New Studio in Glasgow City Centre Studio in Glasgow I’m delighted to announce that we will be running courses, one to one lessons and filming the online tutorials from our new studio at 36 Ingram Street in Glasgow City Centre. Courses will continue to be run at Cupcake Cafe Bar, Torphichen. The aim is to [...]

We are always delighted to hear feedback on the Cake Decorating videos, but the message received 9th January 2012 totally took our breath away…. A message to Paul Bradford Message Body: Hi there, my names Maxine hill I’m a mum of four amazing boys, who mean the world to me. I just wanted to say [...]

We are delighted to announce that Ceri Griffiths will be running Royal Icing courses at the Sugarcraft School. Ceri was born in Cardiff and trained as a Master Baker and Confectioner at the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. After three years of studying he achieved his City & Guilds certification, obtaining distinctions for all [...]

Jenna will be joining Paul Bradford Sugarcarft School as a guest instructor from January 2012. Jenna and Paul have been working on some fantastic designs which will be revealed very soon. Pictured here admiring one of her amazing creations Jenna will be a welcome addition to the creative teaching part of the school.Baking from a [...]

There are many places offering Cake Decorating Courses in or around Glasgow. Between them they offer a range of skills and techniques which will certainly help any budding cake decorating designer. However, did you know that just 30 mins along the M8 from Glasgow is a dedicated Sugarcraft School where Paul Bradford and his team [...]

International Sugarcraft School near Edinburgh Based just 15 miles from Edinburgh airport Paul Bradford Sugarcraft School is ideally located to serve those looking for cake decorating courses in Edinburgh, surrounding area or further afield. The School based in idyllic countryside surroundings just 1 mile from the village of Torphichen and 4 from the town of [...]

Having decorated cakes with buttercream for many years Paul had his moment of enlightenment when Liz Russell came to work for him. Liz had worked with Planet Cake in Australia where, mainly because of the heat, they used Chocolate Ganache to cover their cakes. Its more expensive to make, but once you’ve started covering cakes [...]

One of the key components of any cake is getting the buttercream consistency just right. There are a number of recipes to choose from but through many trails and many errors we’ve found this to be the best buttercream recipe: 500g  (1.1 lbs) of unsalted butter with 1 kg (2.2 lbs) of icing sugar. Best [...]

This is the most asked question on the ‘Making Profit from Cake Decorating‘ course. There are a number of factors you must take into account: Compare your skill level with other cake designers within a 25 miles radius and find out what they’re charging. Establish how many hours a week you can devote to your [...]

Things are moving along and on schedule to have the full Cake Decorating Video Library available from 1st November. Up until then we will be adding a number of teaser videos live on the site free to view. There will also be a number of full cake videos to show how it works. In summary [...]