Baking & decorating tips & resources

The Lady Berry Cupcakes Blog

Welcome to the Lady Berry Cupcakes Blog home of cupcake decorating workshops, parties and step-by-step tutorials. Whether you're booking a corporate team-building cupcake workshop, planning a hen party or children’s cupcake party, or looking for online cupcake classes and recipes, you’ll find practical guides, ideas and tips here. I’ve been teaching cupcake decorating for over 14 years across London, Surrey, Hampshire and online, and this blog is here to help you grow your skills and confidence.

 

HI, I’M FARLEY!

A passionate cupcake decorating teacher. Teaching you how to create beautiful fondant details and mentoring small baking businesses.

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How to Make Fondant at Home: Homemade Fondant Recipes, Types of Fondant & Cake Decorating Guide

"Making homemade fondant is easier than you might think. Follow this simple recipe and learn how to create smooth, pliable fondant for decorating cupcakes, cakes, cookies, and fondant toppers."

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How To Make & Sell Stuffed Cupcakes

Stuffed cupcakes are everywhere right now — and they sell for more. Learn how to make perfectly filled cupcakes with jam, Nutella, buttercream, and sprinkles, without leaks or soggy sponges. This step-by-step guide shows you the best fillings, tools, pricing ideas, and profit-boosting tips so you can turn this cupcake trend into a premium product for your cake business.

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7 Bakers Gadgets To Make Life Easier Running A Cake Business

In this blog post, I share practical kitchen tips for bakers to make cake decorating and baking easier, faster and more organised. Perfect for home bakers and small cake business owners, these simple tricks will help you save time, reduce stress and feel more confident working in your kitchen when preparing cupcake orders and treat boxes.

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Decorating & Delivering Cakes in Hot Weather

In this blog post, I share essential tips on decorating and delivering cakes in hot weather, perfect for home bakers and cake business owners during summer orders and heatwaves. From keeping buttercream stable to safe transport and packaging, these tips will help you protect your cakes, avoid melting and ensure your cupcake and celebration cake orders arrive in perfect condition.

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How to Run a Successful Cake Shed for Your Home Baking Business

In this blog post, I share practical tips on running a successful cake shed for home bakers and small baking businesses, including setup ideas, pricing, customer safety and security tips. A cake shed can be a brilliant way to offer local cupcake collections and last-minute treat boxes, and this post explains how to run it safely, profitably and professionally from home.

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Care Home Cupcake Classes

In this blog post, I share how my Care Home Cupcake Decorating Classes and Workshops bring creativity, joy and gentle activity to residents. I travel directly to care homes with all tools, equipment and pastel decorating kits, making it easy for activity coordinators to offer a relaxing, inclusive cupcake workshop for elderly residents and community groups. Perfect for care home enrichment programmes and wellbeing activity sessions.

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