1. Thanksgiving cake classes through the Town of Southampton--
Learn to make gumpaste leaves for your beautiful fall cake... Saturday, November 17, from 10:30AM-noon.

The Holiday Cake class will be held on Saturday, December 15, from noon-1:30. (Cake will be appropriate for Christmas and Hanukkah.)

Cost is $40 for residents, $50 for non-residents. To sign up call the Town of Southampton at 728.8585.

2. Wilton Decorating Basics classes begin again at Michael's in Riverhead! December classes are as follows:
Decorating Basics:
Sunday, 12/2, 5-7PM
Wednesday, 12/5, 5-7PM
Sunday, 12/9, 5-7PM
Wednesday, 12/12, 5-7PM

Advanced decorating classes (Course 2) and Gum Paste classes (Course 3) are also offered in December. Feel free to email me or call me for info. CakesoftheHamptons@Yahoo.com or 728.3463.

 

 

Today was the first cake class I taught for the Town of   Southampton.

 

The theme was Halloween and the students made a Bride of   Frankenstein cake. Cake basics were taught, with an emphasis on   using the round tip (different sizes). See below!

 

 

 

                                                    

                                          

 

All boxed up and ready to take home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What to do with leftover cake?

Get creative...then enjoy!

 

 

Montauk Yacht Club wedding cake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What to do with extra cake?

Cover it with cigarellos and tie with a ribbon! Easy and beautiful.

 

Rose Petal Cake

 

Here is the "Rose Petal Cake" I made for a bride in Orient Point, NY. It's a carrot cake with cream cheese icing. This is how it was made!...

 

 

First I made a bride and groom starfish using a starfish mold and gumpaste. I let these dry for a week.

(They are very fragile!)

 

 

Next I made "rose petals"

using a round cookie cutter and gumpaste.

I used a "ball tool" to thin and curl the edges

then let them dry overnight.

 

 

 

Here are the two tiers (8 cakes altogether),

ready to stack and dowel!

 

 

Cakes are so messy-looking when they are first stacked!!

A level must be used on stacked cakes so that they are not crooked.

Dowels should be used in lower cakes to support the cake above that tier.

One long dowel should be run down the center of all cakes to keep the cake from tilting.

 

 

 

The decorating (a.k.a. "the fun!") begins! Edible pearls are applied to the base of each cake.

They are made from pearl molds and gumpaste then brushed with shiny white "petal dust."

 

 

The "rose petals" are applied

using a little icing on the back of each petal.

(Sorry...this cake looks a little tilted because I took the picture at an angle...I am not a photographer!)

 

 

Next, flowers are added to the top of the cake.

Last, but not least, the starfish are added.

Here is the final product!

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Daisy Cake"

 

 

 

 

 

The "Daisy Cake" as a work-in-progress:

 

 

 

 

 

The final product! --