| Cake Designers, Bakeries & Blogs A community of both professional and hobby cake bakers who share their ideas, cake photos, recipes and more. Check out the forum topics, they are both informative and opinionated all rolled into one Sign up to add your photos, participate in forums and collect favorite photos and recipes. www.cakecentral.com Cake Spy - 'A Dessert Detective Agency dedicated to seeking sweetness in everyday life.' Jessie Oleson has created a wonderfully interactive website that has it all, Interviews with Bakers, Bakery Travel Guides, Links, Online Shop and More! But above all is her fantastic Cake Spy artwork. www.cakespy.com The topsy-turvy video tutorial from Janell Smith's Sugar Crazed blog is a must see. www.janellscakes.blogspot.com The Ultimate Cheesecake Bakery in San Antonio, Texas. Mary Jane Ontiveroz creates beautiful wedding and special occasion cakes that are so good that the President's daughter choose them for her wedding cake! www.ultimateweddingcake.com Very creative, fabulous ideas, unique mouthwatering photography. She also does random drawings with great prizes, but I think what I love the most is her witty commentary. Very cool. www.bakerella.blogspot.com Welcome to the art gallery, umm, I mean cake gallery. These are true works of art! www.idreamofcake.com A brand new website from a very talented decorator I met on Cake Central. Very feminine, delicate designs, she has a tremendous talent for gumpaste flowers and the cookies are Amazing! www.sugargardencakes.com Rebecca Sutterby is one of my favs. Her clean work and gorgeous designs are why she’s a consistent winner at the Oklahoma Sugarart Show. When I was first starting my cake hobby I emailed Rebecca hoping she could give me the pattern for her gumpaste ballerina shoes that adorned one of her cakes. Being the incredibly generous person she is I received back the pattern and detailed instructions. www.sugarcreations.com Based in the UK, Louise makes adorable cupcakes while offering up some wonderful ideas, book and products reviews and recipes. Check out her tutorials. www.cakejournal.com Edna is a wonderful decorator, Wilton Instructor, and a great contributor to the Cake Central community. Also has several YouTube tutorials. www.designmeacake.com Marina’s cakes are sooooo elegant, like cake couture. She’s won several Food Network cake challenges. I personally love how tall and grandiose her cakes are. She is also launching a website store. www.justcake.com I guess being based in Beverly Hills gives you the opportunity to do a cake in just about any theme you can imagine! Rosebud Cakes has been there for 20 years and their portfolio is unbelievable. www.rosebudcakes.com Unique products like beer bottle molds, sugar frames and instructions on how to make the package bow. www.decoratethecake.com Collette is a cake pioneer! She took cake in a whole new direction – literally! Her designs are stunning while seeming to defy gravity at the same time. www.collettescakes.com When you watch Bronwen on tv you can’t help but love her spunky, fun personality. Her cakes are just as fun and she's the fastest cake carver in the west! www.frostedart.com Ace of Cakes website www.charmcitycakes.com Share photos and get ideas at Ace of Cakes Cake Community: http://www.foodnetwork.com/ace-of-cakes-cake-community/package/index.html And then there is Cake Wrecks! "When Professional Cakes Go Horribly, Hilariously Wrong!" You can't miss this site, check out the 'Fan Favorites' pics. www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com Husband/Wife team in Hawaii created CakeLava, unbelieveably cool, modern and totally unique cakes! When reading their flavors I had to wipe the drool away! Their cakes are literally inspired by paradise. www.cakelava.com Wedding cakes galore for brides or just ideas, must register but it's free! http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-cakes.aspx When it comes to scuplted cakes Debbie rocks! www.debbiedoescakes.net And her flickr stream is great too, www.flickr.com/photos/debbiedoescakesnet/ Want help with getting buttercream smooth, covering fondant cakes or stacking tiered cakes? Then turn to Sharon Zambito and her various DVDs or YouTube videos, she's a wealth of knowledge not to mention a great cake decorator! www.sharonssugarshack.com www.sugaredproductions.com Lindy Smith is one of the UK's top designers. The website sells both her books and the tools needed to create her designs, as well as downloadable Sugarcraft tutorials. Lindy's decorating tutorial DVDs are now available also. www.lindyscakes.co.uk Pink Cake Box, besides having adorable cakes, has one of the best, interactive blogs I've seen. www.blog.pinkcakebox.com Another talented member of Cake Central! Irene is a skilled artist as well as a fantastic cake decorator. I love that her website showcases her cake drawings as well as her gorgeous cakes. www.thepaintedeye.com |