Category Archives: Cake Decorating

Anatomy of a Cake Disaster

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

You know how easy it is to sit around watching cake shows on TV and then imagine how you’d have done better and ensure your cake would never fall over? Yeah, about that… I had a cake fall over yesterday … Continue reading →

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Gummy and Gumpaste Wrongness

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I know I’m way behind on posting stuff from the gummy demo and class, but I have to post one particular photo from the July 10, 2011 Day of Sharing here in Austin. After I did my gummy demo, the … Continue reading →

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Cake-Related Construction Links

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I post semi-regularly at the blog for my local cake club, usually posts featuring lots of links to cool cake-related tutorials, pictures, etc. I’m not going to re-post them all here because that’d get silly. But I did want to … Continue reading →

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The Four Pounds of Cheese Project

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

A few weeks ago, Jenni Field of Pastry Chef Online learned via National Geographic that the average American purchases 28 pounds of cheese every year but wastes four of them. Inspired to raise awareness of food waste and to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Cake Decorating, Dinner, Food Issues, Links, Lunch, Main Dishes, Other Food, Other People's Experiments, Sides, Working With Kids | 2 Comments

Sweet of the Week!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Woot, my Musical Mice cake is up for Sweetopia’s Sweet of the Week! http://sweetopia.net/sweet-of-the-week/ If you don’t vote for me, that’s okay, but do go have a look and vote for your favourite!

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Gummy on Cake Balls

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

When I made some Ugly Cake Balls during my recent Week of Baking, I saved a couple for future experimentation: one with the white chocolate coating, another with no coating at all. This week I let my daughter make some … Continue reading →

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Upcoming stuff

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Here are some food-related things I’ll be doing in the next few weeks: Aug 1 – Aug 8 Participating in the Four Pounds of Cheese Project, an examination of food waste where participants photograph food they throw out. I’ll blog … Continue reading →

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A Week of Baking

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Right on the heels of Sunday’s gummy class (about which I’ll post separately later) came a week of baking goodies for my husband’s workplace, Enthought, which was hosting some training seminars for which they needed some desserts. They offered to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cake Balls, Cake Decorating, Cookies, Donated Items, Fancy cakes, Links, My Recipes, Other People's Recipes, Working With Kids | 3 Comments

What Gummy Class Supplies Look Like

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Here are just some of the things I’ve prepped in advance for the gummy class I’m teaching on July 24: There are a couple of spots left. Remember, all proceeds benefit Capital Confectioners. I’m not being paid anything despite the … Continue reading →

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Someone Left The Cake Out In The Not-Quite-Rain

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Much to my poor husband’s chagrin, the last couple of dummies from the Wolverine cake have been waiting forever to get cleaned off. In particular, the largest one has been taking up valuable counter space all these months. I soaked … Continue reading →