Beer Bottle Cake!

An Irish saying...

"The future is not ours to know, and it may never be-

so let us live and give our best and give it lavishly!"

This beer bottle cake was made at a class in partnership with Sugar Flower Cake Shop!

Happy St. Partick's Day!

New York Cake Show & Competition!

Lisa Mansour, Manager NY Cake & Baking Supply and it's cake decorating school, New York Cake Academy is hosting a cake show in Yonkers, New York!

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013

Time: 9:00am-5:00pm [Doors open at 8:00am]

Location: NY Cake & Baking YONKERS WAREHOUSE

170 Ludlow Street

Yonkers, NY 10705

Price:

$100 advanced registration

$125 at the door

All Day Admission Includes:

• Six 45 minute demos by expert cake artists

1. Colette Peters
2. Betty Van Norstrand
3. Cynthia Peithman
4. Joelle Mahoney
5. Katherine Gordon
6. Jessie Riley
7. Lisa Mansour

• Q&A sessions included in each demo
• Access to cake competition gallery
• A first look at new sugar art tools
• Light lunch and refreshments

CAKE COMPETITION!

Submit your cake to the gallery for judging to be eligible for prizes including Gift Certificates for classes and NY Cake merchandise.

There will be a GRAND PRIZE CASH award for the winner of the Wedding Cake category. 

Competition Categories include:

Wedding Cakes

Shower Cakes

Groom's Cakes

plus.....a special competition for creations using Lisa Mansour's Stiletto High Heeled Shoe Kit.

Judges: Lisa Mansour, Colette Peters, Betty Van Norstrand, and Joelle Mahoney. For more information, to register for the cake show and competition login to NY Cake Academy or call 212-675-2253.

March 2013 Cake of The Month

This adorable cake is the creation of member Maria.  Maria took several classes from Elisa Strauss, Confetti Cakes, and it shows.

Miniature Cupcake Topper Workshop in March!

Calling all Cupcake Foodies and Decorators: NYC Cake Decorators is partnering with miniature fondant figurine artist Sachiko Windbiel, Mimicafe Union, to offer an extraordinary 8hr. cupcake topper workshop on March 15th and 16th!

 Mini- Sweet treats fondant cupcake toppers!

These mini sweets are so clever and cute!

Mini Easter themed  fondant cupcake toppers!

Aren't these Baby blocks so cute?

Lil' birds in the nest and lil' babies are adorable and just waiting to embellish your baby shower cupcakes!

All supplies and equipment are included in the price. For more information contact nyccakedecorators@yahoo.com.

Hamburger 'n Fries, Oh My!

Join NYC  Cake Decorators in March to learn how to create your own Hamburger 'n Fries Cake! Perfect for outdoor gatherings, kids' parties, and picnics!  Zakia Hassan, Assistant Organizer will show you quick and easy techniques.

Yummy Donut Cake Workshop!

 3D cakes are so very popular from purses to donuts. Yes, donuts! This 3D Donut class taught by Assistant Organizer Zakia Hassan, taught students the basics of cake carving, covering a cake with fondant, and presentation.

A round, frosted, and filled cake is cored and carved for that yummy doughnut effect.

The "doughnut" is covered with fondant.

Covered with sprinkles and placed in a bakery box, it looks oh so yummy!

February 2013 Cake of the Month

What a stunning cake for a Valentine Day's Wedding or Anniversary Cake! This confection was created by Chef Janet Ben-Ami, owner of Hey!Cookie in Long Island, NY.

Sachiko Windbiel, Queen of Miniature Fondant Toppers!

New York City Cake Decorators is cooking up a sweet deal with New York City's Queen of Miniature  Fondant Cupcake Toppers. We are looking forward to hosting workshops with her in the near future and are excited at the possibility of working with such a talented sugar artist! Check out Mimicafe Union, Sachiko's Facebook Page when you get a chance. I think you will be as amazed as I am.

Sachiko's Cupid Valentine Cupcake Toppers

Lisa Mansour Competes in Best Cake Decorator Contest!

Sponsor Lisa Mansour, NY Cake, and cake artists Amy Noelle and Chef Benny Rivera, owner City Cakes, are competing in "America's Best Cake Decorator" contest on the Baking Channel's new original series "Cake Show". Check out the article about Lisa on Jewish Voice! 

Cake Artistry Workshops March - April 2013

For more info: email contact@onebitesweet.com or visit onebitesweet.com

3D Donut Cake Workshop! Yummy!

Something yummy's coming up! 3D Donut Cake workshop is scheduled for late January in NYC at an unbelievable price. Beginners and non-members welcome. Members, check out the details on our Meetup event page. Non-members send a message for the details. Got a cup of coffee?

Bake Sale!

Sweets graced the sweet table at a fundraiser to assist Staten Island families affected by Hurricane Sandy. The children of the affected families attend St. John Villa Academy.  The bake sale was the brainchild of professional baker Donna Balzano, Staten Island.

Yummy chocolate peppermint, pumpkin cupcakes, and mini gingerbread house were baked by Donna and assistant Samantha.  Donna piped her signature Swiss Meringue and Cheese Cake icing on the cupcakes; the melted snowman sugar cookies and ornament sugar cookies were made by Lynn Carbone and yours truly, respectively.

A close up view of my scratch sugar cookies.  The holly was made from fondant and affixed to the "ornament".  Then they were painted with luster dust. The tops of the cookies were painted with silver petal dust. Santa, snowman, reindeer, etc. are icing decorations picked up at Michael's. These are cute little decorations and really saved time.

These 6" reindeer cookies were a hit with the children.  The sugar cookies are covered with Wilton chocolate fondant. The antlers were cut with a poinsettia leaf cutter; bows were made from Fondarific fondant, the nose was also fondant but could easily be made with licorice jelly beans.