Welcome back, this is the second episode of “Le Torte di Toni – Masterclass”.
In this video Toni Brancatisano and I will demonstrate how to make a lovely hibiscus in sugar florist paste. English subtitles will be added soon.
A little spoiler, a picture of the finished cake. Find more pictures of this cake in the Flowers page.
Hello everybody, long time no see!
Someone kindly sent me a link to one of the two episodes of “Le Torte di Toni – Masterclass” I recorded a few years ago for Gambero Rosso TV.
Toni Brancatisano is the lovely host of the programme, we had a great time filming together.
In this episode, we made a multi-tiered cake with hydrangea flowers.
I hope you enjoy the tutorial, English subtitles should be available soon are available now. In the mean time, a picture is worth a thousand words…
Browse the Flowers page for more pictures.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.
Summer is here and I hope you are all enjoying some warm, lovely weather. More of us will be taking time off work and spending time at home, hopefully indulging in some sugarcraft. So I think this is the perfect time to remind you that the reprint of The Art of Sugarcraft is here!
The first print run reached number 1 in the amazon.co.uk cake decorating bestseller list just three weeks after going on sale and sold quickly, so more copies are available now.
As I am one of the tutors who contributed to the book, you’ll be able to see my Tuberose Cake with step-by-step instructions for all the techniques used for both the flowers and the cake. If you are looking for a cake to celebrate a summer wedding or anniversary, this could be the one you’ve been searching for. In addition, with this fantastic book you could hone your skills in royal icing, sugar-flower making, modeling, and the art of baking and chocolate. This book truly is a cake decorator’s/baker’s dream and the perfect companion for some sugarcraft fun on your long, lazy summer days!
I couldn’t be more excited about the news I am going to share. Today is the launch day of the long-awaited book The Art of Sugarcraft (Amazon UK – Amazon US), published by B.Dutton Publishing Ltd, which I had the great pleasure to contribute to.
Joining several first-class names of the industry to create this huge sugarcraft “bible” was an honour, and I was very flattered that my tuberose flowers were among the few images chosen for the press release as well as for other advertising of the book.
When B. Dutton Publishing contacted me for this project I was over the moon, they asked me to create sugar flowers that could pair well with a wedding cake.
My credo – when it comes to sugar flowers and sugarcraft – is all about neat style; I like to believe that if my cakes were poems they’d be haiku rather than baroque.
I immediately decided that I wanted something a bit different from typical wedding cakes, too often congested with a miscellany of different flowers.
I’d rather stick to a single variety and make it the leading character.
So I turned to Tuberoses.
Undoubtedly romantic in appearance, their luscious white petals, so pleasingly rich, would be ideal for my purpose. The only thing I regretted about the sugar version was the lack of a real flower’s scent. The two-tiered cake on which the flowers are displayed is covered in two different shades of the tenderest green to provide a soft counterpoint.
As usual, I took care of the photography as well. Photographing my sugar flowers provides the perfect finale to all my projects, big and small. It closes my creative circle.
Developing this project has been an utter joy and I hope it will inspire readers to have fun making sugar flowers and beautiful cakes and to unleash their creative potential.
I wish to thank Jennifer Kelly and Frankie New at B.Dutton Publishing. Thank you so much for your support.
Unfortunately I couldn’t manage to be present for the book launch at Squires Kitchen’s annual exhibition today. But I do hope you’ll be able to have a look at the book which is packed with information and ideas and is the ultimate text for both beginners and experienced cake decorators who wish to hone their skills and dive in 520 pages of pure sugarcraft fun!