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  Authentic American baking is all about bold cake flavours with unapologetically generous amounts of frosting. Which makes our indulgent recipes p...

There’s nothing quite as delightful as a well-dressed cake. If you’re thinking about giving your bakes a little extra magic with hand decorations, ...

We are obsessed with it and certainly have enjoyed our fair share of it at The Hummingbird Bakery, but what exactly is our bestselling Red Velvet f...

When properly stored, cakes keep well in the kitchen cupboard, fridge or freezer, but how well they keep will depend on a number of factors. Here a...

We’ve got 99 problems but a sponge ain’t one! Here's how to troubleshoot a troublesome sponge cake. Dry This could be due to the ingredients or the...

Sugarpaste icing is a great way to add flair and fun details to your cakes with sugarpaste modelling. This sweet fondant is a sort of edible sugar ...

If you’re baking with substituted ingredients, here are a few of our tips so you can carry on baking. We’ll start by saying we generally don’t reco...

Doberge cake (pronounced ‘dobash’ cake) is popular in New Orleans, Louisiana. It originally hails from a Hungarian recipe called Dobos torte and it...

We raise a few important questions about our dear old raising agents and what their unique properties bring to your bakes. What do raising agents d...

Booze and cake: it’s a thing! And a thoroughly delicious one at that. A splash of the hard stuff takes this buttery pound cake-inspired Bundt to th...

Freshly baked wedding cakes to order online from The Hummingbird Bakery? We do! Setting your heart on a fabulous tasting cake for your wedding has ...

With our new Chocolate Mayonnaise Bundt Cake already a hit in our bakeries, we are going Bundt bonkers for our new Kentucky Bourbon Bundt. This rec...