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Hello and Happy New Year!
How was your Festive Season?
Now the cake's been eaten and there are smiles on everyone's faces....it's time to relax in your favourite comfy chair and dream up fantastic cake ideas for 2010.
Like any good Workman, Boy Scout or Girl Guide, Cake decorators should adhere to the motto "Be prepared".
Whilst you've time, and still in a tidying up mood, get out all your sugarcraft or Cake decorating equipment and make sure it's still all there, cleaned, sorted and ready to hand for the year ahead. There's nothing worse than come spring you open your draw or tool box and find red and green icing still clinging to your cutters and blocking up your icing tubes....
If you've been asked to create a Wedding cake for a Spring bride, then now is the time to check their design details...if you need to make Sugar flowers or Bride and Groom models then start them now whilst you're stuck indoors hiding from the weather...
Check your Edibles, colourings and flavourings, if they're out of date then you need to throw them away ...go on, empty right to the back of the kitchen cupboard, I bet there are things in there that are over five years old...If you don't like the thought of waste, then use them up now whilst you've time to practise your skills, but I wouldn't recommend eating any of them...
Tubes should pipe straight, Rolling pins be free of marks, smoothers smooth, Tins clean of any left over cake...etc..etc..
If there's something you always need to look for, find it now and put it somewhere ready to hand. Like a workshop, everything should have a home. Don't Just throw your equipment into a kitchen draw or tupaware container marked Sugarcraft/cake decorating.... make separate compartments or put things in resealable bags or small boxes with labels on them.
Make Life Easy, Knowledge is Power, if you know where your equipment is you'll not waste time looking for it....you'll have the time to decorate your cakes to the best of your ability...and enjoy the art of icing.
I hope the above advise is of use...
Here's to 2010!
Cheers!
Yours
Anthony Springall
Designer/Decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
webmaster@imaginativeicing.co.uk
P.S. More Products and images are constantly being added to the new online store plus new Cake Decorating Ideas will be appearing on the main Imaginative Icing website during January 2010. Enjoy!
P.P.S. Also keep an eye on our real world shops in York and Scarborough where new cake designs will be appearing in the shop windows....
here are some useful quick links for you...
For piping / Icing tubes click here
click here for all your sugar flower making essentials.
click here for a varied selection of bride and groom cake toppers for your wedding cake.
For Cake pillars and Cake stands click here
Click here for your small cake, buns, muffins and cup cake stands and cases
Keep dropping by for more quick links....enjoy! :D
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Hello fellow cake decorators,
Happy Easter!
We've Easter Chicks galore..
click here for easter Cake decorations
If you're looking for Easter Egg moulds click here and for the chocolate to make them with just click here
To see instructions on how to make a chocolate Easter Egg or some Chocolate Egg Nests then click here
More Seasonal Cake Decoration News as soon as it comes my way...
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake Designer/Decorator & Webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
The Football Season has kicked off once again.....yeah I agree, they don't let us enjoy football free TV for very long do they....!? :D
But looking on the bright side, whilst the football fanatics in the house are sat once more glued to the goggle box, they'll not be hovering over our shoulders nibbling on our cake creations..... :)
Please find below several football related cake decorations and cake decorating equipment, cutters and tools....
Claydough footballer, as above in red or all white so you can customised them to your team colours by painting or piping or even using a suitable felt tip pen...
The Traditional black and white football cake decoration
Make any bake day a celebration of football with these football themed bun or cup cake cake cases...
Placing one of these football shaped waferettes on to an iced bun will always hit the back of the net...
Cover your cake in green icing and place these football players on top, add a silver trophy and finish with an icing scarf with the birthday boy or girl's name on it easy!
Football Candles!
Win the league and hold up the trophy.....
Oh and Don't forget your football boots!
for more Football related Cake decorations and Icing Equipment click here or enter the word football into the search box.
So it's up the reds, the whites and the blues, the yellows, the clarets, the oranges etc etc.... or any other sugarpaste colour you need click here
Cheers!
Anthony Springall
Cake designer/decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Summer's on it's way :D
So here are a few items on a summer theme...
Think freshly mown lawns, strawberries, cream and icecream.....the distant crack of leather on willow at Lords and a call from Wimbledon for new balls please! click on images for more info.
New Balls Please! Bride holds key for Groom's Ball and Chain.
Cricket players set of 5
Tennis Players Male or female
It's always fun to grow a giant Sunflower in the garden, this cutter by PME will help you create one out of icing. Available in two sizes, It's a plunger cutter so it embosses as it cuts too :)
I'll add some more themed suggestions later on....in the meantime enjoy the late spring sunshine....
Happy Icing!
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake designer/decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Happy New Year!
Here's to more Cake decorating edible fun during 2008!
After a month of hectic seasonal festive cake decorating, now's your chance to sit back, relax and plan for the year ahead.
Winter thoughts....
A great idea to do during these long winter evenings is to spend some of this time sorting out your cake making and decorating equipment box. Find out what you have or don't have, what you need to replace etc.... are your piping tubes and cake tins clean? ...do you have plenty of greaseproof paper in store? etc..
Write a list of family birthdays and special occassions that you may be asked to make the cake for...jot down some suitable notes next to each....what type of cake base or icing do they prefer? ...what did you make for them last year? How old will they be? What are they most interested in? etc...
Another great idea is to just sit down in a comfy chair next to a roaring fire whilst reading through your library of cake decorating books and magazines looking for inspiration and drinking as many mugs of hot cocoa as you like.... :D
Cheers!
yours
Anthony Springall
cake designer/decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Christmas is coming...
the goose is getting fat....
Pop into one of our shops in York or Scarborough where the full selection of Christmas Cake decorations are on display
We have a large selection of Christmas related cutters
available, so these three kings will have no problem finding the star
they're looking for...
click
here for Christmas Cutters
Click
here for A selection of this Season's 2007 Christmas Cake
decorations that are now online...keep popping back as new ones are
always being added..
Use the search box or browse through the store for Robins, Reindeer, Snowmen and Santas or for red, white, and green sugarpastes and food colourings....
click here for some Christmas Cake Decorating Ideas.
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake Designer/Decorator and Webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Thinking ahead...
at the end of Next Month, October 31st, it's Halloween party time once more...
This year Halloween is a Wednesday event though many of you may be having parties on the weekend before...
Planning is everything, so here are a few items to get you started...
Cup Cakes are fun and easy to make and decorate so everyone can join
in....
Cookies and biscuits are fun to do too, we've metal and plastic ones to choose from..
When cool decorate using royal icing, fondant, sugarpaste or edible sprinkles and glitters....
A decorated table adds the finishing touch, sprinkle with some embossed spooky confetti....
A Halloween section has been added to the side menu, You can also use the search box to find suitable items like stars, edible glitters, cake frills, red, black, silver and gold ribbons, serviettes etc....
Yours
Anthony Springall
Webmaster, cake designer/decorator for
http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
The weather is warming up and the sun is peeking from behind the clouds...it will soon be summer and the height of the bridal season.
click on the images below to help you find your essential wedding cake presentational items...
Wedding cake toppers
Wedding Cake Bridal Knife
Wedding Cake Pillars
Wedding Cake Stands and Bases
Wedding Cake Arched support Stand
More ideas later.....as always, take time to enjoy yourself... cake decorating is fun!
Yours
Anthony Springall
Webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Happy New Year!
2007 is now upon us.
Here's to many sweet creations in the year to come!
Yours
Anthony Springall
webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Wedding Cake Decorating Ideas...
With The Fantasy of World Cup Glory fading here are a few dream fairytale castle ideas instead.....
The cakes are placed on Silver Hexagonal thick cake boards and covered in Marzipan
and Sugarpaste.
They are separated using Hexagonal
Plasterlook Pillars and plastic dowels. Decorative touches are added using Pearl flower Beading, Royal Icing, Piping bags and a selection of plain and shell Piping / icing tubes.
The Hexagonal cakes are baked in Hexagonal Cake tins.
This fantastic looking Castle Cake Top shown above is ready made from Styrofoam and is non-edible....but if you are artistic and have the time you could make one you can eat from a special icing called
pastillage.
Hope the above ideas are of use to you and your fairytale
bride....
more ideas will follow in a few weeks time..or if you can't wait then visit our main websitefor more wedding cake images and ideas.
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake Designer/Decorator
and Webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Seasonal Cake Decorating News
If you're a Fan of Football then Friday 9th June will have been a special day, for others it was just another day...or was it?
So for those of you looking for Football related cake tins, cake decorations and sugarcraft equipment....I have placed a Football World Cup section at the top of the online store menu
You'll find amongst other things....Football Paper Cups, Football Cup Cake Cases, Edible Football pitches, Football Players, Goal Posts, Printed Football Ribbons, Football shaped Cake tins, St George sugar faces etc etc....
With the Germany 2006 Football World Cup started most of us, whether we like it or not, have become entangled in the football net. Eventhe most football-phobic like myself has been invited around to friends house partys to watch the England first round games....
...and who knows what my football-aholic friends have planned if we get to the quarter, semi or even (fingers crossed) the final....
Good Luck to England and Goodluck to who-ever your World Cup team is
too....May the best Team Win!
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake Designer/Decorator
and Webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Cup Cake Ideas..
First up (see below) we've used silver cake boards and pillars, muffin cases and some ribbon. Adding an iced cake for the top tier with a bride and groom cake topper. The cup cakes have been iced with white icing and decorated with a small handmade sugarpaste rose bud with piped leaves...
Secondly here's a close up of how to make use of the butterfly cutter and some flowerpaste. Colour your paste, roll it out nice and thin, cut out your butterflies and leave them to dry hard on a 'V' shaped piece of card. Add silver decoration when dry and place on your cup cakes using a small amount of royal icing. The cup cakes shown below were baked in Silver Muffin Cases.
For Cup Cake stands click here
for Muffin, Bun and Cup Cake Cases click here
More ideas soon....
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake designer/decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
Spring Brides to be...
Looking for inspiration?
Take a look at our
Wedding
Cake ideas gallery
click
here
New designs and ideas for 2006 will be added soon
We also stock a selection of books and magazines that will feed your imagination.
I'll add some reviews and recommendations to help you choose...
Yours
Anthony Springall
Webmaster, Cake Designer/decorator
Valentines Day
Heart cutters, red sugarpaste, heart shaped cake boards, ribbons with hearts, red edible glitter, cup cake/muffin cake/ bun cases, red flowers, etc...
Stuck for what to get your Cake decorating family member or friend this Christmas?
Then worry no more....
We've added some Gift selection packs, one of which should be more than ideal for them.click here
They're labelled as being suitable for a beginner, an enthusiast or a Professional...
So Check back regularly and see how imaginative we can make your Cake Decorator's Gift selections this festive season...
Yours
Anthony Springall
Cake Designer/decorator and Webmaster for imaginativeicing.co.uk
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Hello and Happy New Year!
How was your Festive Season?
Now the cake's been eaten and there are smiles on everyone's faces....it's time to relax in your favourite comfy chair and dream up fantastic cake ideas for 2010.
Like any good Workman, Boy Scout or Girl Guide, Cake decorators should adhere to the motto "Be prepared".
Whilst you've time, and still in a tidying up mood, get out all your sugarcraft or Cake decorating equipment and make sure it's still all there, cleaned, sorted and ready to hand for the year ahead. There's nothing worse than come spring you open your draw or tool box and find red and green icing still clinging to your cutters and blocking up your icing tubes....
If you've been asked to create a Wedding cake for a Spring bride, then now is the time to check their design details...if you need to make Sugar flowers or Bride and Groom models then start them now whilst you're stuck indoors hiding from the weather...
Check your Edibles, colourings and flavourings, if they're out of date then you need to throw them away ...go on, empty right to the back of the kitchen cupboard, I bet there are things in there that are over five years old...If you don't like the thought of waste, then use them up now whilst you've time to practise your skills, but I wouldn't recommend eating any of them...
Tubes should pipe straight, Rolling pins be free of marks, smoothers smooth, Tins clean of any left over cake...etc..etc..
If there's something you always need to look for, find it now and put it somewhere ready to hand. Like a workshop, everything should have a home. Don't Just throw your equipment into a kitchen draw or tupaware container marked Sugarcraft/cake decorating.... make separate compartments or put things in resealable bags or small boxes with labels on them.
Make Life Easy, Knowledge is Power, if you know where your equipment is you'll not waste time looking for it....you'll have the time to decorate your cakes to the best of your ability...and enjoy the art of icing.
I hope the above advise is of use...
Here's to 2010!
Cheers!
Yours
Anthony Springall
Designer/Decorator and webmaster for http://imaginativeicing.co.uk
webmaster@imaginativeicing.co.uk
P.S. More Products and images are constantly being added to the new online store plus new Cake Decorating Ideas will be appearing on the main Imaginative Icing website during January 2010. Enjoy!
P.P.S. Also keep an eye on our real world shops in York and Scarborough where new cake designs will be appearing in the shop windows....
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