Glossary

American Style
No pillars are used. Each tier sits directly on top of the other. Normally, the tiers decrease in size. An example is "Star Gazer" in our gallery on our website.

Brush Embroidery
A technique used in icing to create a textured, realistic appearance for the sides of a cake as with "Lavender Rose" on our website.

Cappuccino Cake

• Three different favours in layers creating one tier.
• Layers consist of white chocolate cake on the top, coffee cake and dark chocolate mud on the bottom.
• Centred different sized cakes are positioned on top of each other. An example is "Shades of Gold" on our website.

Chococcino Cake

• Three different favours in layers creating one tier.
• Layers consist of white chocolate cake on the top , milk chocolate cake and dark chocolate mud on the bottom.
• Double tiers Where two tiers of the same size are decorated in such a way as to create one “high” tier.

Extension Work
Royal icing is piped in layers to create a "swag" effect around the cakes and then icing is finely piped to create a lattice effect.

Filler Flowers
Small iced flowers are used to complement larger style of blooms and soften the overall design.

Ganache
A confection of cream and melted chocolate used as a filling between different layers in a tier.

Lace Work
Piped royal icing is used to create small pieces of "lace" which are attached to the sides of the cake to create a very delicate effect. An example is "Valentine's Day Wedding" on our website.

Off Set
Where tiers may be placed at an angle or off centre to the other tiers. "Cascade Rose and Butterflies" is an example on our website.

Pillars
These support and elevate the different tiers in a more traditional style of design.

Quilting
A technical design creating the effect of quilting over and around a cake as on the bottom tier of "Peach and Ivory" on our website.

Rolled Fondant
Sugar confection, normally used in Australia, to cover wedding cakes and create a soft, rounded edge to the completed design.

Royal Icing
Confection of egg white and icing sugar. Used for piping work or in some instances to completely cover a cake e.g. The "Royal Floral Stack" in our gallery on our website is an example.

Stack Cake
As per the "American’ style, but each tier is the same size. An example is "Snow Queen" on our website.

Stands
Usually made of perspex and allow the different tiers to be positioned in any way to complement the overall design rather than directly above each other. "Lavender Rose" is an example of this on our website.

Swag Effect
A design, normally around the sides of the cake, representing a drape of fabric in icing. "Gold Cupid" is and example, as shown on our website.

Tiers
A completed cake which forms part of the total design. This can be one flavour or divided into layers as with the Cappuccino of Chococcino cakes.

"Wrap Around"
A style of stack cake around which the icing is wrapped to create a soft "material drape" effect. An example is "Blue Moon Rose and Lilly" as shown on our website.