I tell people that I'm a "class junkie"! I enjoy learning new techniques so much and I take classes whenever and wherever I can find them.
This year the ICES Convention was held in Orlando and Cake Camp was held in Las Vegas just one week later.
I was able to take some fantastic classes with some well known cake artists at both events. I learned to do cross stitch in royal icing on a gum paste plaque, to paint with cocoa, to model an adorable baby ballerina (taught by British artist, Debbie Brown), to make quick animals (taught by Food Network Challenge winner, Bronwen Weber), to paint delicate watercolor flowers and henna designs on cakes (taught by Norm Davis--another Food Network Challene winner), to make miniature bridal dress and tuxedo cakes (taught by artist Susan Carberry), to make delicate miniature evergreen and poinsettias (taught by artist Diane Gruenberg), and to pipe delicate Oriental stringwork (taught by artisit Geraldine Randlesome).
You just never know when one of these techniques will be the one for that perfect cake!
