Cake Recipes, Tutorials & Business Tips

There was a stretch, right in the middle of COVID, when I finally set up an online shop for my celebration cakes. Orders started coming in steadily. The ball was properly rolling for the first time. And then I got heavily pregnant, and I stopped everything, because I was about to give birth and I...

No jammy shortcuts. No artificial flavour. Just vibrant raspberry “sauce” (ie purée) folded into a silky Swiss Meringue Buttercream that tastes exactly as good as it looks.

This post covers two things: how to make a simple homemade raspberry purée from scratch, and how to turn that purée into th...

Homemade lemon curd is one of the most versatile cake fillings you can have in your toolkit, and it’s far easier to make than most people think. This is my “lazy” method: just 4 ingredients, no constant stirring, and no scrambled eggs. 

And the reason why I call it “lazy” is because we add all t...

If you've been following along, you'll know I've been sharing my favourite cake fillings on YouTube - and this week's episode might be my favourite yet. We're making Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream. 

This is my go-to chocolate frosting. I barely use dark chocolate ganache. All my chocolate ...

Hello everyone!

This post is all about cute Lavender colour, Earl Grey and Milk chocolate! Can you think of anything better?

I have been meaning to associate Milk Chocolate and Earl Grey for a while now, so quite happy that I finally got around to bake this long overdue flavour combination!

I ...

We all know that running a cake business often means juggling enquiries, emails, social media messages, and quotes, pretty much all at once. And when enquiries arrive without the details you actually need (which, most of them do when you don’t have a proper system in place), it can quickly become...

Hello there! As we move our old Zaza Marcelle blog content across to our shiny new Modern Cake Society blog, I couldn’t leave behind one of my most read (and watched on Youtube) “how to” post. 

It was created a few years ago, but the good thing about photography is that contrary to techy subject...

There’s something that’s been sitting on my chest for a long time. Something that I know to be true for most home based cake designers.

Cake decorating is not a very scalable industry.

There. I said it.

You can't "10x your revenue" without hitting very real physical limits. Your time. Your ene...

The Cake Challenge is back my friends! And it's back for good.

But Zaza... What is the Cake Challenge I hear you ask? Well my friend, the Cake Challenge is very simply YOU challenging ME to create a cake from a classic of patisserie and/or confectionery.

I create a poll on Instagram where I giv...

Let me tell you something that might surprise you.

I am not naturally organized. Like, at all.

I loved the creative side of my cake business - the techniques, the designs, the artistry. That part? I could do it for hours.

But the follow-ups? The invoicing? Remembering who paid what and when...

BEFORE WE START!

This blog post was written over a year ago. Since then, I have started a Youtube Channel, and guess what is my last video about? That's right: Swiss Meringue Buttercream! By clicking on the link below you will get to see this short-n-sweet video where I show you how I make th...