Our Tea and Macarons Rabbit Cake on The Cover of Cake Decoration Heaven Magazine

January 9, 2015 // No Comments

We’re so excited and honoured to kick-start the new year with our afternoon tea bunny rabbit cake gracing the Spring 2015 cover of Cake Decoration Heaven - by far one of our very favourite cake decorating and baking related magazines! We created this cake back in November of 2014 amidst a rather hectic work schedule full of festive designs from Christmas tree cookies to Frozen themed birthday cakes. A pretty spring inspired birthday cake was a little break for us despite our extreme love of everything winter-related.

Afternoon Tea Bunny Cake by Juniper Cakery on Cake Decoration Heaven Magazine Spring 2015

Cake Decoration Heaven is a fantastic magazine to pick up if your any level of cake designer. It’s full of ideas, projects and tutorials, industry news and it’s one of the most on-trend cake design magazines we’ve had the fortune to read. To purchase an e-copy or e-subscription make your way to Apple’s AppStore or GooglePlay and search ‘Cake Decoration Heaven’.

Our tea themed design took a lot of inspiration from the frivolities of spring and Easter. For us this meant lovely pastel macarons toppled and scattered around, delicately piped clusters of royal icing swiss dots, a light and airy colour palette, afternoon tea paraphernalia and of course… a playful little rabbit!

Creating gum paste edible teacups is, of course, one of our favourite decorations to make. It involves a little bit of waiting about and a very steady hand, but the end result is always nice to see. In the initial designs (which involves a teacup perched on a pink cake strewn with sugar blossoms, berries and macarons) we felt that it needed something that would make the cake appeal to both adults and kids so a little edible character seemed the most logical solution.

If you’d love to know more about how to re-create our Vintage Tea and Macarons Bunny Rabbit Cake then why not pick up a copy of Cake Decoration Heaven magazine now!

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Our 2014!

January 8, 2015 // No Comments

Happy New Year, everyone ! We hope a fabulous year is ahead for all our customers and readers! 2014 was quite possibly our busiest year yet! During the past twelve months we managed to pack quite a bit into our work schedules including…

Step by Step Kids' Birthday Cake by Juniper Cakery

Cute Dinosaur Cake by Juniper Cakery

Candy Train Party Cake by Juniper Cakery

Playful Soccer Ball Cake by Juniper Cakery

Circus Tent Cake by Juniper Cakery

Step by Step Kids Cakes

Having some of our cakes featured in the latest Step-by-Step Kids’ Birthday Cakes (edited by Karen Sullivan and published by DK Books). We sketched and designed a number of vibrant kids’ cakes before creating them and seeing them driven off to a studio in London to be photographed on a January morning. All that hard work meant it was rather hard to see them go, but in August 2014 we saw them in print! For the book we created a cheeky dinosaur popping out of it’s egg, a candy train, a fun soccer ball cake with fondant scarf and a cute circus tent themed cake!

Juniper Cakery in Cake Decoration Heaven magazine Spring 2014

Juniper Cakery's floral birdcage cake in Cake Decoration Heaven magazine Summer 14

Ranunculus wedding cake in Autumn Fall edition of Cake Decoration Heaven Magazine

Winter themed cake by Juniper Cakery in Cake Decoration Heaven magazine

Cake Decoration Heaven is definitely one of our favourite cake, cupcake and cookie related magazines. With fabulous project, stylish yet simple layouts and some great news and product round ups too! In 2014 we were lucky enough to be featured in every single one of their quarterly issues from Spring to Winter!

Modeling chocolate teddy bear tutorial by Juniper Cakery

Parisian food themed cupcake toppers tutorial by Juniper Cakery

A definite highlight of our year has been working with Craftsy to produce lots of fantastic cake decorating content from design inspiration round-ups to handy tutorials! It’s great to be part of the Craftsy community and it’s always a joy to write about and discuss new trends, innovative techniques and stunning design ideas every week!

Magnolia and Sequin Wedding Cake by Juniper Cakery

Lovely cherry blossom four tier wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Beehive Macaron Cake by Juniper Cakery

Gorgeous rose decorated naked cake by Juniper Cakery

Cute afternoon tea cake with fondant rabbit by Juniper Cakery

We also created some of our most favourite and popular designs in 2014 including gold edible sequin encrusted tiers to sugar cherry blossom adorned cakes! It’s hard for us to choose a favourite as we love each and every one. Locally our bright and vibrant naked cake garnered the most attention at wedding shows and consultations with lots of clients preferring their cakes icing-free and perfect for late spring and summer weddings.

In terms of social media and kids’ cakes people have flipped for our adorable afternoon tea themed bunny cake! It was fantastic to make - from the 100% edible teacup to the cheeky little rabbit peering out over the top with a sea of fondant macarons perched everywhere.

Funny Easter Bunny Cupcake Toppers by Juniper Cakery

Finally, our most popular cupcake post (gathering the most likes, shares, re-tweets, views and e-mails) were our delightfully fun 3 bunnies of Easter. This mini collection of playful little rabbits each encompassing the typical stages of Easter festivities in the UK also won us 2nd place in the Pink Whisk Easter Competition!

With such a super busy year behind us we’re happy to begin afresh with a fabulous new year full of even better recipes, designs, tips and tutorials so be sure to keep checking back for more! We hope all our customers and readers are planning and getting ready to kick-start 2015 with a flurry or wonderful projects and ideas too! Happy 2015!

Our Work in the New Step by Step Kids’ Birthday Cakes Book from DK Books!

August 18, 2014 // 2 Comments

In late 2013 DK Books/Publishers approached us with a list of popular kids’ birthday cake ideas for their new book, Step-by-Step Kids’ Birthday Cakes, and we were more than happy to design and create a small collection of vibrant and playful cakes; perfect for children’s parties! Eight months on and now we can finally reveal our hard work… so without further ado here are the four designs we created featured in Step-by-Step Kids’ Birthday Cakes edited by Karen Sullivan which you can order via Amazon here.

Step by Step Kids' Birthday Cake by Juniper Cakery

Cute Dinosaur Cake by Juniper Cakery

Here’s a super fun and cute dinosaur egg cake we created. It’s covered with fondant and features some very novice hand-painted work along with some playful edible accents such as the tale, head and spots. To add an extra sweet touch we added a small piece of ‘broken shell’ out of fondant to perch atop of the baby dinosaur’s head!

Candy Train Party Cake by Juniper Cakery

Above is a snap of our candy train cake. We think this design would be perfect for anyone who is a beginner/intermediate level cake decorator. Toppling bright jelly beans, chocolate beans, and cookies onto each cargo carriage is a fantastic way to decorate a kids’ birthday cake!

Playful Soccer Ball Cake by Juniper Cakery

This simple yet detailed soccer themed cake is great for a sports themed party. Adding a fondant scarf around the base is a great way to incorporate the lucky recipient’s favourite sports team!

Circus Tent Cake by Juniper Cakery

Here’s our playful and vibrant circus tent cake; perfect for little kids’ parties. We loved the idea of having some very iconic circus characters popping out of the big top so we designed the tent to ‘open’ and feature a lion, bear, clown and elephant all smiling out of the front. We also wanted to add an extra playful feature so we created fondant balloons with floral wire string to be attached to the side as though floating up into the air!

Step by Step Kids Cakes

Get hold of a copy of this book now to begin whipping up some fantastically bright and fun kids’ cakes for your next party! This book also includes lots of helpful tips, explanations and handy advice perfect for novice to intermediate decorators.

Our Floral Birdcage Cake in Cake Decoration Heaven Magazine!

April 4, 2014 // No Comments

Do you love Cake Decoration Magazine? We sure do! For their lovely spring edition our Lamb and Anemone flower topper tutorials were featured within their pages. Now our Floral Birdcage Cake (and how to create it) is sitting proudly upon pages 52 and 53 of their Summer 2014 issue! Go and grab your copy today and discover lots of gorgeous cakes and tutorials for you to re-create at home!

Here's our floral birdcage cake in Cake Decoration Heaven magazine - Juniper Cakery

Our Tutorials in Cake Decoration Heaven!

January 9, 2014 // 2 Comments

We’re very excited to show you two of our cupcake decorating tutorials featured in the Spring 2014 issue of Cake Decoration Heaven! This issue is packed full of wonderful spring inspired projects to help create lovely Easter cupcakes, floral festooned gateaux and butterfly adorned mini cakes! Why not head to your nearest supermarket for a copy. Be sure to check pages 25 and 63 for our adorable little lamb cupcake topper (perfect for St. David’s Day and children’s parties) tutorial and our piece on how to create a glamorous anemone flower (ideal for wedding season and afternoon tea cupcakes)!

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