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Timeless tiered wedding cake centrepiece styled on a pedestal cake stand with soft floral detail by Centre Stage Cakes

Timeless Wedding Cakes: The Centrepiece Design Choices That Outlast the Trend Cycle

How decorators design a timeless wedding cake through proportion, restrained palette, quality materials and structural separators, and the cake stands that keep a centrepiece looking considered for years.
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Textured Wedding Cakes: How Rolling Pins and Faux Tiers Shape the Surface of a Modern Design

How decorators design a textured wedding cake using pressed pattern, textured rolling pins and faux tiers, and the structure that keeps the surface crisp from build to display.
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Modern summer wedding cake styled as a tiered centrepiece at an outdoor reception in bright daylight

Modern Summer Wedding Cakes: Centrepiece Design for Outdoor Venues, Heat and Bright Light

Wedding Cakes · Summer 2026 Modern Summer Wedding Cakes: Centrepiece Design for Outdoor Venues, Heat and Bright Light Marquees, orangeries and open lawns ask more of a cake than a...
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The Ultimate Guide to Textured Rolling Pins for Cake Decorating

How to use a textured rolling pin for cake decorating, which pattern suits which cake, and how to choose between the standard and XL sizes. A complete guide from Prop Options.
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PropTV: How to Create a Floating Tier Cake - Prop Options

PropTV: How to Create a Floating Tier Cake

In this step by step guide, we showcase the original Side Bar floating tier and join Cakey Lulu's who demonstrates how to use the Side Bar to create a stunning floating tier effect on your cakes.
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Outdoor Wedding Cakes

Outdoor Wedding Cakes

Outdoor wedding cakes have a particular kind of presence. Set against gardens, terraces, courtyards or open-air marquees, they become part of the wider wedding setting rather than a detail waiting quietly in the corner.

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Inside Bespoke Cake Design: From Concept to Cake Centrepiece

Inside Bespoke Cake Design: From Concept to Cake Centrepiece

Bespoke cake design is more than a service. It is a design process that begins long before a cake is baked, and runs through every decision around structure, proportion, and final presentation.

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PropEdit: Top 5 Cake Design Trends for 2026

PropEdit: Top 5 Cake Design Trends for 2026

Explore the future of luxury cake design with our 2026 Trend Report. From the high-fashion allure of Metallic Silver to the gravity-defying height of Architectural Towers, discover the five key movements shaping the industry and how Prop Options can help bring these sculptural visions to life.

— Danny Bradley
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7 Steps to Improve Cake Photography for Bakers and Cake Decorators

7 Steps to Improve Cake Photography for Bakers and Cake Decorators

As a baker or cake decorator, you know how much heart and soul goes into creating each cake. But how do you make sure your creations look just as amazing in photos as they do in person? In this blog post, Amanda shares 7 simple and effective steps to help you improve your cake photos.

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Behind-the-Scenes of a Showstopper Cake with Anesha's Art of Cakes - Prop Options

Behind-the-Scenes of a Showstopper Cake with Anesha's Art of Cakes

Whether you're planning a historic manor home wedding or a stylish barn reception, here's an inside peek at how a luxury wedding cake, crafted with care and expertise, is created.

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A Cake Designer’s Guide To: Portfolio Boosting Photo Shoots - Prop Options

A Cake Designer’s Guide To: Portfolio Boosting Photo Shoots

Well-planned editorial photo shoots are a powerful way to build images for your portfolio. In this post, Daisy shares ways that you can maximise your presence at photo shoots for the best images possible, ensuring that your cake is a focal part of the day. 

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PropTV: How to Cover a Dummy Cake Using the Cake Compass - Prop Options

PropTV: How to Cover a Dummy Cake Using the Cake Compass

The lightweight nature of dummy tiers makes them tricky to work with, as they tend to shift around during decoration. Enter the Prop Options Cake Compass! In this tutorial, find out how to cover a dummy cake with sugar paste with ease and stability using the Cake Compass.

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