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Monday, September 3, 2012
First taste of the I.C.E.S. 2012 Convention
I started my day with a visit to the Registration Desk. The place was filled with the buzz of excitement and anticipation of what was to come in the following day. Here they were very welcoming and happy to spend the time to talk to you and go over everything in your Packet, from I.D. tag to Special Events invites and the all important Goodie Bag. Included in the Packet was a program of events, rules, maps and schedule.
The afternooon was spent planning my next few days so I could fit everything in. There were demos to book, cakes to see, the Cake Challenge to view and all those merchants to visit.
To finish my day off, the Convention held a First Timers' Orientation. During this Orientation we were introduced to many of the key people that have helped make this show happen. They went over all the rules and their expectations.
Demo: How to make a Fondant Crown
At the end we were treated to a demo by Carol Webb from Elegant Lace Impression. She showed us how to make a small fondant crown to add to the top of a cup cake. One of the tips she showed us was to use a round nozzle to punch holes in the crown and then you can fill those hloes with coloured sugar pearls, cashews, or even balls of fondant to help dress it up.
In the first week of August, I had the opportunity to attend the International Cake Exploration Societe I.C.E.S. Convention in Reno, Nevada.
The Venue
The Convention was held in the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, which has a very colourful history. It had it's beginnings back in 1978. Built by Metro Goldwyn Mayer of movie fame it is modelled after the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Since then it has had several different owners and undergone numerous renovations and extensions.
While not the biggest casino in Reno it is, nonetheless, HUGE!
The Convention
There were lecture theatres, the Merchant Room and, the piece de resistance, the Grand Cake Pavillion. There were over 100 seminars being held over 5 days. Many of these were already booked out but I was able to attend a few seminars. The last 2 and a half days were spent meeting the Merchants represented at the Convention - all 75+ of them! Many of these Merchants we have dealt with for a number of years so I was looking forward to actually meeting them in person.
All in all, a fabulous experience.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Our cake girl has just finished her day at the US ices conference. After 4 fun days we have loads of pictures and stories from the conference. Starting with this one the conference cake.This years theme was "Old West" made by Roland and Marsha Winbeckler. Roland was inspired to create several hand-sculpted fingers of the time all hand-formed from fodant and modelling chocoalte. The cake is topped with a hand-formed, life sized bald eagle covered with over 1,000 hand made fondant feathers.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
FREE DELIVERY WEEKEND STARTS NOW! ends November 20th 2011 12pm so be quick!
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Hi Everyone
Click here to check out some of the Great Halloween products we have on our site. From cool treat bags, to great cupcake goodies including cupcake cases, picks and stands and some awesome cupcake pans see pictures below. Click here for details of our facebook deal for Halloween and how you can save money on your Halloween goodies!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
We are very excited about a coming product we are giving you the heads up. Edible diamonds in sparkling colours such as Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, Silver, Purple, Emerald, Cerise, Pale Pink, Satin White, Diamond and Black. These come in two different sizes 6mm and 10mm to suit any cake decorating requirement and are great prices. Due in later August if you want to be the first to know when these hit our store just click on the this link to join our Facebook page or join as a member of our blog and as soon as these are on the web you will be the first to know.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
I love dropping in to see Emma at her cake shop here in Pukekohe Strawberry Sky, her store is always full of delicious baking smells and she always has some new designs and creations to share and admire. See some of the photos below or her fabulous work.
Apart from making fabulous cakes Emma also does a great range of lessons. I wanted to share this with you as we get asked so many times about where to go for good lessons.The type of lessons she coves are Back to Basics, Chocolate Parcels, Flowering Cupcakes, Bridal Flowers, Creative Cupcakes, Chocolate Painting, Modelling day, Sugar Flowers (Rose and Peony) .
The best of all is there are weekend classes and also night ones so those of you who work during the week like me do not have to miss out.
The courses are limited to 6-8 people so that everyone can get the maximum benefit and have plenty of fun at the same time! Each lesson includes a combination of professional demonstrations and hands-on practise and you can enjoy full use of all our equipment for the duration of the lesson.
So if want to learn more about this wonderful art from a very talented lady click here to check out the wonderful lessons she is running at the moment at Strawberry Sky.
The best of all is there are weekend classes and also night ones so those of you who work during the week like me do not have to miss out.
The courses are limited to 6-8 people so that everyone can get the maximum benefit and have plenty of fun at the same time! Each lesson includes a combination of professional demonstrations and hands-on practise and you can enjoy full use of all our equipment for the duration of the lesson.
So if want to learn more about this wonderful art from a very talented lady click here to check out the wonderful lessons she is running at the moment at Strawberry Sky.
Pukekohs
Auckland
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