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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 cake covered in a pressed Full Bloom floral pattern by Dee-vine Cakes

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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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.
— Danny Bradley
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Personalised clear acrylic cake spacer styled three ways as a wedding cake centrepiece

3 Ways to Style a Personalised Cake Spacer as a Wedding Cake Centrepiece

A wedding cake can be more than a moment, it can become something lasting. Bella shares three ways to style a personalised cake spacer, showing how a single detail can elevate a cake into a meaningful and beautifully balanced centrepiece.

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Game, Set…Mix and Match - Prop Options

Game, Set…Mix and Match

Our Signature Scandinavian Collection of cake stands has received an upgrade! Explore our configurable selection which offers ultimate flexibility and unlimited possibilities, enabling you to find your perfect match.

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PropTrends #12 - Glitter and Gold! - Prop Options

PropTrends #12 - Glitter and Gold!

In this edition, we spotlight all that glitters with our range of stunning metallic stands and separators, showing how adding a touch of metallic glamour can elevate your design and keep you right on trend!

 

— Danny Bradley
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How to Use and Style your Clear Tier Cake Separators: A Step-by-Step Guide with PropTV - Prop Options

How to Use and Style your Clear Tier Cake Separators: A Step-by-Step Guide with PropTV

Jen from Cakey Lulu’s, introduces our bestselling, premium acrylic Clear Tiers. A multi-functional product with infinite ways to style, learn how to achieve each of these incredible looks.
— Danny Bradley
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Create Show-Stopping Cake Centrepieces with Prop Options - Prop Options

Create Show-Stopping Cake Centrepieces with Prop Options

It’s easier than ever to transform your cakes into show-stopping masterpieces with our innovative products and we’re here to help fuel your inspiration and take a look at how you can elevate your next design.
— Danny Bradley
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What Are Cake Spacers and Separators? - Prop Options

What Are Cake Spacers and Separators?

Cake spacers and separators are essential tools for cake decorators. In this blog, we explore what these tools are and how they can transform your cake creations.

— Danny Bradley
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How To Incorporate Spacers & Separators Into Your Cake Design With Bubba's Bakes - Prop Options

How To Incorporate Spacers & Separators Into Your Cake Design With Bubba's Bakes

Zara, from Bubba's Bakes and an avid supporter of Prop Options, joins us to talk about how & why she uses our cake spacers & separators in her cake designs and offers her top tips!
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PropTrends #6 - Defying Gravity With The Floating Cake Tier - Prop Options

PropTrends #6 - Defying Gravity With The Floating Cake Tier

Find your floating inspiration in the sixth edition of PropTrends as we enter the gravity-defying world of the Floating Tier Side Bar cake separator!
— Danny Bradley
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