I just fell in love with this cake from Ruffledblog.com. Ashley has me obsessed with DIY wedding blogs. I dig the addition of vintage-looking jewelry.
Milk glass is so pristine, but the texture makes it chic and, dare I say, quirky. Again, playing with texture is so fun to me.
Another textile inspired cake with jewelry elements. This one found on Loveandlavender.com.
Hmmm, what will it be, what will it be???
Rach
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Hey Chef; when you begin your designs... You start with the texture of the cake first Or do you start with the overall design, the big picture and the set up of what the cake will look like?
Over the years, what have you learned that is different from what you were taught in school?
The cakes I see you do on the Fresh Fields Bakery and Café Facebook website are amazing! You do a great job And are inspiring!
Wow! Great questions! Thank you thank you.
It's kind of weird how designs come to me. Sometimes I know right away what the entire cake will look like, other times they evolve from a concept or element that I want to incorporate, such as a texture, colors, pattern, or theme. In my spare time, I cut out pictures from magazines that grab me, anything from clothes to landscapes, and I try to sketch a design based off that. So I would say, most of the time, there are one or two elements that a client wants, and the rest of the cake flows around that.
The work I do day to day is sooo different from what I learned in school! However, school was a great foundation to build off of and I wouldn't trade the experiences I had there for the world. It was one of the first times that I was able to work with a group of people that had the same goals and passions as I did. In school we learned very little about artistic design concepts, but that is something that has always come naturally for me. Also, the pace of school is much slower than reality working in a bakery. Time is money! Sometimes I wish I could spend the whole day perfecting a cake, but you have to finish up and get to the next one.
Thanks again for the great questions!
Rachel
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