Featured on Truffle Tramp's Blog

I have been interviewed and featured on a fellow cake decorator "Truffle Tramp's" blog. Truffle Tramp is out of Washington State and posts wonderful articles and stories with a sense of humor on the cake industry. I am always honored to be selected to appear in other blogs and I thank Truffle for the wonderful article! Please visit her blog and enjoy her wonderful writings! http://truffletramp.blogspot.com/

Thanks, Cabe's Cakes, for the Mention!!

I am honored to share that my "famous" icing recipe has been included in the blog of Cabe's Cakes. I've shared my recipe with many cakers across the country and it is very popular because of it's crusting capability and how it can hold up in extreme heat and humidity, which is great for those outdoor summer weddings!

Cabe also gave me an honorable mention in her blog about my regular column in Cake Central magazine.

Cabe is a fabulous cake artist and I enjoy reading her blog entries. Please visit Cabe's site for some fabulous ideas and information!

http://cakenewbies.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=21

My Cake Disaster Story is Published

I am honored that a story about one of my cake disasters was printed in the January 25th, 2011 email newsletter of "BakingBuyer.com". They recently put out a call for disasters stories and I shared mine.

If you're in the baking business or just interested in baking, I highly recommend signing up for the e-newsletter from Baking Buyer. There are always interesting stories and information in the newsletter! http://www.bakingbuyer.com/

Thanks to Joanie Spencer for using the story!!!

The Story:

A few months ago, we called for cake disaster stories—those anectdotes that, while at the time weren't so funny, you look back on and laugh. We've received many great stories, and most of them have happy endings, thanks to bakers' ingenuity. Here's a memory from Debi Brim, a 30-year wedding cake veteran, on how a little imagination went a long way.

If you would like to share your cake disaster story, send it to us for consideration.

"A bride saw my City Skyline cake...and ordered one for her wedding. The groom was a fireman so she wanted flames coming out of the buildings with a plan to set a small toy firetruck by the cake. The cake turned out great; the red-yellow-orange buttercream icing flames were a great accent on the chocolate building sillouettes.

I had two deliveries that day. At the first delivery, which was a quick in-and-out delivery, I carefully parked the van to make sure the skyline made of chocolate would not be affected by the sun coming in the window. However, the first delivery, which was to take about 3 minutes, ended up taking 10-12 minutes due to some extra decor the bride wanted on the table. In that short time, the sun had moved ever so slightly, and one corner of my city skyline was melted. I raced back to the shop with no idea of how to salvage this. I cut off the melted parts of the buildings with my exacto knife. Then inspiration hit me. I added more icing-flames to the damaged buildings and headed out to deliver.

When I arrived at the venue, the staff marveled at the cake. I quickly drew their attention to the damaged buildings and told them, "Since the groom is a fireman, I took my lighter that I use to light candles and melted some of the buildings so they'd look like they collapsed in the fire. What do you think? Does it look real?" Well, they thought I was a GENIUS!!!

Saved by an inspirational moment during a point of panic!"

My Shamrock Cake Was Featured ....

I'm very proud to share that my Shamrock Wedding Cake was included in an article on Irish Wedding Traditions. Thanks, Carly, for the compliment!








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