Cake Maker
Tommye Hope
The press is an absolute work of precision engineering and passion. I have personally taken thousands of hours to design, produce and test it to create a product that works every time. It is a high end product that allows the user to produce detailed and intricate cakes that will set you apart from the pack as a professional face painter.
The press is available with a number of custom designed and easy-to-follow colour coded components and full colour instructions, so you can create paint strips of varying widths, down to the millimetre. Put them all together and rainbow cakes, split cakes - even domed onestrokes - will become a cinch to create.
Fast forward 6 months in and my little hobby had become a full-fledged business, complete with shiny business cards and a semi-functioning website. But then things started to change, cake decorating shifted into something that I did during work hours instead of on weekends. The volume of work and list of to-dos started to grow. I found myself scratching my head about how things have changed so quickly.
As a hobbyist baker, creating edible decorations is something you do to release stress and to take your mind off your everyday routine. Therefore, you can afford to take things slow, start and stop projects as you wish and not have to keep track of how long each step takes.
Just like in any other industry, managers are constantly finding ways to make things run smoother, quicker and more efficiently. In the case of running our own cake business, WE are the ones who need to initiate the systems and methods to efficient caking.
I find being disciplined to put in boundaries around my work REALLY HARD because I so love my job. But I also know from experience of 10 years in the baking industry that cake decorating is a marathon, not a sprint.
Thanks A lot Amanda this blog gave me a good knowledge on settling boundaries and some necessary tips to help grow your baking business, one needs to take care of his/her mental, physical and spiritual health in order to give your best in your craft.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and ideas with cake decorating business Amanda. This each and every word you shared was really a huge inspiration for me as a person who is willing to make a hobby (baking) in to a business.
Thank you for bringing the realism into this profession. I am currently going to culinary school. I am putting my toe in the water so to speak. I am sending out samples of my baking and wanted to know what to expect going forward.
Welcome to The Art of Fine Living, the blog of Gary Inman. Here you will find all those things that inspire me to create. As I travel the world, I seek out beauty and inspiration in the objects, buildings, and people that surround me. I am pleased to share the treasures I find with you.
For the very first issue of THE CREATOR, I turned to the woman that inspired the series, my muse and friend, the great cake artist, SYLVIA WEINSTOCK. Sylvia is the most famous wedding cake artist in the world. Her cakes have graced the most elegant weddings of the past three and half decades, including my own wedding to Leslie Tishman in New York in 1988. The very first decision we made, like so many young couples, was to have our cake made by Sylvia Weinstock. While I admire her artistry and her longevity in pursuing her craft, it is her spirit of unlimited possibilities that most impresses me.
Weinstock was nearly 50 when she found her professional path in life. A former teacher, mother of three daughters, and aspiring chef, she confronted and won her battle with breast cancer. She has remained a generous advocate of research and patient support ever since. It was during her recovery that she began making romantic floral cakes for William Greenberg, Jr. Every New York holiday party featured "Greenberg cookies" and Sylvia distinguished herself with this introduction and the rest as they say is history. She would become the cake maker for society weddings in New York and then around the world. Sylvia would never name drop but I will. Her cakes have graced weddings for Kennedys, Trumps, and Tischs, the Clinton Whitehouse, Oprah and Robert De Niro parties, and events by her frequent collaborators, Carolyne Roehm and Preston Bailey. Sylvia Weinstock's cakes have become a part of the culture of weddings globally. They signify the very best in this culinary art. In my opinion Sylvia Weinstock is to cakes what Coco Chanel is to high fashion. A true artist!! She is also a woman I love and admire. She inspires me in the pursuit of my own design work. Thank you Sylvia Honey!
When my wife, Leslie Tishman, tracked Sylvia down 25 years after she made our wedding cake she could not have been more gracious. Not only did she sign our book but she took the time to hand write a lovely letter......a true Class Act!
When I asked Mrs. Weinstock if I could call her Sylvia she replied, "No, You must call me Sylvia Honey!" She then proceeded to introduce me to Tito Vodka. I've had the pleasure of doing two in person interviews with Sylvia Honey!
You can tell so much about a person by the books and art they collect and the way they decorate their home. Spending time in Sylvia's private home revealed a woman who is passionate about art and design, well traveled, and youthful. As she says age is just a number, it is all about attitude and staying passionate about your craft.
Hello CCers!
I have been contemplating purchasing a Babycakes cake pop maker and was wondering who out there has used any of the cake pop makers or pans and how the cake pops from these machines compare to the traditional cake pops. I have seen some youtube videos but need some insight from my fellow ccers. Can't wait to her your opinions.
I have the babycakes and LOVE IT! So easy and they are baked real quick. I have also done them the reg. way and to me personnaly they are way to sweet and I am a big sweets person (lol). I ordered the cake pop pans from tv but never received them but did see them at bed bath & beyond but I think Im gonna stay with my babycakes.
HTH
I have the cake pop pan but I love the traditional cake pops. they're just so good. I used my cake pop pan twice for cake pops and now it sits at the bottom of my baking pan cabinet. I do plan on using it for a polka dot cake however
We own 2 BabyCakes cake pop makers and we love them. The cake recipe that comes with these are delicious. They bake quick and are very easy to use.
The taste is like eating a real peice of cake. We don't care for the oher kind of cake pops that have icing in them, the texture is mushy in your mouth.
I'm sure it's all personal preference, but once we used the BabyCakes maker we would not go back to any other recipes.
Good luck
So glad you posted this, as I've wondered about the Babycakes maker for while! I have tried traditional pops and don't like the texture (reminds me of eating cake that's already been chewed)! I recently got to try Babycakes pops and LOVE them! Just a bite-size piece of cake! I prefer them, and now wont hesitate to purchase the Babycakes machine! Thanks for posting!
I put them on sticks with no problems. Dip stick in chocolate then into cake ball and let set up in freezer for 15 minutes or so before dipping. After dipping gently tap stick on your hand so excess can drip off. Tapping on anything else may cause the ball to fall off the stick.
Thank you all so much for your feedback! I am going to buy my babycakes this week...I think I might buy 2...LOL!
I am going to do a taste test with my co-workers and to see which they prefer the traditional cakepops or the baby cakes. I'll post pictures and taste test results. I'm so EXCITED!!!
I love my Baby Cakes pop maker and part of my motivation for buying it was the thread ScratchSF did. I found they are just a bit dry for me so I use brownie mix instead of regular cake mix. I like the maker but man it takes me so long to dip and decorate...I feel cake pop challenged.
I have not had a chance to do the taste test as yet. I HATE my Babycakes The cakeballs never come out right They never form on the top, they end up looking like mis-shaped pyramids on the top. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but it's driving me CRAZY!!! I was so excited when I finally got the machine and then every cake recipe I've tried in there comes out AWFUL!!! If anyone has any suggestions I would sooooooooooo appreciate it.
I don't have a Baby Cakes but on friday I bought a Swan PopCake maker. I haven't used it yet, I'm just waiting til I've read what others say about any kind of maker, I suppose they're all about the same, (Swan is a good make and have been on the go since 1931 and still going strong). Oh well, wish me luck. I'm new here so any help or advice will be very welcome.
AI know this is an old post but I see people are posting on it. I bought and used the babycakes cakepop maker I don't like it I have made cakepops the traditional way they are way better. I do recommend the wilton melting pot to make it easier to make the cakepops
I have always made cake pops the "traditional way" but my mother bought the the bake pop pans and i never figured how to use it. I hate it so much. I love using it wen i form the cake pops and I put them in the freezer. it helps keep its shape. I got the babycakes maker for my bday and to be honest.. I don't like it either. The cake balls are formed nicely but the taste of the cake itself doesn't taste good. I have tried many recipes and I do not like one. I have a 4 year old niece and she hates the way they taste on the babycakes maker as well. I will just say that I will stick to the traditional way.
Just got the cake pop pan on sale for $8 at bed and bath. Tried it out today, and it worked great. I got perfectly shaped balls. I did have to cut off, what I call the Saturn rim, but other than that, it was easy. I did follow directions carefully to adjust the cake mix and used Pam for baking. When I went to place a stick in it, It stayed on just fine. I dipped them in the chocolate and they came out great. I got the pans, because I've recently had request for cake balls and when I tried the original way, they came out a bit lumpy. And for my taste, I prefer eating cake, then having it taste too sweet with the frosting in the ball. They also wanted me to make their cake balls with the same recipe I used in their previous cake.
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