10 cake-decorating techniques to pick up at the Cakeology exhibition in Mumbai

Courtesy Rhu Strand

Courtesy Naomi Lee / The Cake Botanist

Courtesy Naomi Lee / The Cake Botanist

Courtesy Dawn Butler

Courtesy Joonie Tan

Courtesy Neha Lakhani

Courtesy Cakekraft India

Courtesy Cakekraft India

Courtesy Cakekraft India

A debut cake-decorating exhibition in Mumbai, organised by Dubai-based cake entrepreneur Khushi Malani, promises to be a veritable marketplace for all things sweet. Featuring competitions and demos by international experts, the three-day expo, called Cakeology, is also open to enthusiasts from the UAE. In addition to the demos, the event, which is organised by Malani's company Cakekraft India, will have an exhibitor's arena, where home bakers and professionals can display and sell their wares. A third section will host a cake-crafting competition centred on a fairy-tale theme. For more information, or to register, email [e-mail] or call 0091 98207 44629. [e-mail]

Learn how to craft realistic expressions and innovative hairstyles on your cake figurines at the Cakeology exhibition in Mumbai this September.

The UK-based cake-decorating teacher Rhu Strand will demonstrate her famous Frannie fairy figurine at the Cakeology exhibition in Mumbai this September. Rhu works with sugar paste and modelling chocolate and has won several awards for her sculpted creations.

Pansy flower cupcakes by sugar-flowers expert Naomi Lee, who was born in the UK and brought up in Singapore. Naomi is the founder of The Cake Botanist.

Sugar-flowers expert Naomi Lee of The Cake Botanist, will conduct a session on her sugar-flower dahlia atop a ganache cake at the Cakeology exhibition in Mumbai this September.

Dawn Butler, founder of the UK-based Dinkydoodle Designs, created the award-winning CakeFrame. The revolutionary food-grade internal support structure makes crafting tiered and gravity-defying cakes much easier. Dawn will conduct a session at the Cakeology exhibition in Mumbai this September.

Figurines on a wedding cake by artist Joonie Tan. The cake artist quit her job in Malaysia and started 180 Degree Celsius in Bangalore, where she takes on customised cake orders. Joonie will conduct a hands-on demonstration at the Cakeology event in Mumbai this September.

Pastry chef Neha Lakhani, who specialises in French pastries, will be demonstrating chocolate glazing at Cakeology.

Stalls at the Cakeology exhibition will display and sell various cake-craft tools and accessories, including moulds, cutters and stencils for themed cakes.

Cakekraft India, which is organising the Cakeology exhibition, has a module on bas-relief cakes. This edible art form was inspired by Italian sculptures, who used a technique that combines rounded figures with significantly deeper backgrounds such that the natural contours of the figures are retained.

An intricately decorated pillow-shaped cake makes for the ideal engagement ceremony centrepiece - just place the ring in the centre for maximum effect.