www.caketin.co.nz From June 1st 2012 until then it is
http://www.facebook.com/TheCakeTin
Facebook page
Sarah is also about to start a
blog which is currently being designed
About 5 years, just as a
hobby for ages then late last year I turned it into a small business. I am self
taught, although over the last couple of years I have bought some amazing books
which act as my courses.
What is you favourite thing
to bake & decorate – why?
Cakes. There is such great
satisfaction in baking then decorating a cake.
I particularly love the
decorating when (depending on the client) I can create the image I have in my
mind. A well decorated cake can tell a story and seeing that come together is a
fulfilling feeling.
There is no greater
compliment when somebody collects a cake to have them speechless, or to hear
that the birthday girl or boy did not want to cut the cake as they would ruin
the decoration. While visual appreciation is lovely it is also nice to know
they loved the actual cake inside too.
What got you started in
baking/decorating?
I used to bake when I was a
little girl. I still remember standing on my yellow stool at the bench mixing
cakes and biscuits with Mum. (and like all kids licking the beater)
My decorating started about 5
years ago when I made and decorated Christmas cakes for the café I was working
in. I found it really fun and loved seeing what I could do. Then I began making
cakes for friends and family and things grew from there.
What are your top 5
decorating tools you cannot live without?
My turntable, smoothers,
non-stick rolling pin, modelling tools, set of 5 small circle cutters.
(Oh I so wish you had asked
for 10++++) So not fair to restrict this to 5!
What do you do when you’re
not decorating?
I transform into a Mum.
Sometimes a bit of sewing if
time allows but that is certainly not recently.
What are some of your
favourite creations you’ve created and why?
Oh Boy, this is such a hard
question. I have to limit this to 5 or you will be here all day, so here goes.
I had just recently purchased
a copy of Confetti Cakes by Eliza Strauss which opened up my eyes to what you
could achieve if you have the right ingredients, (Being self taught I had not even
heard of so many of them). And so I made Mums cake which changed my world and
made me realise that in the words of Walt Disney “sometime’s it’s fun to
achieve the impossible”
#2 My Second Handbag Cake
This cake was made for a
client, my next door neighbour, and was life like in size (somewhere there is a
photo of her with her hand under the handle like she is going to pick it up)
Everything came together from
the patent leather to the crocodile skin to the glittery initial on the chain.
The scarf just finished the look.
#3 My Sari cake.
This is not my design but was
provided by the bride for an Australian couple’s wedding celebration.
I love the bright colours of
this cake. The gold has all been hand painted and the sari was brushed with
lustre dust to achieve the right shade before piping and gold brushing the
detail.
#4 My Porsche Car
This was created for my
husband’s 40th Birthday
It was the first car I had
made and I was so proud of all the attention to detail I had managed to
capture. By the way, an avid Porsche fan, he loved it.
#5 My Mad Hatters Tea Party
cake.
Inspired by Collette Peters
this was for an Alice
What is you favourite Cake,
cookie, or cupcake flavour? and why?
Ginger, it is such an intense
and under-rated flavour, it also reminds me of
my Grandmother who used to make Gingerbread while I was a wee girl
(sadly I do not have her recipe) and my Dad.
If you could have someone
make a cake for you, what would it be like?
I try not to eat cake (yep I
know crazy) but I suppose it would be anything but chocolate in flavour, a fun
bright design, bit of zebra print, purple somewhere because that is my
favourite colour and perhaps some feathers Certainly not too girly because I
like fun and funky, 2 tier but small tiers 8” and 6” maybe. OR
A woman in a kitchen
surrounded by all things baking and decorating.
