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    • Great Gifts for Cake Designers

      December 5, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, cake plate, Featured, petalsweet, wedding cake blog, Wedding Cakes
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      Gift giving can be challenging. There are those gifts that only certain people would appreciate (say, a new fly fishing pole) and then those gifts that almost anyone would love. I suppose getting a gift…

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    • Lichtenstein-Inspired Pop Art Cake for Connecticut Bride Magazine

      December 1, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, Featured, wedding cake blog
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      A few months ago, The Connecticut Bride magazine asked me to create a pop art cake inspired by Roy Lichtenstein’s 1962 “The Kiss II”. I had actually done another pop art cake a few years…

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    • Just Had to Share…

      November 19, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, cake design, Featured, wedding cake blog
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      Sunflower Sugar Art is having a fantabulous sale, and they want everyone to know about it. I really like their quality metal cutters and silicone veiners. A few must-haves include their giant rose cutter set,…

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    • DIY Ombré Monogram

      November 8, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, DIY, Featured, wedding cake blog
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      I love ombré. There. I said it. I’m not even the slightest bit sick of it even though it seems to be everywhere. But I’m particularly enchanted with  dip-dyed silk ombré, like this dress by Gypsy…

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    • You Might Be a Cake Artist If…

      October 25, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, Featured, for the baker, for the bride, wedding cake blog
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      It occurred to me only after I’d colored the fondant navy blue that perhaps, with one of my best friend’s weddings only days away, I should have worn gloves. How many people at the wedding–some of…

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    • Cake for Bride’s Magazine, October 2012

      October 11, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, Featured, wedding cake blog
      vida

      Last May, Bride’s Magazine asked me to design a cake for an article inspired by a Mediterranean-style real wedding with lots of herbs, lavender, and shades of purple, based on this inspiration. (Photos: Gia Canali) I immediately sat down…

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    • Revisiting Stained Glass Cookies: Stained Glass Cookie Monograms

      September 23, 2012 in baking blog, cake blogs, Featured, fondant, wedding cake blog
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      I’ve written about stained glass cookies before. My family has been making them for years. Below is a copy of the original recipe we used as kids. We first saw it on the 1970s PBS show “Zoom”…

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