Monthly Archives: June 2011

Making Cake Templates

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Making Cake TemplatesIn my business I make  a lot of 2D cakes. For these cakes I always make a template to put on top of my cake before I cut into it. Some templates I make freehand and some I make using the kopy kake machine.  Either way, I always cut a piece of cardboard to the size I need and sketch out the design I need onto it. After I finish, I cut out the design and place it onto my cake.  Once I have cut out my design from the cake, I may need to cut some free hand work but I never do it all freehand!

Airbrushing Camouflage

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Airbrushing CamouflageAirbrushing camouflage is very easy to do. I usually do green camouflage. I start out with a white cake and than airbrush it a light shade of green.  Next, I airbrush a medium shades of green ink spots, than brown ink spots in airbrush than black spots to the cake. Finally if needed, I go over the entire cake in green again to make the cake just a little bit dark.

Have Cake, Will Travel- Tv Show

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So I got all excited that a new cake show was coming on especially since Ashley Vicos was the star. I just loved her work on competition shows and I even met her at a trade show and she seemed so sweet and skilled.  When I sat down to look at this show, I was in disbelief how awful this show actually was.  I mean come on, probably more than half of all cake decorators can do the stuff she is out there doing. Maybe its not her fault, maybe it’s the shows fault for seeming too scripted and planned out!  I have not and will not be watching again.