When it comes to improving your cake design skills, nothing can replace real-life, hands-on experience. Want to improve your work? Practice, practice, practice. That said, there are lots of things you can easily do right now…
If you’ve taken my Better Buttercream class. you know that we flavor all of our buttercreams from scratch. (Really, you should take the class. Students that have literally years of experience with buttercream have taken it and…
Sometime last year, I discovered Jones Design Company and fell in love. I took her online graphic design class (excellent and highly recommended), and lusted after her art prints for a while, until finally, unable…
I learned this trick in a baking class years ago, and have used it ever since. No more searching for rulers or tape measures, or guessing the size of your pan. Once you start doing this, you’ll…
I’ve met so many cool, funny, creative, hard-working people through my job; vendors in every category from florists to lighting designers to photographers. Many of them have become good friends. Here are the five things…
I freeze just about everything. Some of my freezing habits started out of necessity (to prevent pantry moths at home) and some out of practicality (I find it so much easier to make a giant…
My daughter, Mia, came out of the womb with a penchant for pink and Hello Kitty. I have no idea how it happened–I’ve always been more partial to purple–but it’s hard not to feed into…