The Cake Revolutions

Please pardon my absence in writing since it has been a whirlwind of a year for me!  Not only I've been busy with making sugar flowers, wedding cakes, exciting collaborations, AND..... I got some exciting news!

I am so proud to announce that I will be teaching sugar flowers in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, at CAKE FEST 2015.  I will be teaching with my lovely friend and cake sister, Candace Chand of Beau Petit Cupcakes. 
In this fast paced and fun class, students will learn the technique on creating the ethereal Angel Cheek peony, the striking anemones, and delicate foliage, and learn how to arrange the flowers on their finished cake. In the span of 2 days (of 4 hours each), student will also learn how to design cakes based on inspiration pictures, working with color palettes and adding a wow factor to cakes without too much detail and truly making it their own.  The class will be held on Friday, February 20th, 2015 (1 pm-5pm) and Saturday, February 21, 2015 (8am-12pm)
   

I am also proud to announce our talented group of people that I am so proud to be a part of.
THE CAKE REVOLUTION is an independent collective of progressive North American cake artists who love to further the cake and sugar world through teaching.  These are the talented cake artists whom I am so blessed to know and call them friends:
Kara Andretta of KARA'S COUTURE CAKES
Michelle Boyd of GOOD GRACIOUS CAKES

Liz Marek of ARTISAN CAKE COMPANY
Rudy Martinez of MAN BAKES CAKES
Shawna McGreevy of MCGREEVY CAKES
Rachel Skvaril of FONDANT FLINGER
Avalon Yarnes of AVALON CAKES

Keep your eyes peeled for the next few days as I will be featuring all of them one by one and be prepared to be wow-ed with their talents and amazing creations!

beauty in simplicity

My heart skipped a beat when I saw there's a competition at Cakesdecor.com for Monochrome/Black and White Cake.  This is pretty much how I dress everyday, black and some white, more blacks, and occasionally gray color.  I don't know what it is, but I am very attracted to black.

I decided to go with very simple design, in a small time frame.  I literally submitted it, just a day before it ended for entries.

White anemones with black center was a no-brainer choice for my design.  I followed Nicholas Lodge's craftsy class for the instructions, using JEM cutters.  I also used Natasha Shomali's anemone tutorial on Cakesdecor.com

I was very happy with how it turned out... It really well-represented me.  

I received very positive feedback from the Cakesdecor.com community and a couple lovely surprises as well: I made it to the Daily Top 3 cake and Editor's Choice. 

Thank you to all my cake friends, this cake ranked 5th in the competition out of 180+ entries.  I am very honored to have placed fifth among so many talented cake friends out there.   

 

Here are the pictures and details, and my shiny "badges"