The secret of water ganache
I’ve been working on mastering a drizzle that I’m happy with for a while, and it’s been a bit of a journey.
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50 Years: An interview with Margaret
As our store reaches its 50 year milestone, we talk to our founder and friend Margaret about all things cake and business.
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I am thoroughly unsurprised at myself...
This is the smiling happy face of a Mum who decided that we needed five different cakes and 50 decorated bikkies to match at her son's first birthday.
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The best thing I've ever made
If you're a regular visitor to our website or social pages, you might have noticed a distinct absence of activity over the past few months. We have a very good reason...
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Shop the Cake - Unicorn Style!
I am absolutely fine with the unicorn trend lasting forever. It's gotten to the point where, when we are making the fondant decorations, we'll make an extra couple of sets...
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Living a messy, sprinkle filled life
My first few years of cake decorating started in our tiny kitchen in Springfield Lakes. I had the top of one laminated counter to decorate on and less than half a...
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Cake is where the heart is...
Our latest cake of the month winners... and some thoughts on cake decorating journeys.
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Black icing isn't a nightmare...
At least it doesn't have to be! Here's the one little trick we use to easily create bold black icings WITHOUT using entire bottles of colouring and staining everyone's mouths!
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Easily Create New Cupcake Flavours
Over the 10+ years I've been baking and creating with cakes, I've come to realise that when you have a good thing you should stick with it. I used to...
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NEW YEAR, New Classes!
Happy 2022!! We're back! And I'm keen as a bean! Look, I get it - it's that weird time of year where we're all still a little full from holidays,...
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"Just keep swimming"... Christmas 2021
It's my 7th year in the store (!) and I finally feel like I'm getting into a bit of a rhythm at Christmas time. Here’s what I can tell you...
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Dealing with 2021 and Showing Up
Between COVID and lockdowns, it's been tough. I said to Marcus just yesterday that I think the secret to everything in life is just showing up. So that’s what we keep doing....
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Our 2020 Cake Year in Review...
OUR (CAKE) YEAR IN REVIEW 2020... How it started In January, we kicked off the year by creating a mutli-tiered wedding cake that stood taller than I was. 'What a...
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