Petalsweet in American Cake Decorating Magazine!

This past August, right after the ICES Convention, I was contacted by the wonderful and gracious Susan Schultz, Editorial Director for American Cake Decorating magazine. She and her team were putting together a "chocolate" issue for September/October, had seen my display cake at the convention, and wanted to know if I would be interested in having it featured in the magazine! I was thrilled and honored to be asked, and immediately said yes! I answered a bunch of great interview questions and submitted a handful of photos, and then had to sit on the good news until the magazine was published...which finally brings us to this week! I just received some copies of the magazine in the mail to save and show my family and friends...and I wanted to share some photos with you!

Here is the stack of magazines in my office (I can't stop smiling at this photo):



A scan of the cover...it features a close-up of the peony, filler flowers and leaves on the bottom tier of my cake design:



And here is a photo of the entire cake inside the magazine, along with a lovely editorial taken from my interview:



Many, many thanks to Susan and her team at American Cake Decorating for the fabulous feature and the wonderful opportunity! And thank you so much to all of you who followed along as I created my ICES design...and for your encouragement and kind words!

More news...more flowers...coming soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Yellow Tulip Sugar Vase

Recently, I finally had the opportunity to make a few more sugar tulips...and also needed to put together a sample bouquet using the colors yellow, white and purple. I made the tulips first, and dusted them yellow with a touch of green at the tips. Then I added some white peony buds, green hydrangea petals and purple hydrangea buds, and lots of my usual filler flowers, buds and glossy leaves. The final result was a new sugar vase cake topper...perfect for a bride who is planning ahead for an early Spring wedding date!

Here is the top of the bouquet on my worktable...surrounded by a bunch of other flowers in progress:



And here is the completed sugar vase:





Class updates and more news coming soon! Thank you for stopping by!

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Petalsweet Sugar Flower Classes (update 10/1/10)

For those of you interested in Petalsweet class information, here is a quick update...

SUGAR SEMINARS: I will be returning to Custom Cakes in Savannah, GA to teach my 3-day Peony and Hydrangea Cake Topper Class. In this class you will learn how to make a beautiful, over-sized peony flower, hydrangea and filler flowers, and all of the corresponding buds and leaves. You will also learn coloring and dusting techniques to make your sugar flowers look gorgeous, and then arrange them all into a stunning bouquet cake topper! The class project looks like this:



This class is scheduled for February 18 - 20, 2011. The cost for the class is $650 and includes the use of all tools and materials needed for class, and lunch every day as well! For more information and to register for the class, please visit this link to Sugar Seminars (you can find the list of classes just below Minette's photo, in the right side margin).

CAKE LOVE 2011: I am thrilled to be teaching four different flower classes and a demonstration at the inaugural Cake Love convention in Vancouver, BC, scheduled for September 23 - 25, 2011. Class registration will be open starting November 17th, 2010. Please visit the Cake Love 2011 website for more information about the whole event. It should be a lot of fun and a great opportunity to take some fabulous sugar art and cake decorating classes!

I hope to see you in Savannah or Vancouver next year! More coming soon...

Copyright © 2010 by Jacqueline Butler of Petalsweet Cakes. Content of this blog (including text, photographs and layout) is the property of Jacqueline Butler - please respect copyright laws. If you want to link to my blog, or post any of my photos, please contact me - it would be great to have the opportunity to connect with you. Thank you!