The Cake Decorating Co. Booklet - #Issue 14

Issue #14 A party without a cake is just a meeting.

Featured Cake By @4cake_sake

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Zoe Zoe Rees, the owner of Ginger Rees, the owner of Ginger BearBear Bakery, is a phenomenal Bakery, is a phenomenal buttercream cakecake designer. buttercream designer.

Based in Wales, specialising in in Based in Wales, specialising weddings & occasion cakes. weddings & occasion cakes.

The Ginger BearBear Bakery was was started by by The Ginger Bakery started myself in 2018, I worked full time as a as a myself in 2018, I worked full time product technologist for afor retail headhead product technologist a retail office and and started to make cakes for for office started to make cakes friends and and family in my time.time.

I friends family inspare my spare I began to experiment with with flavours and and began to experiment flavours decorating styles and and it soon became decorating styles it soon became clearclear that that buttercream was was the cake buttercream the cake stylestyle which I loved to create the most. which I loved to create the most.

People began to ask People began tome askfor mebespoke for bespoke orders and and the business started to grow orders the business started to grow fromfrom there.

I started an Instagram pagepage there.

I started an Instagram and and fromfrom 2019 2019 it hasit been my full has been mytime full time job! job!

I amIvery luckylucky to dotowhat I loveI love am very do what every day. day.

Initially mostmost of my every Initially oforders my orders werewere for occasion cakes, birthday, babybaby for occasion cakes, birthday, shower, anniversary etc...but this last shower, anniversary etc...but this last yearyear I have received a lotaoflot demand I have received of demand for wedding cakes.

BothBoth styles of cakes for wedding cakes. styles of cakes allowallow me to betocreative and and I loveI love to to me be creative workwork with with florals, textures and and colour. florals, textures colour.

@thegingerbearbakery @thegingerbearbakery

What have been youryour favourite What have been favourite celebration cake trends this this year? celebration cake trends year?

I amIaam huge fan of florals!

The dried a huge fan of florals!

The dried flower trendtrend has definitely beenbeen one one flower has definitely of my and and I get Iasked for itfor it offaves my faves get asked all the I alsoI also love love water colour alltime. the time. water colour buttercream and and stencilling.

BothBoth buttercream stencilling. these trends can give some gorgeous these trends can give some gorgeous effects and and textures. effects textures.

WhoWho inspires youryour beautiful designs? inspires beautiful designs?

I takeI take my inspiration fromfrom so many directions. my inspiration so many directions.

Interiors, art, fashion…so many things inspire Interiors, art, fashion…so many things inspire me. Ime. have many mood boards of different I have many mood boards of different ideas that that I refer to when I get Igiven a brief. ideas I refer to when get given a brief.

I always thinkthink “Ooo“Ooo an opportunity to do…”

I always an opportunity to do…”

Colour is also a huge inspiration to me, loveI love Colour is also a huge inspiration to Ime, colour.

A colour palette is theisfirst I askI ask colour.

A colour palette the thing first thing for when I amIasked to create a cake. for when am asked to create a cake.

What are your ‘holy grail’ cake What are your ‘holy grail’ cake decorating tools and products? decorating tools and products?

My tools are my I have experimented My tools arebabies! my babies!

I have experimented with with countless scrapers overover the last countless scrapers the few last few years, but Ibut nowI now havehave a clear favourite.

A years, a clear favourite.

A tall metal scraper is a MUST have!

A good tall metal scraper is a MUST have!

A good turntable is also something every cakemaker turntable is also something every cakemaker should havehave in their kitchen.

Recently I should in their kitchen.

Recently I havehave beenbeen using the new CakeCake Pin, this using the new Pin, is this is constantly in my when making floralfloral constantly inkit my kit when making cakes!

It’s aIt’s total game changer and and saves cakes! a total game changer saves so much time.time.

Mini Mini pallet knives too….there so much pallet knives too….there really are so many toolstools that that I loveI love to use! really are so many to use!

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What’s youryour favourite cake to date?

What’s favourite cake to date?

Oh this a tricky one. one.

I get Iasked to make Oh is this is a tricky get asked to make so many different stylestyle cakes and and eacheach so many different cakes one always becomes my favourite.

My My one always becomes my favourite. favourite ‘fun’ ‘fun’ cakecake is one did Ifor first favourite is Ione didafor a first birthday with with a Whale theme.

I really birthday a Whale theme.

I really enjoyed putting that that one together and and enjoyed putting one together the pale blue blue was was really pretty.

I think the pale really pretty.

I think my overall favourite cakecake was was a two my overall favourite a tier twoI tier I created for Cakemasters Magazine.

I wasI was created for Cakemasters Magazine. given a brief of ‘Winter Gala’Gala’ and and I pushed given a brief of ‘Winter I pushed myself to create different effects using myself to create different effects using edible fabric and and isomalt. edible fabric isomalt.

What are you ‘top‘top tips’tips’ for making What are you for making buttercream cakes? buttercream cakes?

Always use a good quality butter and and beat,beat, Always use a good quality butter beat,beat, beatbeat the butter until until it goes palepale the butter it goes before adding in the sugar.

A good consistency is key!

Buttercream mustmust be be before adding inicing the icing sugar.

A good consistency is key!

Buttercream soft enough to smooth easily yet firm enough to hold its shape.

I seeI buttercream soft enough to smooth easily yet firm enough to hold its shape. see buttercream as paint…whatever you can paint, you can buttercream.

You also as paint…whatever you do canwith do with paint, you do canwith do with buttercream.

You also needneed a good kit! Find yourself a good set of tools that that you are using a good kit! Find yourself a good set of tools youcomfortable are comfortable using and and allows you to create the finish you want. allows you to create the finish you want.

Check out some of the upcoming trends thatthat Check out some of latest the latest upcoming trends we’ve been seeing a lotaoflotrecently andand which products we’ve been seeing of recently which products you you need to recreate them! need to recreate them!

Shaggy cakes are delightfully unique.

Shaggy cakes are delightfully unique.

And And they're just plain fun to look at. With they're just plain fun to look at. With psychedelic textures and and technicolour psychedelic textures technicolour colours, these '70s-inspired cakes are are colours, these '70s-inspired cakes enough to make any sweet toothtooth (or (or enough to make any sweet design lover!) swoon. design lover!) swoon.

Use Use a ‘grass’ piping tip tip a ‘grass’ piping to achieve this this effect. to achieve effect.

Lambeth stylestyle piping isn’t isn’t going anywhere!

Lambeth piping going anywhere!

This method is a classic cakecake design that that usesuses This method is a classic design royalroyal icingicing over-piping technique that that creates over-piping technique creates depth using lots of layers of icing. depth using lots of layers of icing.

ThinkThink super-kitsch, vintage style,style, 80’s 80’s cakes super-kitsch, vintage cakes and and they’re backback with with a bang!

Perfect for for they’re a bang!

Perfect alternative wedding cakes, to birthday cakes alternative wedding cakes, to birthday cakes with with sassy-slogans. sassy-slogans.

ThisThis fabulous littlelittle 14-piece cake fabulous 14-piece cake decorating set by a must have! decorating setisby is a must have!

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Bento cakes are basically mini mini versions of of Bento cakes are basically versions cakes, no larger thanthan 4inches in diameter cakes, no larger 4inches in diameter and and come nestled in a takeout box. box. come nestled in a takeout TheyThey are also known for the are also known forimmaculate the immaculate lettering that that can be according lettering cancustomised be customised according to occasion, using whipped cream or or to occasion, using whipped cream buttercream to pipe.

TheirTheir dreamy colour buttercream to pipe. dreamy colour palette makes an aesthetic design palette makes an aesthetic design

Use Use Colour Mill Mill to create Colour to create the perfect colour palette. the perfect colour palette.

Crepe Cakes are exactly whatwhat they they sound like like Crepe Cakes are exactly sound – layered crepes between cream, ganache or or – layered crepes between cream, ganache whipped cream to form a cake.

These are are whipped cream to form a cake.

These oftenoften called ‘mille’ cakes, a French wordword called ‘mille’ cakes, a French meaning ‘a thousand’, implying the many meaning ‘a thousand’, implying the many layers of crepes to form a cake. layers of crepes to form a cake.

These beauties are not but they These beauties arejust not gorgeous, just gorgeous, but they create an incredibly light light and and tender dessert. create an incredibly tender dessert.

Plus Plus they they can be without an oven! canmade be made without an oven!

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Embroidery cakes are being spotted almost Embroidery cakes are being spotted almost everywhere.

Sometimes referred to asto as everywhere.

Sometimes referred Mexican Embroidery cakes, these cakes are are Mexican Embroidery cakes, these cakes inspired by traditional embroidered textiles. inspired by traditional embroidered textiles.

Use Use Ingenious Edible Ultra FineFine Ingenious Edible Ultra Royal Icing to create intricate Royal Icing to create intricate ‘embroidery’ designs. ‘embroidery’ designs.

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Zoe Zoe fromfrom the Ginger the Ginger BearBear Bakery Bakery shows shows howhow to use to use the new the new Cake Cake Pin to Pinattach to attach bothboth dried dried & fresh & fresh flowers flowers to the to side the side of of youryour cake. cake.

The The Cake Cake Pin isPin a brand is a brand newnew exciting exciting product product fromfrom Burnt Burnt Island Island Occasions Occasions to to attach attach floral floral decoration decoration to your to your cakes. cakes.

Collect Collect together together the flowers the flowers that that you would you would like to like use to on useyour on your cake.cake.

The Everyday The Everyday CakeCake Pin pack Pin pack and and Camo Camo packpack havehave 6 pins 6 pins in each in each with with threethree different different sizes,sizes, choose choose the best the best size for sizeyour for your collection collection of flowers. of flowers.

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Trim Trim youryour stems to to stems the required length. the required length.

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When When removing removing the the decoration decoration from from the the cakecakejustjust pullpull out out the the Cake Cake Pin and Pin and all the all the non-edible non-edible decoration decoration will will be removed be removed easily easily all together. all together.

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REVIEW REVIEW BYBY CAKE CAKE MASTERS MASTERS ThisThis month month we had we had the chance the chance to to try eeZee try eeZee Dowels Dowels fromfrom The The Cake Cake Decorating Decorating Company.

Company. eeZee eeZee Dowels Dowels are one are of one the ofstrongest the strongest on the onmarket the market and and havehave beenbeen specially specially designed designed to feature to feature a square a square shape shape to to increase increase support support for heavier for heavier cakecake tiers.tiers.

To test To the testdowels, the dowels, we decided we decided to make to make a double-barrel a double-barrel celebration celebration cake.cake.

OnceOnce our cakes our cakes had had beenbeen crumb crumb coated coated in ganache, in ganache, we took we took out the out the dowels dowels and and measured measured themthem against against the bottom the bottom layerlayer of cake. of cake.

We really We really likedliked how how easyeasy these these dowels dowels werewere to to workwork with,with, we were we were ableable to cut tostraight cut straight through through themthem with with standard standard kitchen kitchen scissors scissors without without any need any need for pipe for pipe cutters cutters or additional or additional tools.tools.

The dowels The dowels pushed pushed into into the cake the cake effortlessly effortlessly without without any distortion any distortion or movement. or movement.

The cake The cake was was quickly quickly and and easily easily prepared prepared for the fornext the next layerlayer with with minimal minimal efforteffort but but maximum maximum support! support!

We We added added the next the next layerlayer of of cakecake and and coated coated in a final in a final layerlayer of ganache, of ganache, thenthen left to left set toinset the infridge the fridge for for a couple a couple of hours. of hours.

AfterAfter the cake the cake had had chilled, chilled, we we removed removed fromfrom the fridge the fridge and and werewere impressed impressed to to see zero see zero signssigns of sinkage of sinkage or movement or movement in the incake. the cake.

we decorated sugarpaste, specks a white chocolate Next,Next, we decorated with with pink pink sugarpaste, goldgold paintpaint specks and and a white chocolate Adding sugarpaste to a cake can substantially increase the weight, cakecake drip. drip.

Adding sugarpaste to a cake can substantially increase the weight, but but 24 hours, still wasn’t any signs of movement!

The cake just as eveneven afterafter 24 hours, therethere still wasn’t any signs of movement!

The cake was was just as weitleft the previous we left theitprevious day!day! ofother the other fantastic features the ability One One of the fantastic features is theisability to add the round eeZee Dowels inside to add the round eeZee Dowels inside the the square dowels to double the strength.

Being square dowels to double the strength.

Being smaller compact in size, you be cansure be sure smaller and and compact in size, you can they’ll up space less space leave that that they’ll take take up less and and leave moremore for cake within the tier! roomroom for cake within the tier!

Overall, we could notmore be more Overall, we could not be impressed eeZee Dowels impressed with with eeZee Dowels The Cake Decorating fromfrom The Cake Decorating Company.

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They’re incredibly strong, straight through strong, passpass straight through are easy to disposable cut, disposable cake,cake, are easy to cut, or reusable, or reusable, foodfood safe,safe, and and allowallow you to stack to four you to stack up toup four tiers tiers of of Highly recommended! cake!cake!

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