I was having a bit of a “moment” last week when I was baking some test work. When things don’t work out like I plan, or if things turn out not how they always should, I am a little discouraged. When it happens every single time (known as a bad run) I start to feel [...]

I’m not sure if I prefer the mushrooms to be bigger but making them was fun! I’ve never really been the most artistic person in the world so I actually had to look up a tip on how to make the mushrooms in the first place. I guess not everyone knows right from the start, [...]

On the 1st of January 2011, I’m launching a project with FundBreak called “A Quest For Cake”. FundBreak is a website that allows people to donate money towards various projects. I’ve opened a project to try to get some sponsorship so I can travel to Sydney/Melbourne and learn some extra skills for my cake decorating. [...]

Before I forget, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Yet another year has gone by and I have learnt so many things in 2010 and have come so far, but not without a lot of pain, torment and struggles. When the clock ticks over to January 1 I will definitely be satisfied in general with the year gone by. [...]

The end of October marked an important time – the end of my classes. At the end of our classes we then start a four week a la carte block, working in the two training restaurants on campus. I managed to hold out through the first day, but then realised that I have worked myself [...]

Doo doo dee doo! This week we’ve been spending a lot of time on our novelty cakes for assessment at TAFE. I don’t like mine. I know everyone else does though. Blergh. Above is the only good part of my cake: my bride and groom figurines. They took not long to make and could be [...]

My holidays are almost over. My classes are actually finished in three weeks, and then we do four weeks “work” in the two training restaurants on campus, Tiros and Graduates. That’s the part I think I’ll be able to deal with a bit better than the somewhat-monotomy of my classes. Maybe I should have a [...]

I got an unusual request from a friend of mine over a month ago to make a steak cake for a birthday. It was a seeeecret so I haven’t really been able to talk about it until I delivered it this afternoon… I am fully aware that steak cakes have featured on that Cake Wrecks [...]