sugarpaste / icing

 NEW Regalice colours now launched . . . Fuchsia Pink, Jade Green, Burgundy, Pastel Yellow, Pastel Green, Duck Egg Blue, Grey and White Chocolate ! ! !

Sugarpaste icing is often called ready-to-roll icing or roll-out icing and is gives fantastic results which even first-time cake decorators will be able to achieve with ease.  It is also often referred to by brand names such as Regalice or Covapaste and sometimes (incorrectly) as fondant.

Cake-stuff.com recommends Professional Regalice made by Renshaw - holders of the royal warrant.  Professional Regalice is a high quality sugarpaste which has excellent handling and covering properties, is not too sticky and less prone to crack than supermarket brands.  Please note Professional Regalice is not the same product as cheaper SuperCook Regalice sold in supermarkets.

Professional Regalice is available in white and ivory in 500g, 1kg, 2½kg and 5kg packs, and in a full range of colours in 250g packs.

Sorry, with a 30% increase in the value of sugar on the commodities market, prices are creeping up everywhere but we're doing everything we can to minimise this (we hope 5p per pack won't break the bank).  See our Price Comparison Chart below to see how we compare to the top 10 online sugarcraft suppliers.  Larger 5kg blocks have also had to increase but we have ensured we are still offering our customers better prices than all our main competitors.

For busier cake makers and business customers, cake-stuff.com also recommends our Premium Sugarpaste (Renshaw Covering Paste) and Covapaste.  Both these professional sugarpastes are available in white and ivory in 2.5kg and 5kg trade packs, offering great quality, a lovely vanilla flavour and fantastic value for money.  Please click below to see the white / ivory and coloured ranges.

"OK - so which brand am I best using?" . . . the question we're asked all the time.  The simple answer is there isn't a simple answer(!).  Everyone has a slightly different way of working and, as with most things in life, has their favourite.  Based on sales and customer feedback we're happy to offer the following summary . . .

Premium Sugarpaste (Renshaw Covering Paste) - ideal for novelty and general celebration cakes.  Excellent value and made by Renshaw.  Has a subtle vanilla flavour and good handling qualities, although a few customers have commented they prefer the firmer texture of Regalice.  Works perfectly well for wedding cakes too but if you're not familiar with the product, we'd advise getting to know it first (try our SAMPLE PACK) as it does handle slightly softer than Regalice so you need to get used to this to avoid cracks.  This is our best seller and we currently are selling more than a metric tonne per week . . . so it's obviously doing the job!

Covapaste - an absolutely delicious premium sugarpaste with, arguably, the best eating qualities of all three brands.  Lovely vanilla flavour and scent with excellent covering properties.  We're finding more and more of our trade customers are switching from Regalice to Covapaste, so it's perfect for wedding cakes too.  Feedback from customers is that it has better handling qualities than Regalice and is less likely to tear or crack.

Regalice - the old favourite and still excellent quality, although much firmer so requires a little work to improve the elasticity before rolling out. Traditionally contains vinegar as a thickener and stabiliser, and loose packed inside its box.  Some customers have been using Regalice for 50+ years and simply wouldn't dream of changing as they know the product so well.  We have to say, though, that with prices climbing steadily, many customers have switched to Covapaste and not been disappointed.

We now offer a SAMPLE PACK containing 3 small packs of these top sugarpastes, so that you can try / feel / taste before ordering larger packs.  Please click here to see the SAMPLE PACK.

We also offer a limited range of coloured Luxury Sugarpaste by M&B although this is being discontinued.  M&B sugarpaste is generally softer than Regalice and opinion from customers has been mixed.  As always happens when offering more than one brand, some customers swear by Regalice, others swear by M&B... everyone has their preferences in terms of softness and ease-of-use.  In general, M&B sugarpaste has been found to be too soft for creating a really good finish.

Colours shown on this site are limited by photography and shades will vary on different PC monitors.

As you browse colours and pack sizes, please be sure you are purchasing the correct product as we cannot accept the return of sugarpaste for food safety reasons.  This does not affect your statutory rights.

 Please click here for more details of our Food Safety Policy.

How much sugarpaste will you need to cover your cake?  Please click here to see our cake covering guide.

How do our prices compare?  Our PRICE COMPARISON CHART shows our prices compared to the top 10 competitors.  Product comparison 250g coloured Regalice, prices updated 17.8.11.

• Cake-stuff.com          £1.09
• The Craft Company  from £1.13
• Jane Asher               £1.15 - £1.95 depending on colour
• Cake Craft Shop        £1.25
• Almond Art               £1.30
• Windsor Cake Craft   from £1.30
• Design-a-Cake           £1.30 - £1.65 depending on colour
• Surbiton Sugarcraft    £1.35 - £1.85 depending on colour
• Imaginitive Icing         £1.68
• Creative Cakes          £1.90 - £2.30 depending on colour
• Hobbycraft                £2.99

Shipping Summary:  Orders to all UK addresses up to 1.25kg are normally shipped by Royal Mail.  Orders to UK mainland addresses between 1.25kg and 20kg are normally shipped by APC Carriers at a fixed rate of only £6.95.  Orders to UK non-mainland addresses over 1.25kg (Northern Ireland, Scottish Islands, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and BFPO addresses) are shipped by Royal Mail Standard Parcels.  Orders to all other countries up to 2kg are shipped by Air Mail Small Parcels.  Orders to all other countries over 2kg are shipped in multiple parcels, each parcel having to be under 2kg.  We would ask non-UK customers to please bear this in mind when putting together an order of heavier items such as sugarpaste . . . the products are inexpensive, but the shipping costs are not.