I LOVE BAKING
Baking is part art and part science experiement. I love the challenge of trying new techniques and pushing what I can do. Cakes and gingerbread I love the most partly because you can make them look like what they are not. Generally, a pie is just a pie. But a cake can be almost anything! They are challenging creatively, artistically, and technically.
About Snack Arts
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SNACK ARTS ORIGINS
Baking is an expression of love.
Growing up, my Mom always made our birthday cakes. I loved the end result, but over the years I found that I also like watching the process, just as I always enjoyed making cookies with Grandma or with Mom. Baking was time spent with family, thinking about them while you make something you know they will enjoy.
I used to look through Mom’s old Wilton magazines with gingerbread house contest winners and cake ideas and supplies.
We used to make gingerbread houses for Christmas every year growing up. I loved the baking smell and the fun of decorating the house and landscaping the yard.
As I got older, I tried my hand at various baking projects and found that I loved every part of it.
Baking Blog
Guitar Cake Process
I wanted to do a guitar cake ever since I saw the mirror glaze technique online. The glossy, reflective icing I thought would be perfect to match the finish on a guitar. I went to my brother, who plays guitar, to look for any spare parts he might have. He has done a...
Frozen Cake
This cake was for a movie night potluck featuring the movie Frozen. I decided to play with sugar. My thought was that I would use sugar to make frozen waves or some kind of frozen water-like decoration and then Olaf, cause he's the best in that movie. My first idea...
Christmas Chapel
This was my most ambitious, and largest project yet. |I started, like I often do, with a design. This one, I happened to pick a model that was already completed. I take measurements of the building in SketchUp and then...
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if you’re interested in commissioning a Snack Art, please let me know about your event and theme. I don’t do straight recreations, so please don’t ask for something ‘exactly like this picture i found’
