I am happy to feature lovely and talented Angela.
She creates beautiful sugar blooms and has a lovely blog known as ‘ Sugar Cove’. 

My love for all things sugar did not begin until I started university. While
my friends were mingling in bars on weekends, I could be found in a cake
decortating class learning the finer points of piping, sugar flowers and
cake decorating. I started with classes at McCall’s in Toronto, Ontario,
little knowing that this would serve as a starting point for a long...

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Emily’s Bridal Shower Cake

It has been months since I received images. I finally, found the time to post.
The brooch was created in icing and not real. It was created in gum paste icing.
The animal design was hand painted and the flower is gum paste.I was happy to receive feed back regarding the taste of the cake.

"Everyone loved the cake, very moist and very flavorful." - Emerie Brine.

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Several weeks back, I was contacted by Sylvia Nelson of Paul Nelson Images requesting a 50's themed cake for a photo shoot.  It was short notice and I was extremely busy and wondered what would be appropriate to complement the theme.

As I pondered about the polka dots and bows; my friend Jim mentioned names of famous movies and 'My Fair Lady' cake was born. The movie was in the 60's, yet, the original play dated back to the 50's, hence, I was still within the theme.

The moment I thought of ...

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Finding the Inner Artist with Rick Reichart

It is better late than never! Hawaii comes to Ontario!

It has been over a month, since I attended the 'Discovering your inner Artist' cake class with Rick Reichart from Cakelava held at Icing Inspirations.

Rick is an excellent teacher. He did not hesitate to share his knowledge or expertise. Even though I had been in the field of cake decorating for more than a decade and had learned multitude of techniques including air burshing, I can honestly sa...

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It is amazing what a little training combined with perseverance can achieve!
My daughter Trehani had a simple request for her birthday cake! or so she said. When inquired what the simple cake was, to my surprise her simplicity was not same as what I had anicipated. Her simple was a three tier fondant covered cake decorated with piped black lace and dozens of red roses encircling the base of each tier..while I was in shock at her simple request, she continued on and mentioned the cake topper sh...

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One may consider a cake as something ordinary. However, history reveals cakes dating back to the Roman era. It began by breaking bread over the bride’s head by the groom symbolizing good luck and fertility.
 
However, cakes are mentioned many times in the Bible and have been in existence since the creation of the world.
 
Ever since creation, a cake has been of great importance. The cake signified the importance of the occasion and the status and the wealth of a person. Taller the cake, wealthi...
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