Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2018 Cake! Magazine | Page 64

had done. I took my then 8 year old
with me to be my cake spotter just in
case anything looked like it was going
wrong. I got to the first stop sign and
took it ever so carefully, but “wham”
I heard a big thud in the back of my
driver’s seat. My poor little guy said
“Mum, the cake just flew down the
entire mini-van into your seat”. I said
“yes, honey I think it did - can you
tell mummy how much damage there
is”? He said “oh, Mummy I don’t think
you can fix this.”. And he was right
- the entire cake was destroyed. My
husband had forgotten to put the non-
skid mat under the cake. Lessoned
learned. No matter how late, check
and re-check as it’s better to get there
late than not at all!
What tips do you have for decorators
just starting their cake careers?
Always stay positive and never stop
trying. Take as many classes in
person as you can. Cake tutorials are
great and I learned a lot from them
but there is nothing like an in-person
class. Tutorials can only teach you so
much as they are not there with you,
so they cannot tell if you are holding
your tool wrong or pressing too hard.
Also, keep pushing your skills to
the next level. Get creative and try
it even if you think it might not work
(maybe on styrofoam first!). But most
of all just have fun. You will make the
best friends through cake or cookie
decorating and many of them will
become better friends than you could
ever imagine. Don’t judge yourself
too harshly or compare yourselves to
others. We all start somewhere and
when you look at others online you do
not know what their story is. They may
have gone to art school or been doing
it for 20 years. Just look at your work
and see the positives in what you have
done and where you are going. As long
as you are loving what you do and it
makes you happy, do not let anyone or
anything else get you down! Just keep
on caking!
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Cakes for Men
Inspiration
Be inspired with a range of
gorgeous Cakes for Men from decorators
in Australia and around the globe
See gallery for images of the
Men's Collaboration organised
by Sharon Spradley!