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.
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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Gingerbread Ideas for Bakers - How to Bake, Gift & Sell Gingerbread Treats In Your Baking Business.
In this blog post, I share the history of gingerbread and all the delicious ways you can use it in your baking from cookies and cupcakes to cakes, rocky road and festive treat boxes. Gingerbread is warm, comforting and perfect for both home bakers and cake business owners. You can also buy my Easy Tasty Gingerbread Recipe to bake your own perfectly spiced gingerbread at home and start creating all these beautiful bakes yourself.
Red Velvet Cake & Cupcakes Recipe
Discover the magic of Red Velvet from the classic, velvet tea cake with cream cheese frosting to fun twist like red velvet cupcakes and other bakes also learn the history of Red Velvet cakes baking tips and delicious recipe recipes to try at home. Along with the best extra red food colouring to make your red velvet cakes pop.
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.
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.

