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DIY ICING CENTRE - 8A Edwards Road
Birmingham, West Midlands B24 9EP
0121 384 8236

You can also find a wide variety of cutters, decorations and equipment here too and some fantastic Patchwork Cutters. You can get most of the equipment that you need in this shop to start making your cupcakes at home like the ones you have made in class, they sell sugarpaste ( to go on top of your cupcakes) , petalpaste ( to make flowers), gum trag, cupcake cases, edibles, cake mix, cutters, moulds, boxes, icing colours and much much more!

Other suppliers include:

http://lindyscakes.co.uk/- for shoe, bag, dress cutters and many more

http://www.purplecupcakes.co.uk/- for moulds, cutters, equipment like flower drying trays and much more

http://www.thecakedecoratingcompany.co.uk/- for cutters, moulds, edibles, equipment and much more

http://www.icing-works.co.uk/- for cupcake boxes and cupcake cases

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk- for grneral cupcake supplies including cases, cutters, icing, edibles and much more

http://www.therange.co.uk/- for general cupcake equipment including rolling pins, non stick boards, vanilla extract, cupcake cases, cutters and much more

Cupcake Tips

1. Invest in an oven thermometer so you know exactly what temperature your oven is running at it could be hotter than you imagine!
2. Use an icecream scoop to achieve equal sized cupcakes and to get the same amount of mixture in each case
3. Always cool your cupcakes on a wire rack after you take them out the oven to prevent them sweating in the tin
4. Never store your cupcakes in the fridge as they go hard and stale
5. When making butter icing always sieve the icing sugar and whip up the butter first to room to make it creamy before adding icing sugar in stages