Fresh flowers on a beautiful cake, what’s not to love? It’s a classic. Nothing wrong with that, right? Well, the truth is, there could be a lot wrong with that. Depending on how the cake decorator chose and prepared the flowers before decorating the cake. Think about it, conventional flowers […]
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Cake Tastings – Why You Should Be Charging For Them
Wedding Cake Tastings – Why You Should Be Charging For Them Hey sweet friends! I hope you are all staying warm and dry. I’m cozied up on my couch on this wet and blustery Sunday. It’s actually my birthday today and the thing I really was looking forward to […]
How to Make Custom Cake Boxes ~ Inexpensive and Professional
~ Cake Boxes ~ So here’s the deal with standard bakery boxes. I searched high and low for some nice, professional looking bakery boxes that my cakes would fit in. <<< Those are the two key words here. My cakes are ALWAYS too tall! Do you have that […]
How to Make Beautiful Custom Cake Boards WITHOUT Fondant
Want to learn how to make a beautiful custom cake board to match your cake design WITHOUT the expense and drying time of fondant? If you are like me, an impatient and thrifty cake decorator (ok you are probably not, I’m just a weirdo), you will like what I have […]
Wedding Cake Tasting Tutorial
Wedding Cake Tastings ~ Beautiful, Professional and Portable When I first started to do wedding cakes I immediately had brides asking for tastings. I had a hard time finding much information online on how to actually prepare and set up a tasting and consult. Since I am a cottage […]
Introducing Shani’s Sweet Art – By Shani Christenson
OK here I go! I finally decided it was time to jump into this whole blogging thing (for real). Hmm, so where to start? I guess I should start from the beginning and give you a little background on how I got here. “Here” being a professional cake decorator (and […]