ON THE COVER
Love Locks & Keys
2014’s hottest wedding trend
Marketing Makeover
take your portfolio to the next level
Carlos Lischetti’s
bride & groom topper tutorial
Lovely Linzer
roasted walnut cookie recipe
Take the Quiz
how sharp is your baking brain?
Cover Cake by Renata Papadopoulos
IN THIS ISSUE
Your Slice
What’s your biggest decorating goal for 2014?
Spotlight
Cake’s Favorite One-Woman Show
As one of Brides magazine’s Top 100 Cake Designers, Donna Munson is a one-woman cake shop owner to keep an eye on.
By Kari Vandraiss
Diary of a Decorator
Baking Up Boundaries
It can be tempting to take every cake order, but Marcie McMurray learns that sometimes selectivity is the key to avoiding cake making stress.
By Marcie McMurray
Feature
Alive in Sugar: From Cartoon to Confection
World-renowned sugar artist Carlos Lischetti has made a career transforming 2-D visions into 3-D realities.
Dear Cake Genius
Avoiding air bubbles, working with modeling chocolate and achieving an even bake.
By Jennifer Bratko
Tutorial
Bride & Groom Cake Topper
Carlos Lischetti shares a contemporary wedding cake topper, straight from the pages of his how-to book Animation in Sugar!
By Carlos Lischetti
Web Browsing
Bake It In A Cake
Megan Seling is on a mission to stretch the limits of cake (literally).
Business of Baking
How to Create a Professional Cake Portfolio
A top-notch portfolio is crucial to any successful business. We’re here to help you make it happen!
Ever Wonder
Baking Brain Buster
Put your baking knowledge to the test with our first ever quiz!
Inspiration Bites
Cake Resolutions
Five ideas to get you started on the right foot in 2014.
by Kari Vandraiss
From the Recipe Box
Roasted Walnut Linzer Cookies
Food blogger Hani Bacova shares one of her mother’s best recipes, this time from her own kitchen.
By Hani Bacova
THE CAKES
Love Locks & Keys
Patinaed Promise
Locked in Tradition
Sealed with a Sparkle
CAKEMAKERS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE
UNITED STATES
COLORADO
HEATHER SHERMAN
Art2Eat Cakes
Boulder, CO, US
art2eatcakes.com
art2eat cakes
CONNECTICUT
RENATA PAPADOPOULOS
Lovely Cakes
Norwalk, CT, US
lovelycakes.net
RenP
FLORIDA
ALLA LEVIN
The Cake Zone
Parrish, FL, US
thecakezone.com
KATY MOSER-BRANDEL
Sucrette
Miami, FL, US
sucrettemiami.com
Katy1212
ILLINOIS
BROOKE THOMAS
Halo Cupcake
Rockford, IL, US
halocupcake.com
HaloDreamCakes
KANSAS
SHANNON BOND
The Crumb Coat
Olathe, KS, US
thecrumbcoat.com
MASSACHUSETTS
CHERRY CLERNON
Cherry with a Cake on Top
Stoneham, MA, US
cherrywithacakeontop.com
sweetbaker1
MINNESOTA
ANN ALABOUD
Sweet Treasures Cakes
Apple Valley, MN, US
sweet-treasures.com
CANADA
VÉRONIQUE ARSENAULT
Aux TROIS petits cochons
Saint-eustache, Qu.bec, CA
facebook.com/aux.trois.petits.cochons
Veronique6339
SUSAN TRIANOS
Susan Trianos Custom Cakes
Toronto, Ontario, CA
susantrianoscakes.com
Peecheekeeno
NETHERLANDS
DANIELLE EVERAERT
Daantjes Taarten
Purmerend, NL
daantjestaarten.nl
daan69
SPAIN
BERNA GARCÍA
Ilusiona Cakes
Madrid, Madrid, ES
ilusionacakes.com
BernaIlusionaC
UNITED KINGDOM
CARLOS LISCHETTI
B. Dutton Publishing
Farnham, Surrey, UK
squires-shop.com
