Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network May 2018 Cake! Magazine | Page 70
Pearl Toh
interview with
Pearl Toh of Pearl’s Creations has made a name for herself in the Australian cake
industry for her handcrafted sugar figurines. Her simple, clean-cut style lends itself to
a wide variety of wedding, birthday, and other celebration cakes.
Written by Kellie Rudland
We sat down with Pearl to chat about
how she began her business and
what’s next for her.
with me, giving me free reign on the
design. That order brought my next
order with a guest at that party, and
then it just snowballed.
What are your favourite tools for
modelling?
You’ve always been a crafty
person. How did you get in to cake
decorating?
A girlfriend encouraged me to try it
out, said I’d be good at it. I decided,
after producing hardly edible cakes
with decorations made by others
two years in a row for my daughter’s
birthdays, to take the plunge and
learn how to decorate cupcakes and
make a figurine. Immediately after
the classes, a friend placed an order
My water brush, blade tool and metal
ball tools are my all-time favourite
tools. I’d say they are my essential
tools.
Do you use anything unconventional in
place of traditional modelling tools?
My hands, tips of my fingers and sides
of my palms are often used to model
the figurines.