Today I made an appearance on Good Things Utah. I had a great time. The whole news crew was very friendly and accommodating. I had a lot of fun and was able to announce a new class scheduled at Orson Gygi in Salt Lake City, Utah. It will be a two day class where we will sculpt a fairy using cake, modeling chocolate, advanced structures and much more. If you are interested in learning about how gravity defying cakes are made and being able to make your own, this class is it. For more information, check out my classes page.

For those of you that watched the Segment and want to see more on the fairy garden cupcakes that I demonstrated, I will have a blog about it coming out hopefully tomorrow.

Yesterday I had my most fun cake delivery yet. First of all, I was very tired. I started making this cake the night before and worked through the night. The cake had to be delivered 1 1/2 hours away too. So a quick stop for a Dr Pepper and something to munch on, got me there. I had every intention of going and setting the cake on the table and turning around, driving home and taking a nap.

However, this cake delivery turned into a fun day out on the lake with some really great people. I really enjoyed getting to know such a great family. I just love what I do!

Here is a picture of the cake. I apologize for the picture quality. But a not-so-great picture is better than no picture at all, right?

Yesterday I was a guest instructor at Bridgerland Applied Technology College. It was a fun day. I was able to go and talk to the students and tell them my story and teach them a few things. My goal was to open their eyes to the cake decorating world and show them what can be done with cake, (it’s not just flour, sugar, and butter) and also show them how fun it can be. I think I was successful in that aspect. I hope the students enjoyed the class. I know I did. And a fun bonus was that they did a write-up on the class and put it on the front page of their website. So, If you want to hear more about the class, or if you want to see pictures, you can go check out the article on the  BATC website.

Back in 2009, I did an interview with Tessa Wolf from Utah Bride and Groom about my Love Letters cake that won third runner up at the national wedding cake competition. So, I knew that there would be an article about it but I didn’t know when it would come out. I checked a few times and then forgot about it. Well, today I ran across the article that was posted in May of 2009. I’ve blogged about all of the other media attention that I have received for my work, so even though this is really old, I wanted to post it. You can go here to read the article.

A couple weeks ago, I got a phone call from the culinary instructor at our local college. He found out that I lived in Logan and asked me if I could come and make an appearance. So, I will be demonstrating and even doing a little hands-on instructing at Bridgerland on the 6th of July. It’s a technical college here in Logan, Utah.  I find it exciting to be a guest instructor at a culinary school. Especially since I have never had the opportunity to attend a culinary school. I guess that hard work and personal study has done well for me.

For the hands-on part, I’ll be teaching the students how to chocolate wrap a cake and how to make a couple things out of modeling chocolate. It should be a fun class.

I promised pictures for the next few postings, but a picture of the cover of the July issue of Cake Central Magazine will have to do for now. If you subscribe to the Cake Central Magazine, it should be arriving soon (if you haven’t already received it). So, while you’re thumbing through the pictures of all of the beautiful cakes, check out pages 36 and 37. I have my own take on a tattoo cake. It was a pretty fun cake to make. Not your typical Utah wedding cake.

This cover picture is a cake made by Kasey Lackey of The People’s Cake.

So, now that Cake Central’s Magazine has been out for a while, I feel I can post the pictures of my cake that I made for it. So, here they are! There are some that have been begging for more pictures. So, today you’re gonna get your wish. Honestly, the real reason is that my photographer is so wonderful that I have a hard time choosing just a few pictures.

This cake would fit so well with a wedding where the bride wants elegant without the frill of flowers. Just a funny coincidence that I just thought of…these were my wedding colors. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy the pictures.

This cake was in the June issue of the Cake Central Magazine.

This interlocking fabric design was pretty tricky. I laid each strip on individually. Of course, it can be done with one gathered piece of fondant, but I was going for this specific effect.

As you can hopefully see, each side of the bottom square tier had that same interlocking effect. That is what made it so tricky.

I saw some pearl bead-work on a dress that was similar to this design. Very random yet orderly. I loved how it turned out.

Believe it or not, that 'fabric' flower was a last minute idea. It just needed something there. Good thing I'm a crafty mamma and have learned some bow making skills for my little girl's hair accessories. It came in very handy for this last minute gem.

The inspiration for this globe of 'metallic' flowers was from a bracelet. It looked more like a corsage than a bracelet. It was stunning. I just loved the effect. I enjoy making gumpaste flowers but wanted to change things up a bit.

With a little knot on top. I really liked this cute little tier.

And a shout out to my awesome photographer Tricia Hancock. She's AMAZING, isn't she?

I have had some internet issues this week. I apologize for not posting. So to make up for it, the next few posts are guaranteed to have pictures. I am really excited to be getting a new cell phone in a few weeks. It will have a much better camera than the one I have on my current phone. That way, when I don’t have time to pull out a nice camera or call my photographer, I can still get really good picture.

Another thing that I am excited for is my new camcorder. I am playing with it and I will be working at making a tutorial video. Don’t hold your breath though. Give me a few weeks to get everything figured out.

Ok, now for the pictures. These pictures are of some flowers that I am doing for a cake right now. The flowers are mostly white. There are roses, hydrangeas, peonies and hypernicum berries. I can’t wait to get them arranged and on the cake.

I’m pretty sure I made way too many. I have a habit of doing that. But it’s better to have too many than not enough right? Besides I love to make them.

Kerry Vincent posted this on Facebook today and I thought it was fun to see another news segment that displayed my cake. So I thought I would share it. It’s about the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show in 2008, the year that I made the Love Letters cake. This cake took 3rd runner up. You can see it here.

Today I am finishing up some flowers for an upcoming cake. I am making a bouquet of peonies, hydrangeas, and anemones. We’re going creams and pinks with charcoal accents. This one is definitely my style. I’ll post pictures as soon as I can get new batteries for my camera.