I’m now home after my Australian cake adventure …. however I have lots of pictures, thoughts, tips and ideas from my travels to share with you all.  To get the ball rolling I’m starting with the second workshop I taught at Iced Affair in Sydney – the novelty cake carving class.

This cake was designed, literally, on the back of an envelope, whilst talking to my publishers on… Continue reading

• Arrived back in the UK safe and sound. I really love to travel but I always look forward to coming home, especially after a good trip! #
• Learnt that many wedding cakes in Singapore are provided by hotels as part of the wedding package, also that many of these are dummy cakes! #
• Saw Chinese ‘open up’ cakes (literal translation) today

• Finished my last dem in Australia. Introduced a very friendly bunch of ladies to cake jewellery, they were fascinated – good way to end #
• Did you know that sugarpaste or fondant in Australia is known generically at RTR – ready to roll #
• Starting to feel a bit exhausted…. now been in Australia for 4 weeks – my last demonstration

I am having such fun teaching my Australian students that I’ve not had much time to keep you all up to date, except via twitter! However today I’m flying down from Brisbane to Melbourne so you’re in luck – I’ve a few hours to kill!

Classes are going swimmingly, I’ve taught quite and few now, all full of very enthusiastic sugarcrafters keen and eager to learn what I have… Continue reading

• Students did well, lovely colour combinations – fuschia, black and white, brown and dusty pink, wonder what tomorrows wonky class will bring #
• Teaching my Op Art cake today in Brisbane, this is going to be slightly different for the students, wonder how they’ll get on? #
• Met some very intersting cake decorators today at my book signing in Brisbane. They

If you’ve been following me on Twitter you’ll know that I’m now in Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast. Today was my first official appointment here, a book signing at Kitchenware Plus - a fabulous kitchenware store on the Pacific Highway at Loganholme.

I spent a delightful morning talking to a variety of their customers, who I discovered originated from all parts of the world including… Continue reading

• Did you know sugarpaste originated in Australia? I’m told that it’s popularity was spread by the Country Women’s Association in the 1950’s #
• If you are in Sydney and you’d like to see me dem my op art cake tomorrow evening, please contact Iced Affair http://www.icedaffair.com.au/ #
• My students created some fantastic cat cakes today. None had carved cake

Wow I’ve learnt so much since I’ve been here in Sydney on my Australian cake adventure. The seminar has whizzed past…… I’ve met lots of amazing people, seen some incredibly detailed cakes, found out about how cakes are created here and sampled the most popular flavours.

Did you know that sugarpaste has its origins here in Australia? From what I have discovered so far it was the Country Woman’s… Continue reading

• Saw Planet Cake dem how to create a Mad Hatter cake – fascinating and different to my approach to Wonky’s, think I’ll stick to my own way! #
• Just returned from the official opening of the Australian cake seminar here in Sydney, I feel so privileged to have been invited. #
• Spend day sightseeing in Sydney with kath Swansbra, what a

Jet lag…..I do dislike this woozy feeling, but I guess its not natural to try and change the body clock so drastically! Well as you can probably tell, I’ve arrived and I’m on the internet! I had to wait until 10am this morning for the shops to open, a long wait when I woke at 5am, to buy a prepaid mobile internet dongle. The wonders of technology… Continue reading