CakeFu — Mastering The Art of Sugar

Next CakeFu Masters Training: Anna Weisend

This weeks training will be at a later time than usual at 12:30 Pacific time (3:30 est, 2:30 cst, 1:30 mst). Our training will be with the talented Anna Weisend. Anna is the creative force at The Grand Finale which she opened in 2000. She has won several awards for her cakes and has been [...]

I’m not cheap, I’m just clever!

I have often stood in wonder at all the cake products I actually own. My entire life has been devoted to the consumption of this amazing gift I have been given. With that being said, I have found myself being more thrifty than normal. I shop in cake almost every day. [...]

How to Make an Easy 3D Dog Cake That’s Sure to Impress

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a 2 foot long sculpted dog cake. It uses 6 11″x15″ cakes so it may seem overwhelmingly big at first, but it is easy to carve and will be the center of attention at any party. This dog cake will serve 100 people. One of the things I like [...]

Next CakeFu Masters Training: Tami Utley

Our next training will be this coming Tuesday, February 21st at 10:30 Pacific time (1:30 est, 12:30 cst, 11:30 mst). Tami Utley will be our next CakeFu Master Trainer and I am sure you will be excited about the technique that she will be teaching. Gelatin has become a very popular medium in cake decorating [...]

Finding patterns for pattern transfers

Inspiration for cakes can be found anywhere from architecture and textiles to nature. But finding patters to go along with your inspiration can sometimes be difficult. Some of my favorite pattern go-to’s are below, remember to follow copyrights and licensing rules. With a copier/printer and tracing paper you can make miracles happen! Keep a file so you don’t have to make the [...]

Introducing our CakeFu guest writers

We have some very exciting news here at CakeFu. Several of our amazingly talented CakeFu Master Trainers are going to be sharing articles with us. We will also be including other well qualified cake artists in our articles. These articles will be another wonderful source of information and learning for all of our great CakeFu [...]

Paula Ames’ Revel Bar Recipe

If you didn’t have a chance to catch the training, we will make it available shortly. It was a very informative training and we have already gotten a great response from about how useful it will be in your cake decorating businesses. So a big thank you to Paula and as promised, here is the [...]

Next CakeFu Masters Training: Paula Ames

This Tuesday will be a great training for all cake decorators that run a cake business or plan to start one. We will have Paula Ames, a successful home-based cake decorator teach us how she has created a successful business. Paula has owned and operated Cake Creations in Idaho for 6 years. Her business continues to grow [...]

Next CakeFu Masters Training: Tracy Quisenberry with Icing Smiles

We are gearing up for a great new year of trainings and are especially excited to be kicking off our new year with such a wonderful guest. Tracy Quisenberry is the Founder & Executive Director at Icing Smiles. Icing Smiles is a wonderful organization that allows cake decorators around the world to give back by donating cakes [...]

Cake deal for Lebron James gone bad

Some of you may have heard about this controversy. I wanted to see what your thoughts are on the matter. Doing cakes for the rich and famous can really benefit a cake decorator’s career. So an opportunity to make a cake for someone as famous as Lebron James is a once in a lifetime opportunity. [...]

Christmas Cake Gifts

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. My family and I had a great day. Now that the presents have been opened, and the kids are happily playing with their fun new toys, I can sit down and enjoy my most exciting Christmas present. I’m sure that most cake decorators are just like [...]

Next CakeFu Masters Training: Chef Mary A. Moy-Hochstetler

We just had a great CakeFu Masters training yesterday with Dianne Holgate. For those of you that missed it, watch your emails for the replay. We have some exciting news for you. We’re doing another training this coming Tuesday. Merry Christmas! We want to get in another great training with the holidays being so close. [...]

Dianne Holgate’s Favorite Recipe

Thanks to those of you who joined us on the CakeFu Masters Series training today. Dianne did a great job even with the small technical snags we ran into. I said that I would post her recipe for Banana Nut Cookies here so here it is. Enjoy! Aunt Merlene’s Banana Nut Cookies Sift into a [...]

Next CakeFu Masters Training: Dianne Holgate

Are you ready for another CakeFu Masters training? I sure am. This coming Tuesday will be a great training with Dianne Holgate. Dianne is one of the most inspirational cake artists around. With an unbelievable life story, undying perseverance, and of course amazing talent Dianne has created an award winning and successful cake decorating career.

Breaking Dawn: Premier Party Cakes

I hope you all have had a nice Thanksgiving and hopefully you didn’t get trampled durring any Black Friday sales. As promised, I am sharing photos of the Breaking Dawn premier party cake that I was able to make last week. I was called by Kathleen Goodman, a very talented interior designer here in Las [...]

Breaking Dawn Wedding Cake Revealed

Yes Thanksgiving is only a day away and yes I am choosing to talk about Twilight. Some of you have seen the movie already and I’m sure that you were just dying to see the cake. So for those of you that haven’t had the chance to see the official Breaking Dawn wedding cake, this [...]

Turkey Week: Do you make a cake for Thanksgiving?

It’s Turkey week! Last year we had our first Thanksgiving with just our little family. This year we’re doing it again. From my experience last year, it was a lot of fun but it was a push to get everything on the table in time. So I’m going to try and do as much prep [...]

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Party Cakes

How many of you are making Twilight cakes this week? I have to admit that I have never read any of the Twilight books nor have I watched any of the movies. But from what I have learned in my research for an upcoming Breaking Dawn themed cake, I now understand more than I had [...]

Thanksgiving and Pumpkin Pie Recipe

The holidays are here! I am sure that many of you are planning out your holiday meals and getting everything in line for holiday cake orders. It is a busy but comforting time of year. I have been doing just that. My family’s Thanksgiving dessert of choice is pies and in making my shopping list [...]

OSSAS 2011: Competitor Interviews

One of the things that I was most excited about in going to the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show was the chance I had to talk with some of the competitors. Of course there just wasn’t the time to interview everyone but we talked to as many as we could. The goal was to get [...]

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