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Sugarcrafts Sugarcrafts provide custom designed cakes for all occassions whether for your wedding or birthday; p

Sugarcrafts provide custom designed cakes for all occassions whether for your wedding or birthday; plus equipment, decorations, candles, advice and more!

Decorating inspiration ✨ Little details make a big difference. Whether you're working with buttercream, fondant or edibl...
16/10/2026

Decorating inspiration ✨ Little details make a big difference. Whether you're working with buttercream, fondant or edible decorations, choose a few standout elements and let them shine. What’s your favourite finishing touch?

12/10/2026

Before you roll fondant, spend a little extra time kneading it until it’s smooth and pliable. It sounds basic, but it makes a huge difference.

Fondant that hasn’t been conditioned properly is much more likely to crack around the top edge, develop an elephant-skin texture or fight you while you’re trying to smooth it.

If it feels firm, work it gradually rather than immediately reaching for lots of shortening or other additives — too much can make fondant overly soft and difficult to handle.

Small prep step. Much easier covering job.

09/10/2026

Fondant tip: those annoying little air bubbles don’t always mean you’ve done anything wrong.

They can form when air becomes trapped between the cake and fondant, or when a cake changes temperature after covering. If you spot one, use a very fine sterile pin to make a tiny hole at an angle, gently press the air toward the hole, then smooth the area again.

The key word is gently — pushing hard can stretch or mark the fondant.

What fondant problem gives you the most grief?

👁️ A sprinkle mix can be much more than a finishing sprinkle.Pick out the larger pieces as feature decorations, use the ...
07/10/2026

👁️ A sprinkle mix can be much more than a finishing sprinkle.

Pick out the larger pieces as feature decorations, use the smaller pearls and jimmies for texture, or combine several elements around a piped buttercream swirl. It’s an easy way to create a coordinated design without needing lots of separate decorations.

These Halloween mixes are a great example — one pack, plenty of decorating possibilities.

Cupcakes are such a good place to practise combining decorating techniques. 🧁A few different piping styles, small fondan...
05/10/2026

Cupcakes are such a good place to practise combining decorating techniques. 🧁

A few different piping styles, small fondant details, sprinkles and contrasting textures can turn the same basic cupcake into a whole collection of designs.

Do you tend to plan every cupcake in a set, or decorate as you go?

Sometimes the smallest decorations make the biggest difference. 🦇Edible shapes and sprinkles are one of the easiest ways...
03/10/2026

Sometimes the smallest decorations make the biggest difference. 🦇

Edible shapes and sprinkles are one of the easiest ways to add detail and texture to a cake or cupcake without spending hours modelling decorations by hand. Layer them over buttercream, use them around a cake border or add just a few as a finishing touch.

Halloween is a particularly fun time to experiment with them!

🎃 Halloween is a brilliant excuse to play with cake decorating techniques — and you don’t need an elaborate design to ge...
29/09/2026

🎃 Halloween is a brilliant excuse to play with cake decorating techniques — and you don’t need an elaborate design to get a great result.

A simple shaped cutter can become pumpkins, bats, ghosts or skulls, with fondant or royal icing doing the rest. They’re ideal for decorated cookies, cupcake toppers and small cake decorations.

Which Halloween shape would you reach for first? 👻🦇🎃💀

20/09/2026

Cake decorating has changed a LOT over the years… but some things never do. 🎂

There’s always another tool you need, another technique you want to try and somehow never enough cutters. 😂

Sugarcrafts has been part of New Zealand’s cake decorating world for around 45 years, and we love that the next chapter is still all about helping people create something amazing.

Whether you’re completely new to decorating or have a collection of cake tools that requires its own room, you’re our kind of person.

What was the first cake decorating tool you bought that you still use today?

A themed cupcake doesn't always need an elaborate topper 🚀🪐Printed baking cups are one of the easiest ways to carry a pa...
17/09/2026

A themed cupcake doesn't always need an elaborate topper 🚀🪐

Printed baking cups are one of the easiest ways to carry a party theme right through the dessert table. These space designs feature astronauts, planets, UFOs and the solar system — add a simple swirl of buttercream and a few matching sprinkles and you're done.

It's a good reminder that effective cake decorating doesn't have to mean hours of modelling. Sometimes the base products do the decorating for you.

Address

76 Waiwarawara Drive
Ruakaka
0171

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

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+6492985170

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