The Kumora notebook

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Ivory round cake with five orange buttercream pumpkins, brown piped stems and small olive-green curls arranged around the back of the top.

Decorating

7 min readA little practice

Pumpkin Patch Cake: Small Buttercream Pumpkins with a Round Tip

Decorate an ivory 6-inch cake with a crescent of small piped pumpkins.

Ivory round cake with a crescent of rust, mustard and olive buttercream leaf swipes across the top and down one side.

Decorating

7 min readA little practice

Autumn Leaf Cake: Simple Palette-Knife Buttercream Swipes

Decorate a small ivory cake with rust, mustard and olive buttercream leaves.

AI illustration of a golden pear almond cake with pear wedges and toasted flaked almonds, with a slice removed to show the pale almond crumb.

Recipes

7 min readBeginner

Pear Almond Cake with a Golden Flaked-Almond Top

A single-layer almond cake topped with thin pear wedges and flaked almonds.

AI illustration of a two-layer coffee walnut cake with tan buttercream and walnut halves, with one slice showing the sponge and filling.

Recipes

7 min readA little practice

Coffee Walnut Layer Cake with Coffee Buttercream

Two small coffee-flavoured sponge layers, chopped walnuts and a soft coffee buttercream filling.

AI illustration of a single-layer chocolate cake with swirled ganache, orange zest and orange slices, with a cut slice showing the dark crumb.

Recipes

7 min readBeginner

Chocolate Orange Ganache Cake with a Simple Swirled Top

A single-layer chocolate orange cake with yogurt, fresh orange zest and a dark chocolate ganache topping.

AI illustration of an ivory buttercream basketweave cake with shell borders and strawberry halves on top, sitting on a white cake board.

Decorating

8 min readIntermediate

Strawberry Basketweave Cake: How to Pipe the Woven Sides

Turn a small cake into an ivory buttercream basket with tip 47.

AI illustration of a small pink cake covered with buttercream rosette spirals, sitting on an ivory plate on a wooden kitchen table.

Decorating

8 min readA little practice

Pink Buttercream Rosette Cake: A One-Tip Decorating Guide

Cover a small birthday cake with pink buttercream rosettes using a 1M tip.

AI illustration of a chocolate cake with piped shell borders around the top and base, finished with dark cherries on a white board.

Decorating

8 min readA little practice

How to Pipe Chocolate Buttercream Shell Borders with Tip 21

Learn the squeeze-and-release motion for chocolate shell borders, where to start and finish the ring, and how to fix ridges that crack or collapse.

AI illustration of a square apple crumble cake and a cut piece showing tender apple chunks beneath a golden cinnamon streusel top, with no frosting.

Recipes

7 min readBeginner

Apple Crumble Cake with Cinnamon Streusel

A square apple cake with tender fruit and a chunky cinnamon crumble top.

AI illustration of a square pumpkin cake and a cut slice with orange-brown crumb, ivory maple frosting in broad swirls and a light cinnamon dusting.

Recipes

7 min readBeginner

Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

One square pumpkin cake, warm spices and maple cream cheese frosting swirled with a spoon.

AI illustration of a small two-layer pistachio cake with raspberry jam, thin ivory frosting and a crescent of pistachios and raspberries; one slice is cut.

Recipes

7 min readA little practice

Pistachio Raspberry Cake for a Small Celebration

Two 6-inch pistachio cake layers with raspberry jam, cream cheese frosting and a simple berry-and-nut finish.

AI illustration of a caramel-coloured Biscoff cheesecake with a biscuit base, glossy cookie butter topping and crumb border, with one wedge on a plate.

Recipes

7 min readA little practice

No-Bake Biscoff Cheesecake with a Biscuit Crunch Border

A chilled cookie butter cheesecake with a pressed biscuit base, a glossy Biscoff topping and a simple crumb border.