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What does "Happy Birthday" and "Little swimmers" have in common?


The cake life... it seems like such a broad topic, and it really is! There are so many little bits of information that are never seen, or that are never told of. I will tell you about my adventures as a cake decorator. I have my Associates Degree in Culinary Arts from the Art Institute of Phoenix. Although my degree is for culinary in general, I specialize in baking and pastry arts.

I work for a local grocery store here in Phoenix as a full time cake decorator. I specialize in the cakes that other decorators can't do. Cakes that other decorators say are impossible are just another challenge for me to overcome.

This was my first wedding cake attempt. A three tier Chocolate, Marble, and Vanilla cake, filled with fresh raspberries, strawberries, and banana's, completed with a baby blue buttercream icing and pastillage lilies. The cake was created from a few pictures showing colors and basic shapes.. the rest was all inspiration.

I've seen the Good, the bad, and the ugly!

My number one pet peeve with cake decorators is their quality of work! Maybe not as much with wedding cake decorators, but most definitely with grocery store decorators!


Just looking at the picture really makes you wonder... what were they thinking!? OMG really?! The cake border may be nice, but the combing is horrible, and the balloons look like a series of Sperm trying to attack the "Happy Birthday." Besides making horrible mistakes like the one mentioned above, I have seen cakes that have holes in their icing, crumbs all over the place, and horrible calligraphy! I'm not saying that I'm a perfect cake decorator, but these are amateur mistakes.

Moral of the story... Take some cake decorating classes before you decide to get a job in the field. I promise it will save you the heartache of getting fired

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  1. j.PriceMarch 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM

    Yeah, Nathan must not have been very happy with that cake. That blue cake is ridiculously amazing, it definitely puts the other to shame.

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  2. Aaron CurielMarch 29, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    The blue cake is mine :) It was my most expensive cake, and by far my best effort! That cake shows my passion for elegance and beauty

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