DIY cake?
From manolobrides.com
If someone were to write to me to ask whether baking and decorating one's own cake is a doable project, I'd suggest going against the grain and serving something other than a troublesome tiered cake. A blogger I occasionally check in on did a trial run before baking a loved one's wedding cake and discovered that her chosen medium slumped under its own weight.
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Cake Decorating Techniques - Learn How To Create Exquisite Cakes
From www.gourmetarticles.com
Tip #2 - The Process Of Cake Decorating Should Not Be Hurried Probably ninety per cent of all cake decorating mistakes or problems are always caused by the cake decorator trying to rush through the process. If there is one cake decorating tip that you should take to heart, it is this one: never rush the cake decorating process. If you ignore this and try to decorate a cake right after taking it out of the oven you will find it does not give you the ideal base for cake decorating. Tip #4 -...
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Cut Your Cake & Ice It Too
From www.craftcritique.com/
Since my cake baking is all about decorating and creating a centerpiece, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite tools for doing just that. Bread Knife--I like to create shape cakes and most of the ones I create come to life by cutting up basic shapes and piecing them together to make something new. I've found that chilling the cake overnight and cutting it with a bread knife gives the cleanest cuts.
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Student dies after cake-eating contest
From ic Wales
THE student who died after a fairy cake eating contest was yesterday described as "the happiest man in the world". The tribute was one of dozens written on a white hoarding outside the Monkey Bar in Swansea's Castle Street in memory of 34-year-old Adam Deeley. Mr Deeley was close to finishing a graphic design degree at Swansea Metropolitan University. Mr Deeley's family have travelled to South Wales from the Midlands to identify his body. Mr Deeley, on his page on social networking site...
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I Dream of Cake
From thebridescafe.typepad.com/my_weblog/
SL: We created a 4' tall winter wonderland birthday cake for Gordon Getty, complete with snowy hills, a frozen lake, winter doves, snow mounds and hundreds of thousands of winter berries. SL: I do think that we are the leaders in setting cake trends. SL: Each team member of I Dream of Cake is an accomplished artist. We apply classic art techniques to our cakes the way an artist would approach a painting or sculpture. But Chocolate Fudge Cake with Organic Raspberries is hands down the most...
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