Have you ever designed something, put your heart and soul into it, felt like it could just about take over the world (or at the very least would be well loved by your tribe of peeps) only to have [...]
Well, well, well… It has finally happened. You guys pressured me for 2 years (TWO YEARS!) and I caved. I’ve narrated a re-edited my classic sugar rose video tutorial for you [...]
It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year! Not just because of Christmas and the awesome winter season upon us. But because those things lend glorious inspiration to all things CAKE! And [...]
It’s finally WINTER!!!! Granted, we still don’t have any snow here in Buffalo. I’m used to being covered with snow by now but I haven’t even needed my winter coat. So [...]
Yes. These guys are from last Halloween, but they did not get nearly the spotlight I should have given them. So this year, they return, like from the dead. Muahahahaha!!! You know, ’cause [...]
I’ve pulled out all the stops and really opened my Pandora’s box of tips, tricks, and cake HACKS for you in my new class Industry Secrets for the Savvy Decorator over on Craftsy! [...]
This nautical cake was in my head for a while. But just the cake. Not the anchor. As I finished that awesome inlaid wafer wrap, I just KNEW that it needed something more. It was practically [...]
Updated and far prettier… Well, I still get TONS of questions for these lil’ beauties, so I’ve got a step-by-step photo tutorial to walk you through my edible gelatin sequins! [...]
It’s all the rage. It allows for so much more flexibility in cake design and figure modeling, and my GOODNESS does it taste delicious. This sweetheart cake decorating medium is none other [...]
I’m DYING!!! Ok. Not in the literal sense. But I’ve been so wrapped up in wafer flowers lately that I have barely poked my head up to think about fondant and sugar (the treachery, I [...]
Cakes of all sizes count. The big, crazy, gravity defying sculpted ones AND the teeny tiny little ones. Like these apricot and sweetened ricotta petit fours. Translated as “tiny oven” [...]
I entered the 2014 Threadcakes competition this past November and never shared my progress pics with you all They need a home here, so I figured I’d walk ya through my process and craziness [...]
Here’s the deal. This will likely be the only non-cake related blog post I’ll ever make, and I beg you to stick around for a few minutes to read. There will be no pictures, no silly [...]
May I introduce you to the Tonka Bean? Sssshhhhh!!! It’s not allowed in the states. At least not in it’s full natural beany form. So we find ways around that ridiculous regulation [...]
Vanilla cake. Is there anything more satisfying and pure in the caking world? Perfectly and gently flavored, beautifully tender, and deeply satisfying. Seems easy, right? NOPE. Sorry to destroy [...]
Love is a theme that is usually at the heart of our sweets making and giving. It’s kinda cool that such a great motivation is what drives us. And this time of year we have Valentine’s [...]
My last blog post about designing cakes seemed to be wonderfully received by y’all sooooo….. Time for a few new and ah-MAZING cakers to share their brains with us! You’re gonna [...]
Do you get stuck when trying to design a cake? Just not inspired, not much direction from your customer, or just lacking cakey mojo? I hear ya. It happens. I talk about my process with this [...]
Time to do some HACKING! Wait. Not THAT kind of hacking that can land you in the slammer. The clever kind that makes life a bit easier in whatever it is your attempting to hack. For us, [...]
100% edible. Seriously. I was going to sell premade gelatin glitter. It was a fabulous idea! I love making it, and sooooo sparkly! Alas, I cannot. So, instead, I’m sharing my edible gelatin [...]
Oh it’s that time again! Everyone starts reeeaallyy considering what to put on their wishlist (you know, just in case). So I’m going to help you out with a few of my cake tool must [...]
Who loves ice cream????? I can pretty much be convinced to do anything if ice cream is my reward. (I hear the gears turning in your noggin’… No taking advantage of my [...]
Oh yes! This is a drunken jam. And it’s flippin’ fanTABulous. It’s the only jam the hubs and kids like and I make tons of it every July/August when the black plums are in [...]
Pictures! We all take them because, well, they are the only record we have after our delicious and beautiful masterpieces have been devoured. A knife, a fork, and a hungry mob is all it takes to [...]
Kara’s Review: I am biased. I spent time with Ron Ben-Israel as an intern and his sugar flowers are my standard of excellence so I was a bit reluctant to “jump ship” and take a [...]
I love shimmer and shine. I cannot get enough! So when I was asked by a good friend for a recommendation on a tute for adding shimmer and shine to a cake I figured I would make one for her. (Love [...]
Edible gelatin sequins… They are beautiful. They are wonderfully shiny. They have fabulous texture. But how do you get ’em on the cake?!? THIS is how Enjoy my craziness! And be [...]
Many people have powdered gelatin more readily available to them (sooooo easy to get at the local super market!) rather than the sheet gelatin that I used in my Edible Gelatin Sequin tutorial. So [...]
I’m handing over the reigns today to my friend and amazing fellow caker Jess Atkins of Rosy Cakes in New Zealand. During a recent share session on my Facebook page her cake turned up as a [...]
Oooh how I have been waiting for a project to use these beauties on! I first created these in January of this year while I was experimenting with gelatin for my She Dragon cake. It was a whim and [...]
Oh, the addiction that is Craftsy… I love Craftsy. If you’re not familiar with them, truly it is a wonderful platform for online learning at amazing prices with 24/7/forever access to [...]
A new iOS app to make caking easier We all have our own ways of getting an idea out on paper. Some of us are great at just sketching away, some of us like to use software of some sort, some of us [...]
I needed to do some baking just for me. I wanted to play with a new flavor paste I got from Pastry Portal and I just wasn’t in the mood for cake of any kind. I’m up to my eyeballs in [...]
STOP RIGHT THERE! Don’t throw that broken ganache in the bin! You can save it (most likely, so long as it’s truly broken and not burnt) and I’m gonna show you how. I posted this [...]
Photography by Vita Bella Photography You’ve been asking (well, almost demanding, but it’s all good. I feel loved ) for this tutorial on my Wafer Bouquet Roses that I used in the [...]
…but there’s sooooo many to choose from! I know, right?!? And we want all of them for myriad reasons because we could picture each one being useful for tons of different cakey [...]
How do we design cakes? Well, I can’t speak for every cake designer out there, but I’m pretty much an expert on how I design my cakes. (Well, someone has to be an expert on me, [...]
I had never made anything ombre prior to creating this little ditty. I was purely curious about how other cakers ombre’d things, so I though I’d share how I did it and ask for [...]
