This is one of my favorite tools in the kitchen. The Silpat Silicone mat is a must have in todays bakery. You can do so many things with it. You can bake cookies or other goods on it, pour and knead hot sugar on it, and roll out any dough on it, including fondant. It is very diverse and useful. I highly recommend you getting several to have on hand in your kitchen. I love this product. In this same ...
Continue Reading →I use royal icing to decorate on all of my cakes. I can do that because most all of my cakes are buttercream cakes covered in fondant. You can’t pipe royal icing onto buttercream because the oil from the buttercream will break the royal down. Basically, it will melt. So, remember “royal should never touch oil”.
However, you can add 1 teaspoon of piping gel to approximately 2 cups of royal icing and it will allow the royal icing to keep ...
Continue Reading →This groom’s cake turned out so beautiful. This cake was to represent the stained glass in the church where the groom played the organ. When sitting at his organ he could see a beautiful Rose window. We then took elements of the organ that he played which was very old and incorporated them into the cake design. Some of the elements not shown here are the pipes, keys and the wood grain. We colored piping gel all the different colors ...
Continue Reading →I love this cake! It was inspired by a pic that my good friend Amy Parman brought to me of a gown that was covered in pleated curly ruffles and had dark grey platinum fabric roses sewn on it. This was my inspiration for this cake and became a very popular design. The ruffles are made from 50% fondant and 50% gumpaste. I cut them into a long ribbon and then scolloped the edges with a cutter and ...
Continue Reading →As you can see, style does matter! Also, this is an example of taking an otherwise ordinary but pretty cake and making it extraordinary with what we did around it. We built a stage, a truss and styled the table. It all integrated beautifully with the entire space!
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Although, I have become mostly a fondant wedding cake designer, like you, I started out doing all of my cakes in buttercream. Smoothing buttercream as perfect as possible is an art and a learned skill. There are many ways of doing it and we will discuss some of the those techniques in the upcoming buttercream series of classes.
One of my favorite techniques that I love is the basket-weave technique. Not only is it cool that you can create the look ...
Continue Reading →This cake was done using a toile stencil from www.designerstencils.com. I thought a hexagon cake would serve this cake well so that I could do a scene on each panel of the hex. I love this technique and will be posting an entire class on how to use stencils when decorating cakes. I alternated the striped tiers to give some different design elements to this cake design. I love the regal blue color against a ...
Continue Reading →This black and white themed cake is a great cake! It is simple yet elegant. The ribbons around the base of each layer were actually made using edible images from the bride and groom’s invitation. I just printed them on edible sugar sheets using a food color inkjet printer and wrapped the ribbons around the base of each layer. I made a black gumpaste bow with some streamers to finish off the front of the cake. I think it turned ...
Continue Reading →This cake was made for a very eclectic couple who loved art and architecture. Especially the work of world renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. So, it was fitting that we designed a cake around his stained glass windows. This was the result. Although, it looks like a very simple design, it wasn’t that easy to execute. All the black lines you see on the cake were piped free hand. The color of the window panes were color matched and cut ...
Continue Reading →This is probably one of my favorite cakes that I have ever designed. I was also charged with creating the table-scape and presentation of the cake, which is just another hat that I wear! I just love styling cakes for brides. I believe it makes a huge difference in how the cake appears if you place it in the correct setting, lighting, and a thoughtful linen, etc.
This particular wedding reception was held in a beautiful stable so it seemed fitting ...
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