September 2023

Chocolate

Welcome to our third issue of Cake! Magazine for 2023 - Christmas is going to be here before we know it! The past couple of months has been jam-packed with events such as the Cake Bake & Sweets Show and Cake Camp, and this issue is all about chocolate, featuring tutorials and inspirational images in our Member Gallery. We interview Dan, the Founder of Dan's Bake Lab, and Amber Comadira-Smith is back with her regular column talking all things design brief. The 2023 Cake Decorating & Baking Industry Awards are just around the corner, being held in Sydney very soon!

Highlights

Chocolate Cake Tutorial by Yvette Farrugia of Enchanted Cakes by Yvette

Modelling Chocolate Tutorial

Chocolate Shards and Chocolate Curls techniques

Interview with Dan Pasquali, founder of Dan's Bake Lab

Cake Chat column with Amber Comadira-Smith on design briefs

Cake Camp Wrapup and ACDN Member Gallery

In this issue

Chocolate Cake Tutorial by Yvette Farrugia - A step-by-step tutorial for decorating a chocolate ganache dummy cake with stencilled fondant flowers, a bee motif and a dried flower posy topper.

Modelling Chocolate Tutorial - A tutorial covering the techniques for working with modelling chocolate.

Chocolate Shards - A guide to making decorative chocolate shards for use on cakes.

Chocolate Curls - A tutorial on creating chocolate curls as a cake decoration.

Cake Camp Wrapup - A recap of the recent Cake Camp event, with highlights from the gathering of members.

ACDN Member Gallery - A gallery of inspirational chocolate-themed cake images submitted by ACDN members.

Interview with Dan Pasquali, founder of Dan's Bake Lab by Dan Pasquali - A feature interview with Dan Pasquali, the founder of Dan's Bake Lab, who also provided the cover image for this issue.

Cake Chat with Amber Comadira-Smith by Amber Comadira-Smith - Amber Comadira-Smith's regular column, this issue focusing on the design brief process.

Read September 2023 online