 Cake Disasters #1: Cake DisasterYesterday sadly I experienced my first major cake disaster since I’ve started baking professionally. I must say it was sad and heart breaking, but I managed. I’ve had mishaps before where I’ve been able to fixed them on the spot. This particular one left me no choice but to start over. I had promised some friends (a couple that I’ve recently met that I would be baking them one of my yummy cakes,the “Rum Pineapple Upside Down cake”). It’s one of my ...  CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Summer 2012 #3: Cast Your Votes!Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 69 amazing entries in ‘Topsy Turvy’ category. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. Voting deadline is on July 31, 2012 at 6 PM GMT . Please note that if you submitted an Awards entry, you will not see your cake listed on the voting page. (You are not allowed to vote for yourself.) So don’t panic – others can pick your entry without any problems. The results will be announced on August 1, 2012. Click on the VOT... CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Fall 2012 #2: Call for entriesEntry period of the CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Fall 2012 is now officially open and will close on “October 24. There are 8 Cakes submitted already – click here to see them all. Here’s the theme again: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Angry Birds – Although they’re arguably the most famous birds in the world, they seem to be always angry. Yes, we’re talking about Angry Birds. Many of you have made at least one Angry Birds themed cake ...  Competition cake chroniclesThis week I’ve been starting to put together the cake and characters I’ve been working on over the last few weeks. When I build a cake from my imagination I have to listen to the story the characters are telling me, and that sets the scene for the finished cake. My Mother always said I had an over active imagination.But I suppose thats how Authors write books sometimes. They have to let the story tell itself and when it’s done they can “picture” the story. ... Preparation for my first cake competitionI’ve been sooooooo busy in the last few weeks. Cake pops for a wedding, and I’m starting to work on the characters for the cake I’m planning to enter into my first cake competition. My fingers are starting to dry out already from the delicate shaping of the tiny fondant bits and pieces (must buy some really good hand cream this weekend). I’ve planned out the shape and size of the cake, the catagory section is “A wedding cake of two or more tiers. So I’m goi...  PricesCan’t believe that someone said my Christmas cake wasn’t worth the price I was charging. It really upset me as I had put so much effort into it. People just don’t realise how much hard work and love goes into our cakes…. CakesDecor Quarterly Awards - Fall 2012 #4: Cast Your Votes!Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 104 amazing entries in ‘Angry Birds’ category. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. Voting deadline is on October 31, 2012 at 6 PM GMT . &nbs... Slovakia makes it to the finalsStill not Cake Decorating related blog entry, but we beat Czech republic in ice hockey World Championship. Tomorrow we’re going to meet Russia in Finals. Wish us Luck :) Just FYI:Russian population: 143,030,106Slovak population: 5,445,324 Preparation for my first cake competition..cont'dI’ve been working on some of the characters for the competition cake again this week. I’m quite pleased with them so far, but there’s loads to do yet. Also this week I’ve been trying out recipes and icing techniques for Christmas biscuits…yes Christmas seams to arrived early to my kitchen this year! I’m preparing ready for my Craft Stall later in the year and don’t want any nasty surprises with soggy biscuits or the taste not being just right....  My first Car cakeJust finished my first car cake and it was a definite time consumer. I enjoyed making it though, the most challenging part of the cake had to be all the detail work. At first i was scared to carve this cake because ive never carved before and i thought of all the horrible things that could happen if i took to much cake off ! I wanted it to look like a model car so I had to keep that in mind. It took me 3 days to complete which is far too long but for my first one i wanted to go slow and see h...  
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