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Jan./Feb. 2012

Wedding cakes from some top shows, includ- ing some of the Oklahoma Sugar Arts All-Stars • Meet three sugar artists working toward 2012 CMSA certification • Mixing methods and their purposes • Thinking outside the plate • Tutorials: Contemporary Color, Wedding Dress Wedding Cake and Stencil-Cut Spiral Rose

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INSPIRATION

THE ULTIMATE WEDDING FANTASIES

Wedding cakes are the stars of almost every cake event. Here are some amazing entries from a range 2011 shows including ICES.

OKLAHOMA SUGAR ARTS ALL󰀭STARS

Most of the top ten entries from the annual decorating extravaganza, with special thanks to all those who helped round up these images.

TUTORIAL

CONTEMPORARY COLOR

A clean, architectural wedding cake design inspired by the runways of Paris and New York.

By Chef Nicholas Lodge

WEDDING DRESS WEDDING CAKE

A design based on the client's wedding dress—from the ruﬄed skirt to the pleated bodice.

By Annie Dam

STENCIL󰀭CUT SPIRAL ROSE

Inspired by a Martha Stewart papercra project, create roses from one basic paern and dozens of other blooms with just small variations.

By Lew Churnick

CERTIFICATION 2012: MEET THE NEW CLASS FOR RENO

Q&A with some of the industry members seeking CMSA status at the Reno convention.

18,000 BRITISH CAKE DECORATORS CAN'T BE WRONG

Beryl Loveland shares her experience at the massive Cake International show in Birmingham, U.K.

SWEET SCIENCE: MIXING METHODS AND THEIR PURPOSES

Te debut of a new column that digs into the 'hows' and 'whys' of cakes, sugarwork and chocolate. Tis issue features an excerpt from the acclaimed text,

How Baking Works

, on what's really happening when you make dough or baer.

By Paula Figoni

THINKING OUTSIDE THE PLATE

How to create a hanging cake and other innovative cake display ideas.

By Lori Sladyk Gilmore and Karen Sladyk

EVERY ISSUE

INTERNET SHOPPING DIRECTORY LETTER FROM THE EDITOR FAVORITE TOOLS FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS

Contributors to our wedding showcases share their top tools.

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Wedding Cake Designs

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ON THIS PAGE

Shown le is a detail from a Victorian hat box design by June Lynch of Ontario, Canada. Photo by Craig Mierop. Shown right is a detail from Annee Hala's entry in the 2011 OSSAS wedding cake competition. For more OSSAS cakes, see page 24.

ON THE COVER

An award-winning wedding cake designed by Irene B. Maston, CEC, AAC, o fLudlow,. Vermont, where the challange was to create a cake for a ﬁctional couple using at least four concepts from their imaginary biography. Photo by Craig Mierop.