Drumroll please!!!!! The day has arrived for the unveiling of what Robert Calabrese of Robert Edward Woodworking and I have spent almost three months working on. From talk to sketches to alterations to more alterations to miniature model to more alterations to reality. It has been an amazing ride and we are THRILLED with the [...]
I remember the day very clearly when I first met Robert Calabrese of Robert Edward Woodworking. It was at the ISES NJ North Cake-Off Kick-Off in Sept 2010. The event chair, Richard O’Malley had organized this delicious event for bakers to compete for the Best Cake Design and Best Tasting Cake. Not only did a [...]
I cannot believe that I never shared my Winter Wonderland with you! Shame on me! I am so thrilled with that design. I was inspired by a cake that was designed Ron Ben-Israel. Little did I know that I would have to learn jewelry making in the process. I wanted to design a cake using [...]
So, as I have mentioned I have three children. Ben (not his real name) is 7 years old and one of the most adorable kids the world. Wicked smart and awesome in Taekwondo (he’ll be going for his Red belt next). Karina (not her real name) is about to be 6 years old. She is [...]
I just looked a the date of my last post and realized that I am WAAAAYYY overdue. Where HAS the time gone?!?! I am finding that time is just disappearing before my eyes! That is scary! So the question ends up being this: What have I been up to lately? I was asked to make [...]
It’s just cake, right? So it shouldn’t be hard to do, right? And it should be cheap, right? No…No…and No. Until I had kids, I never gave cake a second thought. To me, it was something you buy for a party. We used to have the cake with the whipped cream and strawberries on top. [...]
Don’t you just LOVE sparkles and glitter?! My 5 year old daughter reminded me of my love for both! I wanted to capture that as well as sophistication all in a cake. And not just ANY cake…a mini one. The contrast between the glittery white flowers and the pale sage green just makes me smile. [...]
Who am I? What a philosophically loaded question! And why have I decided to take it upon myself to start a blog? Let me answer the latter question first. Why a blog? Everyone is doing it, but I hate doing what everybody else does. I like to be different, yet here I am starting a [...]
