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Veena Azmanov

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Cake Decorating Recipes

Tip Thursday & Cake Business Articles

Recipes - basic, fondant, ganache

  1. White Chocolate Ganache Recipe
  2. Milk Chocolate Ganache Recipe 
  3. Dark Chocolate Ganache Recipe
  4. White Modeling Chocolate
  5. Dark Modeling Chocolate - Dark, Milk and Semi Sweet 
  6. Espresso Ganache
  7. Hazelnut Ganache
  8. Coconut Ganache
  9. Mimosa Ganache
  10. Pistachio Ganache
  11. Salted Caramel Ganache
  12. Green Tea Ganache
  13. Grand Orange Ganache
  14. Irish Cream Ganache
  15. Drambuie Ganache

Cake tutorials

  1. Buttercream Ruffles Cake - Video
  2. How to make a Star Burst Cake
  3. Ombre Rose Petal Cake
  4. Makeup Bag Cake
  5. Baseball Cap Cake
  6. Frozen Buttercream Transfer
  7. Smurf Face Cake
  8. Curious George Face Cake / Monkey Face Cake
  9. Buttercream Rose Petal Cakes
  10. Buttercream Rose Swirl Cake
  11. Buttercream Ruffles Cake
  12. How to make a Perfect Sphere Cake
  13. Hand Bag Cake
  14. Winnie the Pooh Tree House cake
  15. How to make gum paste drapes
  16. Hand Painted Bakugan Cake
  17. Brush Embroidery on Cake
  18. Women's Vanity Pouch Mini Cakes
  19. Slice of Cheese and Mice Cake
  1. Minion Cake Tutorial
  2. Mine-craft Cake
  3. Barcelona Soccer ball Cake
  4. Vintage Hand Bag and Shoe
  5. How to Make a Man's Shoe Cake
  6. Carving a cake the Easy Way
  7. Designer Hand Bag Cake
  8. Sports Shoe Cake
  9. Pregnant Belly Cake
  10. Baby Bum cake
  11. Dinosaur Cake
  12. Submarine Cake
  13. Navy Boat Cake
  14. Angry Birds Cake
  15. Fondant Rose Ruffles Cake
  16. 2 D Horse Head Cake
  17. Number cakes - 1 , 2 or 12
  18. Mexican Hat Cake
  19. Christmas Cake
  20. Open Book Cake
  21. Castle Cake
  22. Princess Doll Cake
  1. Paw Patrol Cake with Chase Cake Toppers - Video
  2. Spring Buttercream Basket of Flowers - Video
  3. Floral Buttercream with Russian Piping Tips  - Video
  4. Fondant Tree Stump Tutorial Pink Baby Shower Cake- Video
  5. How to make a Pumpkin Cake - Video
  6. How to make a Fire Truck Cake - Video
  7. Gum Paste Princess Crown and Cake - Video
  8. Buttercream Ruffles Cake - Short video
  9. Fondant Cheese and Mice Cake
  10. How to make a Doughnut Cake - Video
  11. Ice Cream Sundae Cake
  12. Paris Fashion Theme Cake
  13. Giant Cupcake
  14. Giant Cupcake Video (Coming soon)
  15. Cinderella Carriage Cake

Cupcake, cookies, and sugar flowers

  1. Easy Halloween Kitty Mummy Cupcake Topper
  2. Fondant Apple Mini Cakes
  3. Floral Buttercream Cupcakes with Russian Piping Tips
  4. Giant Cupcake
  5. Fantasy Flower Cupcake Tutorial
  6. Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
  7. DIY Easy Cupcake Wrappers
  8. Halloween Skull and Bones
  9. Halloween Witches Cauldron
  10. Halloween Witches Broom
  11. Halloween Pumpkin
  12. Halloween Witches Boots
  13. Halloween Witch's Hat
  14. Girly Cupcake Hats
  15. Sports Theme Cupcakes
  16. How to avoid lopsided wonky uneven baked cupcakes
  17. Valentine Heart inspired Cupcakes
  18. Apple Cupcakes
  19. Gum Paste Monkey Cupcake Topper
  20. Panda Cupcake Topper
  21. Hand Painted Princess Cupcakes
  22. Two tone Icing for cupcakes
  1. 10 Tips to Roll and Cut Cookies
  2. Stenciled Halloween Sugar Cookies
  3. Girly Hat Cookies
  4. Stenciled Christmas Sugar Cookies
  5. Knit Inspired Christmas Cookies
  6. Vintage Shoe Cookies
  7. Snowflake Christmas Cookies
  8. Edible Hand-Painted Bear Cookie
  9. How to decorate Christmas cookies with fondant
  10. How Butter affects Cookies during baking
  11. Hand-Painted Butterfly Cookies Tutorial
  1. How to make Gumpaste for flowers
  2. Gumpaste sweet peas
  3. How to Gumpaste Daisies
  4. Gumpaste Roses
  5. Gumpaste Cabbage Rose
  6. How to make Poinsettia with Leaf Cutter
  7. Gumpaste Poinsettia
  8. How to Make Gumpaste Peony Flower
  9. Gumpaste Peony leaves
  10. Modeling Chocolate Roses
  11. Buttercream Flowers
  12. Russian Piping Tip Flowers
  13. Making wired sugar flowers without grooved boards

Layer cakes

  1. Best Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting
  2. Vanilla Kahlua Cake with Kahlua Chocolate Buttercream
  3. Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
  4. Espresso Cake with Whipped Espresso Ganache
  5. Pumpkin Spice-latte cake with Maple Buttercream
  6. Brown Butter Cake with Whipped Cream Buttercream
  7. Vanilla Cafe Latte Cake with Coffee Buttercream
  8. Chai Latte Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
  9. Pumpkin Cream Cake with Whipped Cream Buttercream
  10. Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  11. Caramel Apple Cake with Caramel Buttercream
  1. Best Red Velvet Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream (Butter-based cake)
  2. Best Butterscotch Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  3. Moist Strawberry Cake with Velvet American Buttercream (oil-based cake)
  4. One Bowl Vanilla Cake - Naked Cake
  5. One Bowl Chocolate Cake - Naked Cake
  6. Earl Grey Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream
  7. Simple Moist Chocolate Cake with American Buttercream
  8. Moist Strawberry Cream Cake with Whipped Cream
  9. Fresh Strawberry Cake with Swiss meringue Buttercream (butter-based cake)
  10. Chocolate Ganache Chocolate Cake
  11. Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream
  12. Easy Rainbow Cake - 7 layer Rainbow Cake
  13. Lemon Cake with Lemon Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  14. Classic Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Ganache
  1. Orange Cake with Orange Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  2. Light and fluffy Vanilla Cake
  3. Vanilla Cream Cake Recipe made with Fresh Cream
  4. Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Kahlua Chocolate Buttercream
  5. Devil's Food Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache
  6. Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  7. Best Carrot Cake with Apricot Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  8. Best Chocolate Mud Cake with Caramel Buttercream
  9. Classic White Wedding Cake with Italian meringue buttercream IMBC
  10. Classic Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Ganache
  11. Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (oil-based cake)
  12. Tips for baking a cake from scratch
  13. Coffee Chocolate Cake with chocolate fudge frosting
  14. Vanilla Bean Cake with vanilla buttercream frosting

Buttercream frosting and fillings

Basic Tutorials

  1. DIY Easy Cupcake Sleeves/ wrappers
  2. How to create Metallic Effect on Cakes
  3. How to get Sharp Edges on Buttercream Cakes
  4. Embossed or Textured Fondant
  5. How to make Tall Cakes or extended Tier Cakes
  6. What are double Barrel Cakes
  7. DIY Cake Boards
  8. How to use Tap-it Cutter with Sugar Paste
  9. The art of Marbling Fondant
  10. Sharp Edges on Square Cakes
  11. How to Level Torte Fill a cake - Cake Decorating Basics
  12. How to color Homemade Fondant
  13. Modeling Chocolate Roses
  14. White Modeling Chocolate Roses
  15. How to make a Gum Paste Stiletto Shoe
  16. Baking Basics - Baking Powder Vs Baking Soda
  17. Doweling a Cake
  18. Cake Serving Guide
  19. How to Make a Perfect Sphere Cake
  20. 10 Tips to Roll and Cut Cookies Perfectly
  21. How to transport Cupcakes the economical way
  22. How to make Two Tone  Icing Piping Bags
  23. 10 Tips to Successfully Baking a Cake
  24. 2o Tips to Perfect French Macarons - Macaron 101 
  1. Cake Basic Tutorials,  
  2. Tip Thursdays, 
  3. Cake Business articles 
  4. Where to find inspiration for cakes, 
  5. How to start a cake business from home
  6. How many cake orders can I take?
  7. Where to find inspiration for your cake?
  8. Time management of an effective cake decorator
  9. Cake Decorating as a Profession or Hobby? 
  10. Timeline for decorating cake - When should I start decorating my cakes
  11. Cake decorating tutorials 
  12. 3 Tips for an aspiring cake decorator
  13. Cake Consultation - Tips and How-To

Tip Thursday collection

  1. One Vanilla Cake - many different variations
  2. One Chocolate Cake - many different variations
  3. Best homemade Lemon Curd - No fail recipe
  4. Make Wired Sugar Petals without grooved board
  5. How butter affects Cookie Baking  - Cake Basics
  6. How to avoid Dry Crumbly Fondant
  7. Fantasy Flower Cupcake Topper
  8. Edible Hand Painted Bear
  9. How to make a Man's Shoe Cake
  10. How to make a Fondant Picture Transfer
  11. Grooms Figure Cake Topper
  12. Snowman Topper
  13. How to change the color of your gold dragees
  14. Carving a Car Cake the Easy Way
  15. Tips  for melting and working with chocolate
  16. Rice Krispy Treats in Cake Decorating
  17. Candy Gems substitute for Isomalt Gems
  18. Gum Paste Calla Lilies
  19. Create Metallic Effect on Cakes
  20. Tips for coloring Icing and Icing Color Combination
  21. How to flavor Ganache
  22. Different Buttercream Flavors from one recipe
  23. How to get sharp edges on Buttercream Cakes
  24. Embossed or Textured Fondant
  25. How to make Tall or Extended Height Cake
  26. What are double barrel cakes
  27. DIY Cake Boards
  28. How to remove watermarks and stains on fondant
  29. How to use Tappit Cutters with Sugar paste
  30. Homemade Vegetarian Fondant Recipe
  31. The art of Marbling Fondant
  32. Cake and Food Photography Tips
  33. Sharp Edges on Square Cakes
  34. Cake Consultation
  35. Marzipan 101
  36. How to color homemade fondant
  37. Types of Cake Decorating Dusts
  38. Types of Creams
  39. How to avoid Lopsided wonky cupcakes
  40. How to avoid cupcake liners Peel after Baking
  41. How to Bake Same Size Cupcakes
  42. Baking Basics - Baking Powder Vs Baking Soda
  43. How to make ruffles and frills on cakes
  44. Grainy Buttercream and Buttercream Consistency
  45. Royal Icing Basics
  46. How to measure Ingredients when Baking - Weight vs Volume
  47. Bulges around cakes
  48. Cake Flavor Combinations
  49. Doweling a Cake
  50. Tips for working with Fondant
  51. Cake Serving Chart Guide
  52. Types of Edible Glue
  53. Benefits of Cake Strips
  54. Fruit Cake 101
  55. Timeline for decorating a cake
  56. 10 Tips - How to Roll and Cut Cookies Perfectly
  57. How to Transport Cupcakes
  58. 10 Tips to successfully Baking a Cake from scratch
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Comments

  1. amy

    Can I use fondant over buttercream?

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      Yes, of course, Amy. Fondant over buttercream is very common.

      Reply

  2. Esha

    Hi veena,
    Can I decorate a cake with whipped cream after I've covered it with ganache? Or should I cover it with whipped cream?

    Thanks a lot

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      You can cover a cake with whipped cream over the ganache. Whipped cream is lighter so yes, it's possible but why do you want to put more whipped cream over ganache?
      You will need to be very careful when working with chocolate and white. The whipped cream will get easily smeared.

      Reply

  3. Epcibha Oliver

    Hi Veena I'm planning to make two tier cake for a 1st birthday..can I make sponge cake with whipped cream..will it slide or sag..pls help

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      Hey Oliver. You can make a sponge cake with whipped cream. Dowel the bottom cake with straws carefully so the bottom tier will support the top tier. If you dowel the cake it will not sag. Hope this helps.

      Reply

      • Epcibha Oliver

        Thank u so much ?

        Reply

  4. Xavier

    You have such a great collection of tutorial on your blog. Thank you so much for sharing these. I love how easy you make these look. And I love how you simplify everything

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      Thank you, Ashley. Glad to hear you find my tutorials useful. Thanks for such a lovely comment. Have a wonderful day.

      Reply

  5. Nuella

    Wow!am so impressed

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      Thank you so much Nuella

      Reply

  6. lorretta

    U are the best think u so much

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      Thank you Loretta.

      Reply

  7. norma santiago`

    I don't know you personally but i wanted to tell you I love you so much and bless your hands and ideas i have a little cake business and your recipes are the best in the internet I have had success due to you and wanted to give you thanks so much. My honor would be to meet you someday in person you are so creative and look like a nice person inside and out. I am so glad I found you in the internet...have a wonderful life ...Norma

    Reply

    • Veena Azmanov

      Thank you so much Norma Santiago for this lovely comment. I'm so glad that my little sharing been helping in your success. It would be an honor to meet you some day. Wish you all the best. Thanks so much for commenting.

      Reply

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