Cake Decorating in Kenya – Baking with Amari

4 Tips on improving your cake decorating skills: Podcast Episode 12

In our 12th Episode; I share 4 tips that will help you as a cake decorator; especially if you’re struggling with perfecting your cake decorating skills.Hope this brings you great insight; feel free to share ^_^Happy Caking, til next time!Bakingbakery https://soundcloud.com/amaribakingcenter/4-tips-on-improving-your-cake-decorating-skills-episode-12 Episode 12 – The Baking with Amari Podcast To listen on Anchor (Podcast app)ContinueContinue reading “4 Tips on improving your cake decorating skills: Podcast Episode 12”

Soccer Ball Cake Picture Tutorial with Buttercream Frosting

Back with another theme cake tutorial using butter cream ^_^ The soccer ball cake is another popular cake theme, especially for parents with boys. I was privileged to make one some weekends ago for a lady whose son was turning 11 years old. Of course I knew that was an opportunity for me to shareContinueContinue reading “Soccer Ball Cake Picture Tutorial with Buttercream Frosting”

Superman-themed Buttercream Cake Tutorial

Hope all you bakers and bakerettes are doing well and are busy baking ^_^ I was recently baking a birthday for a very adorable 5 year old boy and I decided to do a Superman-themed cake. Since fondant really isn’t a favorite with his family – I was left with Buttercream frosting as my medium.ContinueContinue reading “Superman-themed Buttercream Cake Tutorial”

Easy Sponge Cake Recipe

This time I want to share a sponge cake recipe with you today. I’m currently doing a lot of recipe testing with sponge cakes and I’m loving it! I recently tried this spicy version and I just had to share it. Try it out and share what your results are please ^_^ Please note thatContinueContinue reading “Easy Sponge Cake Recipe”

How to Make a Pregnant Belly Cake-Picture Tutorial

I had the privilege of making a baby shower cake for a dear cousin-in-law and it turned out very well. I didn’t have any special cake pans for the pregnant belly cake but I knew that it was possible with a few creative adjustments (and a bit of sculpting ^_^). I used mostly round pansContinueContinue reading “How to Make a Pregnant Belly Cake-Picture Tutorial”

Vanilla Tall Cake with Buttercream Frosting and Purple Glaze

I have finally decided to try out a tall cake – it’s really been the trend in the cake world for a while. I actually had someone ask me if it’s possible to do a tall cake with colored glaze instead of colored ganache since they were looking for a simpler and more economical recipe.ContinueContinue reading “Vanilla Tall Cake with Buttercream Frosting and Purple Glaze”

Bible Cake Decoration Tutorial using round cakes

Hi to all, Happy New Year! Hope you all enjoyed your holidays and are settling well into 2016. This is my first post this year, so of course I had to keep a promise I made of sharing this tutorial on how to decorate a Bible cake using round cakes as your base. Here weContinueContinue reading “Bible Cake Decoration Tutorial using round cakes”

Mini Chocolate Cakes Tutorial

Like most bakers (and bakerettes ^_^) out there, I’m a total Pinterest fan. I saw a picture tutorial on some mini chocolate cakes on Pinterest and I decided to try my hand at it. I’m pleased to say the results were amazing and came out as planned. I have therefore decided to share how IContinueContinue reading “Mini Chocolate Cakes Tutorial”

Green Ombre Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting Recipe

I decided to share this recipe that was baked during the Easter season. Haven’t been baking much; a bit of traveling and book writing – but I’m working on a sort of blog and book balance (I Promise ^_^) This was a hit with the family; especially my adorable cake-loving niece, so I bet withContinueContinue reading “Green Ombre Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting Recipe”

7 Easy Steps to Torte and Decorate a Mini-Cake with Royal Icing

Today’s recipe will be Royal Icing and how to torte a cake and decorate with it. You may be wondering what ‘torting’ is – if you don’t already know; torting a cake is taking a layer of cake you have baked and slicing it into many layers. Lemon Mini-cake with Royal icing This is aContinueContinue reading “7 Easy Steps to Torte and Decorate a Mini-Cake with Royal Icing”