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I have a BLOG????!
Ha ha, OK, I am notorious for getting these grand ideas and then completely forgetting about them. One of those, apparently ,was starting a blog, ha ha!So now that I have "rediscovered" this, let's see...
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I don't get out much
I can still clearly remember, 4 years ago thinking, "Wow, now that I work for myself, I'll have lots of time to go places and do fun stuff!" um....... what was I smoking???? Oh, if only I could credit...
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Airbrushing Naked
.......naked cakes that is. That's my name for cakes that are awaiting airbrushing.If you know my work, you know that I airbrush everything, EVERYTHING.I've been interested in airbrushing since the...
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I lobster and never flounder
If you got that reference, my condolences, either you're from the South or your entire record collection came with an "as seen on tv" sticker.For those of you who aren't familiar with the reference,...
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Cakes on a plane!!
.......or on a train or in a car, no matter how you transport a cake, delivery is always the most stressful part of the job.There's nothing like laboring over a cake for hours or days , even, only to...
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Why is there a dog on the table?
.......when I heard this uttered by restaurant patrons in response to a cake I had made I knew I had stumbled upon something.Some of you may know that I have had a love /hate relationship with cake for...
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I'm big in Sweden!
....and other tales of how google translate betrays and amuses!Oh! the WORLD wide web!I'm a very curious person by nature .I think I am often as intrigued by what some inquiries are not saying as what...
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I ♥ you
One of the greatest things about cultivating a niche business is not having to do "traditional" holiday cakes. Back in ye olde days, february was a month filled with red icing and pink for the...
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all about a board.......
Ok, Ok, I know I vowed not not be one of those set it and forget it type of bloggers so accept my apologies..........So, this week, and so many weeks much of what keeps me busy is total immersion in...
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return of the Baylist, this time it's personal!
So happy to announce that Debbie Does Cakes has been nominated again for Best specialty foods/Desserts In the Bay area on http://baylist.sfgate.com The competition is held every two years and DDC was...
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News of the World
.....not just a great song by The very awesome group "The Jam" but also an apt title for my life lately.OK, the word "news" might be stretching it a bit, but I have been experiencing a lot of world...
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about that cupcake..........
When you make cakes that look like everything except cake, it's really hard to convey that in a symbol, or in this case a logo. When I first started DDC I struggled with this. At that time simply...
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does size matter?
..... probably not, still it's something I am fascinated with. Before you get all distracted, of course I'm taking about CAKE size! Like all cake professionals, I spend much of my free time looking at...
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everyday is halloween
.......or so it might seem if you gauge your seasons by the subjects of your cakes. This past weekend, I had the pleasure of making a Left 4 Dead/ zombie themed cake for one of my very first DDC...
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Parts is parts
I can't count how many times I hear someone say how much they love making cakes and how it would be so much "fun" to have a job "playing in sugar".What strikes me about this most is, at the end of a 14...
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well, you know my name is Simon
.......and the things I draw come true.Ah! one of my favorite segments on Captain Kangaroo.If I lost you at Captain Kangaroo, sorry, I'll now be speaking to the old folks here for a little while.As a...
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Mea culpa....
........and thirty lashes with a wet fondant noodle.I have been unintentionally neglecting the blog.Forgive me....it's been really busy.In August we drove the "cake mobile" (see below)down to our very...
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Tim time!
I warned early on that this blog would be both in praise of my life with cakes and my bouts of malaise too, admittedly, it may have thus far been a little light in the praise department. Maybe I'm just...
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you want me to wear what??!
Yes, i'm one of those people who puts clothes on their dog. Apart from the amusement I get from seeing my lil' guy in a mini "snuggie" or pajamas with strategically placed "opening" it does serve a...
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The end is near!
if you are to believe this truck, and we all know that if it's on a truck it HAS to be true, right? In fact it's "guaranteed!"There are really only two ways this can play out, either the believers are...
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you asked for it!
I'm excited to announce I will be teaching my inaugural class on August 8, in Raleigh NC. Hosted by the awesome guys at Swank Cake Design,I'll be teaching my popular realistic teapot cake. For all of...
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In a dream world, I'd post this want ad on Craigslist and in every newspaper in the area. In this age of the internet, it seems there are an infinite number of places customers can post their ad hoc...
View ArticleCDD:Cake dysmorphic disorder
....and why you're only as good as your last cake. Body dysmorphic disorder is defined as a mental illness that causes the sufferer to obsess over minor flaws or defects that no one else can see.This...
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Failure:the key to success; building your own tool kit
I'd love to boast that the title of this post is a quote I learned from reading some heady tome from Winston Churchill or a bit of folksy wisdom from Abraham Lincoln, but nope: Honda commercial. It...
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