| Blog series by Michal Bulla | updated 26 days ago | 16 parts | 32701 reads | 308 comments total |
Part 1: Previous Interviews
Peggy Does Cake As she said, she is a self-taught hobbyist and has no clue what she is doing most of the time. She is obsessed with cakes and has a love/hate relationship with them. When she is not making cakes or playing around on her FB fan page, she is usually researching (or sharing) techniques, tutorials, recipes, cake photos, design ideas, cake wrecks, or talking to her best cake girls about CAKE! Read full interview » Aldoska Aldoska is a mother of 3 kids, live...
Part 2: Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen
1. How did you first get started with cake decorating?I got into cake decorating by accident… It was not something I went to school for, not something I willingly sought out. I ordered a fondant cake for my son’s baptism, and it was a lovely but pricey one. I thought to myself, I could not afford to have a cake that pretty for every event … so I HAD to learn to make it. I went online and went to youtube. I was a stalker there for a while until I gathered the guts to post ...
Part 3: Royal Bakery's Lesley Wright
Lesley is English, but has lived in California for two years. She has been baking ‘full-time’ for less than a year, and counts herself as very lucky that she doesn’t have to do a proper job as well! She is also self-taught, and spends a lot of time online researching decorating methods and techniques. She creates tutorials for most of the cakes she makes on her Facebook page – www.facebook.com/theroyalbakery – and spends the rest of the time thinking, talki...
Part 4: Ron Ben-Israel
Biography As Chef-Owner of one of the country’s finest couture cake studios, Ron Ben-Israel started his confectioneryadventures after a fifteen-year career as a professional modern dancer. Upon retiring from performing withcompanies spanning three continents, he utilized his art background and ballet training into the discipline of pastry arts. After apprenticeships and engagements in Toronto, Canada and Lyon, France he was led to New York City. In1996 his cakes were discovered while...
Part 5: Jenniffer White from Cup a Dee Cakes
Biography In every job in her career Jenniffer gravitated to the “decorating” side of the business. From merchandising in clothing stores to being a makeup artist instead of just selling cosmetics she was never happier than when her hands were busy doing something artistic. After eight years of being in visual merchandising at a department store chain, she felt a real lack of job satisfaction because it was all supervising and no “doing” anymore. She worked as ...
Part 6: Tracey Louise Harvey from Little Cherry Cake Company
I’m a 24 year old mum of 2 in love with all things cake, gaming, movies, 80’s, rock music, horror, cartoons, cherries, skulls, photography, and generally cool geeky stuff. You will also notice I use the word ‘awesome’ alot. I’m dead easy to get on with (unless you are very serious and have an answer for everything ;) lol) laid back, loyal, always have something going on (much to the annoyance of my stressed out other half) a little ditsy, under-confid...
Part 7: Torta - Couture Cakes
I am a self-taught, certifiable crazy cake lady! I am obsessed with cakes and spend probably 90% of my day either making cake, dreaming about cake, looking at cake or drawing cake (the other 10% of the time I’m sleeping!). I am a born and raised Scot and currently live in Perthshire in Scotland with my amazing husband and two crazy kittens. I work as an IT Support Technician (snooze) by day and a cake decorator on the side, but hopefully in the next 12 months cakes will finally b...
Part 8: Pamela from Pam's Cake Creations
My name is Pamela Iacobellis, born in Bari, married. As a child I always had a special inclination towards the arts. I deepened my studies by attending the Art School (Bari), International School of Comics (Rome), and I graduated the academy of fine arts (Urbino). My whole world is thus’ always been focused on the art. I am dedicated to drawing and painting for many years, I experienced the artistic photography, sculptural art and ventured into the comics and illustration for c...
Part 9: Raewyn from Cakes by Raewyn
Bio I’m a self-taught, stay at home Mum of three Beautiful Girls. Originally from NZ but I have lived most of my life in Australia where it’s nearly always sunny and warm. I started decorating in March 2011 for my youngest daughter, Jasmine’s 1st birthday. I had never baked a cake before then and was instantly bitten by the bug! I have recently been lucky enough to do a couple of classes with the incredible and generous Michelle Rea of Inspired by Michelle Cake Desi...
Part 10: Kristen Erich from BlissPastry
Bio I am the mother of 4 boys and live in the small town of Deland Florida. During the day I work from home full time for a large medical insurance corporation. My background is quite varied. In my younger days I was a theatre major, heavily involved in community theatre, painting, sketching and writing. My passion for cooking and baking developed after having children and I have spent much time in the kitchen testing and writing recipes. To my amazement I have even had a couple of th...
Part 11: Verusca Walker
Bio I’m a Brazilian artist who has been living in Australia for the past 12 years. I am working with cake decoration for the past 4 years after finished Fine Artist and Baker studies. I decided to mix both of the industries and make eatable art. Verusca's Profile | Verusca's FB Page | Verusca's Website Interview How did you first get started with cake decorating?For my daughter’s 1st birthday I made a cake in the shape of Noah’s Ark, with all the animals and...
Part 12: Calli from Callicious Cakes
Bio The last thing I ever thought I’d ever be doing is baking and creating cakes as for the majority of my life I have been a Graphic Artist working in all kind of Commercial fields ranging from Textile Designing to the contrast of running a CAD studio for a large Computer Company in South Africa.. My hobbies were extension of that so would dabble in pottery painting, book illustrations, photography and medical drawings. I was born in London and the eldest of 3 girls. My parents mov...
Part 13: Michelle Rea
What can I tell you about me as cake maker, decorator and photographer? My name is Michelle Rea and my home is in Sydney Australia. A long time ago I was a pastry chef but most of my recipe development experience comes from working in the food manufacturing field. Working for some of Australia’s leading food companies taught me the importance of having a recipe that works every time. I have also been food editor for the Australian Country Collections and Rick Rutherfords Country magazines....
Part 14: Naomi Hubert from Tea Party Cakes
I have been a stay-at-home Mom since the birth of my daughter in 2003. I have always had an artistic side, even at a young age. When I was little I spent many hours creating with the odds and ends found in the craft trunk my father made me, and when I wasn’t making some fantastic piece of art for my mother I was in the backyard in my sandbox making mud pies. It seems to me these two things have been a constant in my life, art and baking. It wasn’t until 2010 my two hobbies merge...
Part 15: Neli Josefsen
Hello, friends! My name is Neli Josefsen. Living in Norway. A native Bulgarian though. An ex-musician. There are those who say, there is no such thing as ex-musician. Well, they are maybe right.My job with music has given me so enormously much, I consider myself extremely lucky to live the life I have had so far. Long time ago I came to Norway as a musician, and I stay there. Grateful to all the nice people that I have been given the chance to meet through the years. I would l...
Part 16: Karen Portaleo
Bio I studied art at the Ringling School of Art and Design, jewellery at Georgia State University, jewellery, enamelling, copper smithing, glass and porcelain at Penland School, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the Atlanta College of Art. I’ve had a colourful career path so far ranging from teaching Ballroom dance at 16 to designing jewellery for a large design house, to mural and sign painting. In 1995 I started my own business as a prop and set designer for the ad...
