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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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Prop Options design partners: Victor Diaz of ML Bespoke Cakes, Zoe Wong of Made With Flower with the BLOOMbase, Savanna of Cake Design by Savanna, Ekat, and Cakes by Carol

Helping You Create Without Limits: We Stand With You, and Behind You

Helping you create without limits is the job Prop Options set itself. We stand with the artists who push the craft forward, and behind the businesses that depend on them, with cake decorating tools and supplies designed to lift every limit.
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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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