Welcome Sometimes trying to keep up with the latest cake trends isn’t easy and although we may all love the concept, the reality of achieving them is not always quite so simple. Geometric designs, is just one of those trends, a great concept but painfully slow to complete. So we’ve put our heads together and come up with a solution, the Geometric Multi Cutter, problem solved. Be sure to check out the projects on pages 4 & 10 for the latest techniques and ideas using these cutters. Guess what - we have even more exciting news - Mini Snowflake plunger cutters, how cute are they. Quick and Easy to use and perfect for everything from Cookies to Desserts and Cakes to Chocolates, not forgetting of course those special princess cakes loved by little girls every where. The holiday season is a wonderful time to indulge in some family fun in the kitchen or maybe create those extra special gifts for friends and loved ones, so relax and enjoy. Seasons Greetings from the ‘CakeIt’ team.
Pat
Knightsbridge PME Ltd Publisher
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Preparation Coat the cake with melted chocolate and prepare the Modelling Candy Melt 6ozs (170g) Candy Buttons and mix in 50g Liquid Glucose. Pour into a plastic bag and allow to set for approximately 12 hours (visit the CakeIt website www.cakeit.education to view a step by step video)
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Roll out the modelling candy to an even thickness. Place the puzzle cutter onto the paste and press down firmly.
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Press down the plunger to emboss the detail. Cut out the shape and use the plunger once more to eject the holly leaf.
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Attach to the side of the cake securing in place with piping jelly or a jam.
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Using coloured Gumpaste cut out the letters and attach to the puzzle shapes.
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Lift up the cutter.
Prepare the holly leaves by rolling out finely a small quantity of green gum paste. Place the cutter on top of the paste.
Attach the puzzle shapes to the lolly pop sticks to spell out the message. Complete the cake by inserting the sticks into the cake and scattering the top with additional puzzle shapes.
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snowflake angel The enjoyment of making a Snow Angel can be such great fun and when Teddy Bears are combined with Mini Snowflakes it’s sure to bring a smile to everyone’s face
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Begin by preparing the Teddy Bear for the snow angel. This is made using a modelling paste created by blending equal quantities of Sugarpaste and Gumpaste together and coloured using the teddy bear Brown colour.
To prepare the snowflakes roll out white gum paste fairly finely. Place the cutter onto the paste and press down the plunger to create the embossing.
Coat the cake with white sugarpaste and place the Teddy bear on the top of the cake. Using the plain end of the quilting tool, draw the deep lines for the snow angel effect.
Press on the cutter to cut out the shape.
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Cut out a selection of green trees and add the embossed detail. Attach the trees to the sides of the cake and place the teddy bears into position.
Press the plunger once more to eject the shapes. Attach the snowflakes to the cake to decorate both the bears and the trees.
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Roll out a small piece of sugarpaste and emboss using the reverse side of the mat.
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Cut out a single snowflake and attach to the centre of the cake.
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you and your cakes This issue’s Thank You gift for all featured readers’ pictures is...
Multi Purpose Cake Decorator’s Turntable PME MT463
Jane Patching
My husband saw me reading your magazine and suggested that I send you photos of some of my cakes. I am new to cake decorating after recently retiring and just do cakes for friends and family.
Debbie Kingerlee I’ve discovered Cakeit after being sent it with an order from The Cake Decorating Co. There are some great ideas in here! I’d love you to consider my photo for your next issue. I made it for our Village Show competition... and won!
Pamela Ingham I made this Lego and peacock feather themed cake for my daughter’s wedding. I’m sending side and back views also. This is just the second wedding cake I have ever made, although I have made quite a few other cakes for birthdays. The wedding cakes were all fruit, covered with marzipan and sugarpaste. I transported the cake 100 miles to the venue (so glad It was all intact at journeys end!) and as it was fruit cakes it was also very heavy so I stacked it at the venue. The wedding all went well and I enclose a photo of my daughter Jenni and her husband Jon about to cut the cake.
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a frozen flower wedding cake Keep your big day chilled and don’t get hot under the collar with this romantic yet modern twist on a floral wedding cake. Easily adapted to suit your colour scheme and number of guests. Maybe even create this a single tier for that someone special just to show how much you love them!
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Using a small round cutter, cut out two circles of coloured sugarpaste, paint one with edible glue and sandwich a plastic wire into the centre to make a lollipop. Leave to dry overnight.
Preparation Prepare the cakes by stacking two together to create double height cakes. Place the cakes onto the cards and coat the largest and smallest cakes and cake board in white sugarpaste. Coat the middle tier in paste coloured with Regal Purple and Hot Pink concentrate.
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Firmly press the geometric cutter into the paste for a clean cut then use a large tapered craft brush to gently push the paste shapes out from the cutter.
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Roll out the coloured sugarpaste using the blue guide rings to achieve an evenly rolled out paste.
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Place the shapes onto a piece of kitchen towel and spray pearl them with lustre. You will need eight triangles to create one frozen flower. Keep them under a lid or container to slow down the drying to make handling easier.
Hold the paste triangles between finger and thumb at a point to prevent marking with finger prints.
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Use a scriber to mark the centre of the sugarpaste lollipop.
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Arrange the lustred triangles next to each other point of the long side towards the centre and glue in place. Leave to dry, add an extra layer for the double frozen flower on the bottom tier
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Middle tier Fold parchment paper into a band to measure half way up the side of the purple cake to the midway point. Fold the band into five equal sections. Make five central marks around the cake, one for each flower location.
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Arrange and glue lustred triangles in the same way as in stage number 6 directly onto the side of the cake. Neaten and straighten the triangles with a blade tool for a tidy finish.
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To create the main geometric cake pattern, cut out purple triangles and spray half of them with pearl lustre. First Glue a purple triangle with the short side towards the cake base and the long side upper most, add a lustred triangle to create a square shape. Repeat the pattern in reverse and alternate the design around the cake, neaten with the blade tool as you go.
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Continue around the cake, off-set the pattern in each line to create diagonal lines.
Top tier - Add a double line of lustred triangles to add a focal point!
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Dowel and stack the cakes and place onto the cake board. Glue white glitter flakes in place onto the cake board and any exposed tops of the white cakes only. Complete the cake by pushing the wired frozen flower into the cake and glue glitter flakes all over the cake for chilled and frosty finish!
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honeymoon cupcakes You will Need
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Basic Technique for Each Cupcake
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Flamingo Create a tapered sausage and bend at the narrow end to make the flamingo head, each side add a small white circle of paste and using the soft end of the Brush n Fine pen draw a large dot to complete the eye and paint the beak. Use the leaf plunger to cut out two wings, texture with the leaf veiner tool and glue to the rubber ring.
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Partially mix concentrate colour into the sugarpaste to create marbling and roll out. Cut out a disc of paste, secure with piping gel or jam on top of a cupcake.
Mermaid Tail Model a triangle of sugarpaste and pinch a �v� shape at the narrow end to make the fin. Flatten and smooth the shape with your fingers. Texture the tail using both ends of the leaf veining tool. Push the scallop tool upright into the paste to mark the body scales. Bend the tail to give movement, add lustre for a fishy shimmer!
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Create a rubber ring by rolling a coloured sausage of sugarpaste. Drag the sharp end of the leaf veiner along the length of the paste to mark a central line. Push the same end into the paste two or three times to mark creases.
Roll the cutting wheel in a criss cross design diagonally across a yellow ball of paste. Thinly roll out green paste and cut long triangle shapes using the cutting wheel. Leave to dry then push and glue into the pineapple. Add ready make sunglasses and draw on a smile!
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To enter the competition go to the CakeIt website www.cakeit.education or send a card to CakeIt, 23 Riverwalk Road, Enfield, EN3 7QN, giving your name, address, email and contact telephone number. The closing date for this competition is 5th January 2018. 14
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