The Cake-Queen & Uhh.. King.

This beautiful piece of work titled 'Flora & Flour' is the pure genius of NYC cake artist Sylvia Weinstock. If any of you haven't heard of her, she recently guest starred in a gossip girl episode as the baker Blair Waldorf hires to make her Royal Wedding Cake! This being a tiny drop in the ocean of designs that is her portfolio, this cake artist never ceases to dazzle with her picture perfect creations.
Her sugar flowers make me wanna curl up and cry like a little baby. They're breathtakingly gorgeous.

Now that we're on the topic of sugar flowers, I'm surprised i haven't mentioned the legendary Ron Ben-Israel. I should have dedicated this entire blog to him. He's ... well i have absolutely no words to describe that wonderful man. At the risk of sounding like a lovesick teenager, I have the biggest cake crush one him.. *blush* . More about him later... Its gonna take more than one blog post to say all that i want to about him.

X

A Kitchen-Aid of beauty is a joy forever !

After months of waiting.. my pretty piece of kitchen equip is here!! Used it yesterday to make carrot, cinnamon, walnut n raisin cupcakes! It's a dream machine.. literally. I hope we're friends for a long time to come.. considering my crappy history with electronic appliances .. :|

*Big Grin and a Loony Wave*

Hi!
Having never written a blog or so much as a journal, im not sure how to begin, Or end for that matter.. but here goes.

Im an artist. In my case that word encompasses a huge avenue of creative expression. Sugar craft, applied art or even just hot glueing anything i can get my hands on. Art makes me happy. It gives me an identity.
But for now, i'm going to be blogging mostly about..... SUGAR! And all that comes with it. Trust me, there's a lot. A LOT.

2 years ago i stumbled upon a you tube tutorial video on how to make sugar roses. Having worked with clay before, it didn't seem all that difficult. So i scrounged up all the ingredients i could find to make this 'edible clay' called fondant. The end result, of course was disastrous. Without the right ingredients and equipment, i gave up and bought readymade fondant instead. That was the day my life changed. Not being cheesy. But fiercely honest.

Then there was no looking back. I googled, you tubed, wiki how-d every single video/article/tutorial there was on sugar craft and got to work. Its amazing how many people have taken out time to share their very own trade secrets for the benefit of beginners like me. If any of you are reading this, here's a HUGE Thank You. I would still be making cost sheets and planning other people's vacations to exotic destinations if it wasn't for you guys. Seriously, Thank You.

One thing led to another, and now im the proud owner of a little label i call "Firefly". It's by far the best thing that's ever happened to me, and probably ever will.

Here's the website.. stop by when you have a chance:   http://fireflyindia.co.in/

I'm going to posting a lot of pictures of not only my cakes, but of the ones i aspire to make someday. Trust me, you want to see these. They're works of art.


Arrivederci for now!
:)