September 2026
Celebrating 50 Issues
This is the fiftieth issue of Cake! Magazine, so we asked members to send in their fiftieth designs, and the Member Gallery is full of milestone cakes. Emma's letter also looks ahead to Cake Alley Brisbane at the Craft & Quilt Fair from 14 to 17 October, and to the Community Awards night, which she promises will be more party than formal ceremony.
Read this issue ↗What's inside.
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Words: Cassie Coventry of Coventreats'Fifty' Celebration Cake
A rectangular, maximalist fiftieth cake in pink buttercream, with disco ball details, vintage-style piping and a cocktail glass topper. -
Words: CophaWhite Rocky Road
A no-bake white chocolate rocky road made with Copha, pink marshmallows, raspberry jellies and caramel popcorn. Fifteen minutes to make, then it sets in the fridge. -
Words: Ellana Haddrill of SweetP CuttersGet Your Swag On
How to pipe evenly spaced vintage buttercream swags using the SweetP swag guide, made with Custom Cookie Cutters. -
Words: Annabel Fletcher of BakeGenieAn Interview with Annabel Fletcher
BakeGenie's Annabel Fletcher on how cake businesses are changing, from cafés taking custom orders to home bakers selling from cake sheds. -
Words: Amber Comadira-SmithCake Chat with Amber Comadira-Smith
Amber Comadira-Smith gives you permission to make ugly cakes, and explains why a failed cake teaches you more than one you nail first go. -
Words: Kylie Sadler of The Cake PlaceMember Feature - Kylie Sadler
Kylie Sadler of The Cake Place on going from family birthday cakes to buttercream, texture and colour work, and what she's learnt through ACDN. -
ACDN Member Gallery
Fiftieth birthday and milestone cakes from ACDN members, sent in for our fiftieth issue.
The makers behind this issue.
The decorators and community bakers featured in this issue.
Featured decorators
- Coventreats
Cassie Coventry's 'Fifty' Celebration Cake tutorial, a maximalist pink buttercream cake with disco ball details.
Read in this issue, p. 11 →By Cassie Coventry instagram.com Facebook
- SweetP Cutters
Ellana Haddrill's guide to piping evenly spaced vintage swags with the SweetP swag guide.
Read in this issue, p. 19 →By Ellana Haddrill customcookiecutters.com.au
- BakeGenie
Annabel Fletcher on how cake businesses are changing and how they run their orders.
Read in this issue, p. 26 →By Annabel Fletcher bakegenie.co
- The Cake Place
Member Feature: Kylie Sadler on buttercream, texture and colour, and learning through ACDN.
Read in this issue, p. 36 →By Kylie Sadler instagram.com Facebook
Regular columns
- Cake with Amber
Amber Comadira-Smith's Cake Chat column: why you should let yourself make ugly cakes.
Read in this issue, p. 31 →By Amber Comadira-Smith cakewithamber.com.au Instagram Facebook
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