible decorative desserts. Marzipan’s base is made up of almond paste, so it has a richer and nuttier flavor than normal fondant. Its soft, clay-like texture can be rolled out or shaped … Read more

Cakes From Middle Earth

Cakes From Middle Earth

Cakes From Middle Earth Prepare to have your mind blown with this sugar art collaboration brought to you by 31 of New Zealand’s Cake Decorators & Sugar Artists, celebrating the amazing films of Sir Peter Jackson. From Gollum to Lead by Mel Todd and her admin team; Jo Orr, Nina Blackburn & Zeena Bode   … Read more

How to Make Fondant from Scratch

how to make fondant from scratch - A Guide to Commercial Fondant

Once you have already made your cake, the next step is equally just as important. After all, presentation is also an important facet in the art of cake making. Sugar paste – also known as fondant, rolled fondant, or ready to roll icing – is one of the basic pastes used in cake decorating and sugar … Read more

A Guide to Commercial Fondant

how to make fondant from scratch - A Guide to Commercial Fondant

Sometimes, you simply have no time to make fondant from scratch, especially if it’s going to be for a large cake project. Good thing that you can now easily buy commercial fondant off the shelf, and there’s a lot to choose from when it comes to icing brands. Before deciding on what brand to use, … Read more

How to Make Gum Paste from Scratch

how to make gum paste from scratch

If you are just a budding home baker looking to branch out of your comfort zone and enter the wonderful world of cake decorating, one of the very first things you will need to figure out is how to use gum paste to decorate your cake. Gum paste is one of the very basic forms … Read more

How to Make Gumpaste for Vegans

how to make gum paste for vegans

Gelatin, which is a common ingredient in making fondant, is a processed collagen that comes from various animal by-products. So if you are a vegan or a vegetarian looking for a sugar paste recipe that will suit your lifestyle, you can substitute agar-agar for the gelatin. Agar-agar is a good vegetable counterpart for gelatin. You … Read more

Useful Gumpaste Tips

useful gumpaste tips - Troubleshoot Gumpaste

What makes gumpaste different from other pastes is the addition of a special ingredient – a gum – to add strength and flexibility to it, so that it can be rolled out much thinner than your average fondant, resulting into a more realistic cake decor. This important ingredient makes the gumpaste stretchable and elastic, just … Read more

Troubleshoot Gumpaste

useful gumpaste tips - Troubleshoot Gumpaste

Working with gumpaste to create beautiful cake decorations is not the easiest of tasks. In fact, it takes a fair amount of work to produce great results. Can you count the number of times you have wasted money by throwing out gumpaste that’s too hard or too dry? Well, now you can stop wasting your … Read more

The Must-Have Cake Decorating Tools for Beginners

the must have cake decorating tools for beginners

You have already perfected the art of baking cakes, so now is the perfect time to move on to the next level, which is mastering the art of cake decorating. Unlike baking where you have to master and improve on recipes, cake decorating is an entirely different animal. Cake decorating can be something as simple … Read more

How to Make Modeling Paste from Scratch

Groom cake

In cake decorating, there are many different variants of pastes that can be used. The paste you will use will have to depend on the project you are working. For example, if you want to decorate your cake with delicate flowers, you use gum paste. If you want to cover your cake with icing, you … Read more

Troubleshoot Modeling Chocolate

troubleshoot modeling chocolate

Working with modeling chocolate will be hard at first, and you may encounter several problems along the way. You will also notice that most of the issues with modeling chocolate happen during the mixing stage of the chocolate and corn syrup. Good thing that there are actually quick fixes to these problems. Although modeling chocolate … Read more

Chocolate Products You Can Use as Modeling Chocolate

chocolate products you can use as modeling chocolate

The great thing about modeling chocolate is that it stays pliable for a long time, giving you ample time to create your flowers and figures, unlike with fondant or gumpaste where you have to work really fast because they dry out and harden quickly. Its versatile nature allows you to make use of so many … Read more

How to Make Royal Icing from Scratch

how to make and ice sugar cookies

Royal icing is mainly known as the icing used to decorate cookies. Its smooth, pure- white icing dries down to a hard, matte finish, which is frequently used to make cake decorations that will last for a long time. Its hardness makes it popular for baked goodies that need to be packed and shipped, without … Read more

How to Make Buttercream Icing from Scratch

how to make butter creaming from a scratch

Compared to other icings, buttercream is softer, more spreadable and manageable. Use it to pipe borders and to frost your cakes. Use it to write names and greetings. Use it to top your cupcakes. You should know that there is a LOT of buttercream icing recipes that you can try. However, it always comes in … Read more

How to Bake a Chocolate Mud Cake

chocolate mud cake

Nothing beats a slice of chocolate cake paired with a cup of coffee to lighten up a day. There are a lot of chocolate recipes out there claiming to be the best-tasting chocolate cake ever, but that is quite a tall order, and a purely subjective notion; after all, we all have our notions of … Read more

A Basic European Sponge Cake Recipe

european sponge cake

The European sponge cake is a light and airy cake that contains three basic ingredients: eggs, sugar, and flour. It is very versatile – it can be eaten plain, it can be flavored and soaked with extracts or liqueurs, it can even be filled with whipped cream or buttercream, or it can be topped with … Read more

How to Troubleshoot Fondant

how to troubleshoot fondant

Working with fondant can be a frustrating experience for the beginning cake decorator, but there are easy fixes in order to troubleshoot fondant problems. Here are some of the most common problems that you will encounter when using fondant to cover your cakes, as well as how to fix them: How to Troubleshoot Fondant Air … Read more

A Classic American Sponge Cake Recipe

a classic american sponge cake recipe

A good versatile sponge cake recipe is essential to any baker’s arsenal. Sponge cakes have two types: American and European. It is a great recipe to have on hand, because you can do so many things with it. You can serve a sponge cake plain, with a dusting of icing sugar on top or served … Read more

Most Common Cake Construction Methods

most common cake construction methods

So you’ve already perfected your recipe for baking the perfect birthday or wedding cake. You’ve already finished filling and frosting it, and now you’re on the last part of the journey: assembling and decorating the cake. Don’t be misled by how pretty those cakes look like! They can be quite heavy, which is why ensuring … Read more

How to Make Cake Pops

Christmas pudding cake

Running out of ideas when it comes to a last-minute, no-fuss, quick party dessert trick? How about trying your hand at learning how to make cake pops? If you have leftover cake lying around the house, you can repurpose it into cake pops. These sweet confections also go by the name of cake balls, cakesicles, … Read more

Meadow Mountain Wedding Cake

meadow mountain wedding cake

Practice your skills on modelling chocolate with the chocolate expert herself, Jessica Pedemont! This tutorial focuses on the wonders of modelling chocolate on how it can be used to recreate fascinating sceneries. The tutorial proper starts with teaching you how to sculpt the cake into a meadow mountain, before moving on to decorating it with modelling chocolate.

This pack contains three videos that will help you climb your way to being a modelling chocolate expert. The first video is an introduction which teaches you how to make modelling chocolate. The net two videos are dedicated to demonstrate how to recreate this meadow mountain wedding cake. It comes with a downloadable PDF book that contains instructions with photos on how to create this cake, which serves as a summary as well for the three videos.

After practicing on this cake, you’ll find it easier to work on modelling chocolate! You can now try to start on sculpting with it for other novelty cakes.

Valentine Chocolates

Valentine Chocolates

  Nothing is sweeter than chocolates on Valentines Day. Make it extra special by making it yourself! Save up a lot of money on expensive chocolates as Jessica shows you how to make these luxurious Valentine Chocolates at home. This pack contains two full-length videos where Jessica explains in great detail how to create different … Read more

Chocolate Truffle Cake

truffle ball cake decorating class tutorial

Step up your chocolate ganache by transforming them into chocolate truffles, and then built them together to form a cake! In this tutorial, Adam will teach you how to make this chocolate-goodness from scratch. The cake itself is heavenly because it is salted caramel mud cake.

This contains 5 videos divided into short clips so you can easily replay steps that you’re having difficulties with or simply interested in. It comes with 2 downloadable PDF books. The first book explains the steps taken in making the truffles and building the cake. The next eBook is a recipe for salted caramel mud cake which you can use as the base cake in order to complement the rich chocolate taste of the truffles.

Adam’s tutorial will teach you various tips that you can use in other cakes as well. In fact, the chocolate truffles could be served as is! You could also opt to make smaller versions of these and top it on cupcakes instead. You could also try covering the top part of the cake only, and leaving the sides bare to show off the smooth finish on the ganache.

Chocolate Shard Cake

chocolate shard cake

Learn how to make world-renowned chocolate shard cake which is definitely a fancy way to decorate it. Jessica teaches you how to temper chocolate, which will produce these beautiful shards. You’ll also learn how to melt chocolates using water bath.

Teddy Cake with Ruffles

Teddy Bear

Louise Vansleve brings you pretty as she teaches you how to make one of the most famous cakes nowadays – the ruffle cake. She then steps it up a notch by adding a cute teddy bear cake topper. This tutorial will teach you how to sculpt the bear, make the ruffles in the cake, and properly cover your cake with ganache and then fondant.

Girl with Green Balloon Cake

Girl with Green Balloon Cake

Want to know what it feels like to fly? Take notes from this girl with the green balloon, created by Margie Carter. Her creation is perfect for a children’s party. Learn how to build the fluffy cloud on the girl’s feet, and to sculpt the girl as well.

Double Barrel Cake

barrel cake

Handi Mulyana will guide you as you challenge yourself into making more complex cakes. This double barrel cake is a primer for you in making more advanced cakes than this, such as the ones seen on weddings.

 

Owl Cake

owl cake

Perfect for a girl’s party or even a tea party, this pretty and cartoony owl cake will surely impress your guests, both young and young-at-heart! In this tutorial, Louise Vansleve will teach you how to secure the base, built and sculpt, and decorate your detailed cake. Louise explains every technique she uses, which will help you understand why and what those are for. These techniques could also be used on making other cakes!

Love Birds Cake

Love Birds Cake

Give your Valentines cake a twist from the ordinary red heart cake into this real-life love story of two birds on a log. Pixie is back to teach you techniques to make realistic logs out of fondant, airbrush, and a little paint. She’ll also teach you to make the birds and to add facial expressions on them to narrate their love story. The full-length video covers all the steps in recreating the design of this lovely cake. It comes with a downloadable PDF book that goes through the procedures up to the finest details in text and photo form. Use Pixie’s tutorial as inspiration to other creations: try creating miniature versions of the lovebirds as cupcake toppers, or create owls instead by modifying a few steps when designing the bird.

Birch Bark Cake

Birch Bark Cake

Want a twist to your wedding cake? Get your hands dirty with this Birch Bark Cake with Pixie Nemeth! In this tutorial, she recreates a classic wood effect using fondant with the help of modelling tools and paint.

Henrietta the Hippopotamus Cake

Dancing hippopotamus

In this module the fabulous Margie Carter is back with her beautiful ballerina Henrietta. Learn how to carve this gorgeous figurine and create her super cute expression for this fabulous little girls cake.

Halloween Cat Cake

halloween cat cake

This Halloween Cat by Verusca Walker will raise your hair and give you Goosebumps as she impresses you with a cake that stands on 2 skinny legs, with the weight suspended on the upper half of the cake. Even if it’s Halloween, Verusca’s cat is still adorable!

Dragon Cake

dragon cake tutorial

Are you ready to get your mind blown? Let our fantastic Vilmos dazzle you with his magnificent Dragon cake with a totally edible isomalt internal structure. Oh my god! Discounted just now from $49.95 to $39.95. Don’t miss out!

Cheeky Monkey Cake Topper

Cheeky Monkey Cake

In this module the fabulous Margie Carter is back with her adorable Cheeky Monkey. Learn how to carve this gorgeous figurine and create her super cute expression for awesome cake topper. Perfect for any safari, jungle or even a little boys birthday cake.

Camping Possums Cake

Carter Caravan

Individually, they are great. Together, they make magic. Treat yourself with a special tutorial where Handi Mulyana and Margie Carter collaborate to take you on a camping trip. From Handi’s tutorial for the caravan and Margie’s instructions for the possums, it’s a trip full of learning and laughs!

High Heel Shoes Cake

Cake Shoe Topper

Recreate your favorite fashion statement into a cake topper! Watch as Verusca Walker shows off her cake decorating skills and reveal that with the right tools and templates, you can recreate this cake as well.

Beer Bottle Cake

beer bottle and glass cake decorating class tutorial

The best beer in town is not the one you drink anymore – it IS your cake! Handi Mulyana’s detailed explanation of this seemingly complicated wine glass and (floating) beer bottle cake will make you realize how simple it actually is. Get ready to learn how to blow your friends’ minds with this seemingly impossible cake, and get a nice laugh along the learning process!

How to Make a Naked Cake

naked cake

While rolled-on fondant has been the go-to style when it comes to decorating traditional wedding cakes, some people would try for something more unconventional, offbeat, and whimsical when it comes to cake decorating; hence, the rising popularity of the naked cake. But what is a naked cake, exactly? Let’s start with what a naked cake … Read more

The Truth (with Facts) about the LCDO and Verusca Walker Dispute

We have been slandered by Verusca Walker and Handi Mulyana recently. We found these claims so unprofessional and ridiculous that we did not even want to react, we preferred to concentrate on working FOR our members whom have supported LCDO ever since. Now that Verusca has gone to the extremes that she has actually started … Read more

Crazy Rabbit Cake

crazy rabbit cake

For the first video this month we have Pixie making the Crazy Rabbit Cake, which is a carved cake with a figurine on top. Since it is an easter rabbit cake we made it from a classic carrot cake with marmalade and buttercream. Depending on your local conditions you might want to use a mud cake with … Read more

Cakes From Middle Earth

Cakes From Middle Earth

Cakes From Middle Earth Prepare to have your mind blown by this sugar art collaboration brought to you by 31 of New Zealand’s Cake Decorators & Sugar Artists, celebrating the amazing films of Sir Peter Jackson. From the creepy Gollum to dragons and Tin Tin, this is one awesome collaboration of cakes. Lead by Mel … Read more

Worlds Largest Cake Sculpture

worlds largest cake sculpture

A team of cake decorators in the UK have cracked the world record in their attempt to make the worlds largest cake. The project that was created to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation in the UK enlisted a huge team of bakers and decorators to give the project a fighting chance. A … Read more

How to Make Candy Cane Bark

how to make candy cane bark

How to Make Candy Cane Bark Are you looking for a super easy idea for gifts this Christmas? Or do you need last minute presents for the kids to give to their classmates? In this quick video Jessica Pedemont and the Learn Cake Decorating Team show you how to make Candy Cane Bark! So delicious! … Read more

How to make Christmas Cupcakes

Christmas Cupcakes

Christmas is just around the corner and with that comes Christmas parties and Christmas gifts. These cupcakes are so quick and easy to make and make a perfect centre piece at a Christmas party or as a gift for teachers at school. Learn to make perfect fondant cupcakes for Christmas, a cute polar bear, a … Read more

Buddy Valastro arrested over more than a piece of cake!

buddy valastro arrested over more than a piece of cake

 Buddy Valastro arrested over more than a piece of cake! It seems Cake Boss‘ Buddy Valastro tucked into more than a piece of cake this week! He has been charged with a DWI and DWAI in New York City. The 42-year-old baker was arrested on Thursday near Penn Station, a New York City Police Department … Read more

How to Pipe in Chocolate

how to pipe in chocolate

How to Pipe in Chocolate Create easy decorations for cakes by piping chocolate onto non-stick acetate or baking paper. Super quick, easy and effective! 1. Fill a piping bag with tempered chocolate and snip off the tip.(If you want more instructions on tempering your chocolate see our easy tempering guide here) If you don’t know … Read more

Its time to make a change in the cake world

its time to make change in the cake world

 Its time to make a change in the cake world In the cake decorating world, I see masses of creativity and light and for many people cake decorating is their happy place, their creative outlet, where they go to escape the often brutal reality of life. They may not be the best cake decorators, they … Read more

Top 10 Cake Decorating Tools

top 10 cake decorating tools

Top 10 Cake Decorating Tools, that you just can’t live without… When it comes to cake decorating we all have our preferences. Cake flavours, frosting versus ganache, hell, even fondant versus marzipan. But there are some tools, which bakers and decorators alike just can’t seem to go past So with that in mind, we have … Read more

How to Bake BIG Cakes

the big slice 14th aug 2014

How to Bake BIG Cakes – Baking Tips for Big Cakes The questions we get asked so often are …. How do I bake a large cake, so that the inside is cooked and the outside isn’t overcooked ? How do I prevent my cake doming and cracking? How do I get a high cake? … Read more

How to Make “Noah Spreads His Love”

how to make noah spreads his love

How to Make “Noah Spreads His Love” Today I am so excited to share this fabulous tutorial from the lovely Trish at Cakicature. Trish shares my love for big dogs with slobbery mouths and today her dog Noah is sharing a bit of his love around!                   … Read more

Salted Caramel and Pecan Truffle Ball Cake Member Tutorial

truffle ball cake decorating class tutorial

Salted Caramel and Pecan Truffle Ball Cake Member Tutorial with Adam Cremona Adam shows you how to make this gorgeous cake which is such a lovely change from a fondant cake. Perfect for that chocolate loving bride! Inside the cake is a Salted Caramel Mud Cake with a Dulce De Luche Pecan Nut filling. On … Read more

Behind The Scenes of an LCDO Tutorial shoot

behind the scenes of an lcdo tutorial shoot

Behind The Scenes of an LCDO Tutorial shoot After a huge week filming new tutorials last week, I thought it would be fun to take you behind the scenes of one of our shoots for our member tutorials. We usually film at my house in a corner of my living room, but our the next … Read more

OUR TOP 5 CAKE APPS

our top 5 cake apps

OUR TOP 5 CAKE APPS. Apps, so many of us use them these days, but’s what’s out there for the cake decorator? Using apps is fast becoming an easy, convenient way to help you learn new skills, price your cakes and even work out how much ganache to use. So here you have them, our … Read more

Noah in the Bath Cake Topper

noah in the bath cake topper

Noah in the Bath Cake Topper Today we welcome our new guest blogger Trish Barber from Cakicature with the first in her Poocha series. Lets just say Trish is a figurine goddess and I would say we will be seeing quite a bit more of her around the cakey traps! 1. To make a Noah … Read more

Differentiating Your Cake Business

how to differentiate your cake business

Differentiating Your Cake Business in a Crowded Marketplace There has been a surge in interest in cake decorating for some years now. Over time as with any growth area hobbyists naturally transition to other areas within the field. This has meant that more and more cake decorators are thinking about starting their own businesses and … Read more

How to Ganache a Cake

how to ganache a cake

How to Ganache a Cake This is the first in our 3 part series of the next 3 Tuesdays teaching you how to make a fondant cake right from the basics. Part 1 this week will show you how to properly set up and ganache a cake. https://youtu.be/tBu-l4JtbIA?list=PLCte0FD_mGphmLCJJh41ZRysLuZacmESl Materials – some items are for the … Read more

Cointreau and Rosemary Cake Recipe

cointreau and rosemary cake recipe

Here is the only collection of triple-tested recipes that you will ever need.

Together with chef Adam Cremona, we came up together with a range of mouth watering cakes that can be used as dessert cakes and cakes under fondant or buttercream.

We have also included ganaches, buttercreams, syrups and jellies to be used as accompaniments to your cakes.

You will see a guide with each cake

GF – Gluten FREE

FC – Perfect for Fondant Cakes

BC – Perfect for Buttercream Cakes

DC – Dessert Cakes – Perfect just as they are

I hope you enjoy cooking with and using these recipes as much as we have enjoyed creating, styling, photographing and eating them!

Top Tips for Perfect Mud Cakes

top tips for perfect mud cakes

Top Tips for Perfect Mud Cakes The mud cake is relative newcomer to the cake scene, seeming to have popped up somewhere in the 1970’s. The first mud cakes came from America descending from the famed Brownie and Fudge, and originally contained marshmallow. Other derivatives of this cake are the Mississippi Mud Pie and Dirt … Read more

Gorgeous Marble Cake Recipe

gorgeous marble cake recipe

Gorgeous Marble Cake Recipe This cake and the accompanying photo, was one of my favourites from the book shoot for our new book “For The Love of Cake”. The gorgeous swirls of Neapolitan colours made me think of the simple pleasure of baking and texture of this cake has the most perfect home baked buttery … Read more

Make a Giraffe Cake

Giraffe Cake

Giraffe Member Tutorial with Handi Mulyana This month we have Handi’s adorable Giraffe. This cake is perfect for a little boys christening or early birthday. Don’t forget though you could adapt this into a whole range of other animals too! This soft toy inspired Giraffe is cute and cuddly ideal for any child’s party. Change him … Read more

Make a Violin Cake

make a violin cake

Violin Member Tutorial with Verusca Walker This month our members can access Verusca Walker’s fabulous violin tutorial. Once you have made a Violin, you can use the same structure to make a guitar, an electric guitar, a viola……well the list goes on. Perfect for that music loving client or family member.This tutorial comes with a … Read more

The Big Slice – 4th July 2014

the big slice

THE BIG SLICE Where we bring you the best of the week’s cake news. At Learn Cake Decorating Online, we bring you the best of what the cake world has to offer. Great news stories from around the globe and locally, extraordinary work, amazing tutorials, helpful hints and tips – and of course posts to … Read more

How to Cover Cupcakes Perfectly

Perfect Cupcakes

How to Cover Cupcakes Perfectly In this short video Handi Mulyana teaches you how to cover a cupcake perfectly, providing you with a super smooth base to put your cupcake decorations on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYsnSWLsy0&feature=youtu.be Materials • Ganache • Sugar or jam syrup • Blue, Green, Pink, Red, Yellow, Brown, Beige, Black and White fondant • Cupcakes … Read more

Dulce De Luche Chocolate Brownies

dulce de luche chocolate brownies

Dulce De Luche Chocolate Brownies Sometimes you just have to be bad. Like ridiculously, downright naughty kind of bad. Like lick your finger, lick the bowl and scrape out the last dribble of caramel from the jug kind of bad. So I have been. Bad, that is. Not the petrol station hold up kind, just … Read more

Girl With Cake

girl with cake

Girl With Cake “Everyone should feel the love of a specially baked cake.” – Nerine Gardiner  Every so often someone jumps into your sphere with a smile that lights up the world.  When that happens, you can’t help but want to know a little more.  You want to look a little closer and see just … Read more

Rhubarb Yoghurt Cake with Sticky Rhubarb Sauce

rhubarb yoghurt cake

Rhubarb Yoghurt Cake with Sticky Rhubarb Sauce I have been a rhubarb lover since I was a kid. Stewed rhubarb and apple had a regular and much loved place on our dessert table as kids and so when I spied the Wild Strawberry and Rhubarb Yoghurt flavour, it was the first to be popped into … Read more

Almond and Pecan Coffee Crumble Cake Recipe

almond and pecan coffee crumble cake

Here is the only collection of triple-tested recipes that you will ever need.

Together with chef Adam Cremona, we came up together with a range of mouth watering cakes that can be used as dessert cakes and cakes under fondant or buttercream.

We have also included ganaches, buttercreams, syrups and jellies to be used as accompaniments to your cakes.

You will see a guide with each cake

GF – Gluten FREE

FC – Perfect for Fondant Cakes

BC – Perfect for Buttercream Cakes

DC – Dessert Cakes – Perfect just as they are

I hope you enjoy cooking with and using these recipes as much as we have enjoyed creating, styling, photographing and eating them!

How to Make a Lion Cupcake

how to make a lion cupcake

Learn how to make these awesome and easy Lion cupcakes with Handi Mulyana from the Learn Cake Decorating Online Team. The kids will absolutely love these and with any Safari, Zoo or Jungle themed party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWpHyAs_a4&feature=youtu.be  Materials • Ganache • Sugar or jam syrup • Blue, Green, Pink, Red, Yellow, Brown, Beige, Black and White … Read more

First Time Cake Decorator – What was your first time like?

first time cake decorator

Today was the day – my first cake decorating class and I was so excited I couldn’t sleep the night before. I felt I was graduating from the Women’s Weekly School of Birthday Cakes to the big league. I arrived in plenty of time and I presumed that like me, everyone there had no other … Read more

Classic Sponge Cake

classic sponge cake

Here is the only collection of triple-tested recipes that you will ever need.

Together with chef Adam Cremona, we came up together with a range of mouth watering cakes that can be used as dessert cakes and cakes under fondant or buttercream.

We have also included ganaches, buttercreams, syrups and jellies to be used as accompaniments to your cakes.

You will see a guide with each cake

GF – Gluten FREE

FC – Perfect for Fondant Cakes

BC – Perfect for Buttercream Cakes

DC – Dessert Cakes – Perfect just as they are

I hope you enjoy cooking with and using these recipes as much as we have enjoyed creating, styling, photographing and eating them!

How to make Berry Clafoutis

how to make berry clafoutis

How to make Berry Clafoutis They say in life that one door closes and another opens. It sounds so cliched , but its true. This is exactly what is happening to me this week. I am literally closing a door. A door on something that just didn’t work and you know what, I couldn’t be … Read more

Doughnuts – Spiced Pumpkin Doughnuts Recipe

doughnuts

Chai Spiced Pumpkin Doughnuts Its doughnut day and what better way to celebrate than to cook doughnuts! I had never made doughnuts before and for some reason always thought they would be really hard! They actually are not! There are some recipes out there that use yeast and are a little bit trickier  but this … Read more

Make a Cute Monkey Cupcake

make a cute monkey cupcake

Make a Cute Monkey Cupcake How cute are Monkeys? Learn how to make these awesome and easy Monkey cupcakes with Handi Mulyana from the Learn Cake Decorating Online Team. The kids will absolutely love these and with any Safari, Zoo or Jungle themed party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8FpNsq1Xl4

Make a Chameleon Cake and Learn How to Airbrush!

chameleon cake

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Our multi award winning teachers, Verusca Walker, Handi Mulyana, Jessica Pedemont, Margaret Carter, Adam Cremona and Louise Vansleve are at your disposal at the click of a button, you’d be crazy to miss out. These amazing and talented teachers provide you with eBooks, feedback and classes that range from introductory to advanced.

As a member of www.learncakedecoratingonline.com you’ll also get two new tutorials each month.

But our membership doesn’t stop there. You’ll not only have access to great teachers, eBooks and fantastic recipes; you will also be invited to join our members-only Facebook group. It’s here that we share what’s happening, news, trends and answer those tricky questions. Great feedback and fantastic advice from your peers and our teachers.

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Make a gorgeous Modelling Chocolate present box

make a gorgeous modelling chocolate present box

World’s Leading Teachers. Over 200 hours of tutorials available for you to watch.

Learn Cake Decorating Online is every cake decorators dream website. With over 200 hours of tutorials to view twenty-four hours a day, as many times as you want, what’s not to love?

Our multi award winning teachers, Verusca Walker, Handi Mulyana, Jessica Pedemont, Margaret Carter, Adam Cremona and Louise Vansleve are at your disposal at the click of a button, you’d be crazy to miss out. These amazing and talented teachers provide you with eBooks, feedback and classes that range from introductory to advanced.

As a member of www.learncakedecoratingonline.com you’ll also get two new tutorials each month.

But our membership doesn’t stop there. You’ll not only have access to great teachers, eBooks and fantastic recipes; you will also be invited to join our members-only Facebook group. It’s here that we share what’s happening, news, trends and answer those tricky questions. Great feedback and fantastic advice from your peers and our teachers.

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Venus Flytrap

venus flytrap

In this tutorial Verusca Walker will teach you how to shape and set up this cake with internal structure for safe transporting and then will show you how to decorate this super fun cake. You can use this method to make so many types of cakes including Flowerpot cakes. If you are a Learn Cake … Read more

Best Ever Spiced Rum Cake and Hot Rum Milk

best ever spiced rum cake

                        I went to Fiji for about 8 hours on Christmas eve 2013……..Random, I know. It was a cruise stop off. There is not much you can do in 8 hours on an island. However I did manage to buy an international phone charger … Read more

Become a Member

So here you are, hunting for cake tips and tricks on the internet, searching for the perfect base cake recipe, trying to get this carving thing, mastering crumb coating and improving your fondant skills… You have literally seen all the free tutorials on youtube, exhausted all the free resources but still… You feel there should … Read more

How to Make Banana Split using Leftover Ganache

how to make banana split using left over ganache

Learn Cake Decorating Online has teamed up with Jessica Pedemont and the adorable Poppy to create an awesome video on how to make a banana split with leftover ganache! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFQmdHcDkjU

Make Spiced Hot Chocolate with Jess and Poppy

make spiced hot chocolate

What happens when the Learn Cake Decorating Online team have a sleepover? Make spiced hot chocolate of course! Join Jessica Pedemont and adorable Poppy as they whip up a delicious hot chocolate using spices and leftover ganache! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=936ljsqjpJo  

How to make Hamburger Macarons

hamburger macarons

How to make Hamburger Macarons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbBegwdNm9o To celebrate Hamburger Day on the 24th May we decided to create a sweet Hamburger and make Hamburger Macarons! In this tutorial Jessica Pedemont teaches you how to make a perfect macaron and then how to turn it into the sweetest little burger you ever did see! Macaron Recipe … Read more

How to Make a Cowboy Boot Cake with Handi Mulyana

cowboy boot cake

Learn Cake Decorating Online have teamed up with Handi Mulyana to show you how to make this awesome Cowboy Boot cake. Perfect for any Western themed party! In this tutorial you will learn how to make a simple internal structure to stabilize the cake and cake sculpting skills. See a little behind the scenes, bloopers … Read more

Make a Sombrero Cake with Margie Carter

sombrero

Hola Amigos, Join Margie Carter and the Learn Cake Decorating Online team as we make a Sombrero hat and a dancing chilli! When you take the tutorial you receive full video instruction, a downloadable ebook and templates. If you are a Learn Cake Decorating Online member you will find this tutorial in our member area. … Read more

How to Make a Wrapped Wedding Cake with Jessica Pedemont

meadow mountain wedding cake

In this tutorial Jessica Pedemont will teach you how to shape and set up this cake and then make and use modelling chocolate to create this spectacular cake. If you are a Learn Cake Decorating Online member you will find this tutorial in our member area. If you are not a member but would like … Read more

How to Make a Chocolate Shard cake with Jessica Pedemont

chocolate shard cake

In this tutorial Jessica Pedemont will teach you to temper chocolate, use chocolate transfer sheets and make chocolate shards. If you are a Learn Cake Decorating Online member you will find this tutorial in our member area. If you would like to become a member and immediately access over 200 hours of video tuition and … Read more

Hydrangea and Roses Wedding Cake with Adam Cremona

roses and hydrangea

In this tutorial Adam Cremona will teach you how to shape and set up this cake with internal structure for safe transporting and then will show you how to lustre the cake and make these stunning sugar flowers to create this spectacular modern wedding cake. If you are a Learn Cake Decorating Online member you … Read more

Winter is Coming – Make this Awesome Game of Thrones Cupcake

winter is coming

Margie Carter, makes the most extraordinary figurines and cake toppers  for Learn Cake Decorating Online. She started out by doing a five year Fine Arts Degree plus portrait painting, sculpting and pottery, but she still thinks that working with cake is the hardest medium to work with. She is always so busy but we found … Read more

How to make Red velvet Cake

red velvet cake

How to make Red Velvet Cake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkSwdvuqMgU Learn how to make this beautiful and easy Red Velvet Cake with Adam Cremona. What a perfect quick dessert or even a great gift ! Red Velvet Cake Recipe writer – Adam Cremona This super moist, crimson coloured cake’s origin is buried deep within American baking history. Nobody … Read more

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So why would I buy a Learn Cake Decorating Online membership? We sell some of our tutorials individually and that suits some people. But others, well they want the whole shebang. When you become a member of Learn Cake Decorating Online you can access with your members login our private membership website. Here you will … Read more

Recipes

Awesome recipes from our teachers and from blogs around the world    

Using essential oils to flavour your ganache

flavor your ganache with essential oils

I often get asked how you can expand your cake flavours without adding to your workload.  If you want to keep your repertoire with cakes quite small, a simple way to introduce flavour is with your ganache and syrups. I like to use pure essential oils to flavour my ganaches as I do not like … Read more