Isomalt & Icing Images Sculpture that Jackie Coughlin & I demoed at ICES 13
Isomalt Sculpture that Mike Terry & I demoed at ICE 13
Isomalt & Royal Icing Bird Feeder that Dawn Parrott & I demoed at Cake Camp
Isomalt Sculpture demoing the Marvelous Molds, color by the Sugar Art and Simi Blown and Hand Pulled Isomalt
Isomalt Flower I created for the ICES 13 Isomalt Sculpture demo
Simi Cakes & Confections
Hello Everyone!
The summer has flown by with Cake Camp, Icing on the Cake Show, ICES 13 in Lexington and cake classes. I have to thank all of the wonderful sugar artists who have stopped by to play sugar and demo at my booth or use Simi Isomalt in their own classes! Amelia Carbide, Jay Qualls, Marina Sousa, James Roselle, Dawn Parrott, Terri Tarbox, Mike Terry, Joshua Simpson, Liz Dickson, Michelle Boyd, Jackie Coughlin, Gracie Prainito, Brenda Byrd, and last but certainly not least Kathy Scott! Everyone’s work was exciting and so unique. And a huge thank you to Icing Images, The Sugar Art, and Marvelous Molds who asked me to demo their products. We were excited to cross paths with many of our cake friends that we usually see in their hometowns and we always wish there was more time to hang out and relax. But the big shows are fast paced and have a full schedule, so we are happy at least we see everyone as much as we did!
This was the first time we crossed the country by car instead of plane and we tried to stay on Route 66 as much as possible to visit every cheesy fun spectacle just off the road. Later this month we’ll have a chance to take it further north and see the other end. We started out at Cadillac Ranch in Texas and spray painted the cars. It’s a lot of fun to stay in roadside motels that have been refurbished to look retro from the 1950’s, but they come complete with flat screen TVs and fridges, but don’t look for an ice machine because it wasn’t there originally! We saw everything from the Grand Canyon and Indian Pueblos to Pawn Stars pawn shop and Duck Commander headquarters to aliens at the UFO museum in Roswell. We took an elevator 79 stories down into Carlsbad Caverns and were in awe and really quite inspired as artists. We got caught in the middle of monsoons in the desert, sand storms that looked like the world was on fire in New Mexico, and water leaks over our heads at a restaurant in Caesars Palace! When we started the summer we wondered if it would be hard to travel that long by car, but it turned out to be quite relaxing and we laughed a lot. We get to stop in so many towns to see amazing cake friends along the way. We are truly blessed to have met such wonderful talented artists.
Some of our favorite memories involve the morning drives to Cake Camp with our car loaded with the Simi Cakes crew, Kathy & Dennis Scott, and Cheryl of Edible Artists Network. By the time we all arrived to work we had laughed so hard from Kathy & Dennis’s words of wisdom that the day could only be great. Congratulations to Kathy Scott for being elected President of ICES at convention in Lexington last week. It’s her third term as president and sets a new record!
By the way, you can check out all of our pictures on my facebook photos section and see a small sample of our summer! https://www.facebook.com/sidney.galpern/photos_all Enjoy!
We will be heading to Tulsa Cake Retreat next week and have added a few more classes. Make sure you check our schedule often as we are adding new classes all the time! We will be on the road quite a bit the rest of the year and hope to travel to your town. If your town isn’t on the schedule shoot us an email at info@simicakes.com and we will see what we can do to get you close to a class!
Classes & Events with Simi Cakes
Aug 23-24 Tulsa, OK -Tulsa Cake Retreat http://www.allthingscakeshop.com/Tulsa-Cake-Retreat.html
Friday
8-11am Hand Pulled Isomalt Flowers
2-4pm Intro to Casting-Brooch Bouquet
4:30-7:30 Chocolate Sculpture Class
Saturday
9-6pm Vendor & Demos all day
2 hour Blown Sugar Fantasy Flower
2 hour Isomalt Gear Sculpture
4:30-6:30 Cupcake Toppers in Chocolate, Fondant, & Isomalt Techniques
Sept 5-Ft. Walton Bch, FL-Just Think Cake http://justthinkcake.com/
5-9pm Gumpaste Coral Reef Workshop
Sept 8-Houston-Houston Cake Club Cake Decorating Extravaganza- http://www.houstoncakeclub.com/dos/dosann.htm
9-4pm Day of Sharing Demo with Debbie Brown, Liz Dickson, Gary Homan, Ximina Sempertegui, & Me!
Vendoring at our booth
Sept 13,14 & 15 Sweet Life Cake & Candy Supply, http://www.sweetlifecakesupply.com/
Fri
5-8pm Intro to Casting Isomalt
Sat
9-12noon Intro to Casting Isomalt
1-3pm Isomalt Ribbons & Bows with Brooch Centers
3:30-5:30 Pulled Sugar Gardens
Sun
9-1pm Blown Sugar Sculptures
2-6pm Advanced Isomalt Flowers with Airbrush and Painting
Sept 22 & 23-Greensboro, NC with the Central Carolina Cake Club buttercream2011@gmail.com
Sunday
12-2pm Casting Isomalt
3-5pm Fall Isomalt Flowers
Monday
10-12pm Isomalt Bows & Ribbons
1-3pm Blown Sugar Bubbles & Hearts Sculpture
Oct 3, 4, 5-Las Vegas, NV-Sweet House Confectionery Supply http://www.sweethouselv.com/
Thurs 5pm Isomalt Demos at the Store-Come join us for a fun and creative Halloween themed evening
Fri 6 hours Holiday Isomalt Basics Workshop-Cast, Pulled, and Blown Sugar/Isomalt Hands-on Workshop
Sat 6 hours Isomalt Basics Workshop-Cast, Pulled, and Blown Sugar/Isomalt Hands-on Workshop
Oct 6,7,8,&9 IBIE Las Vegas
Demos at the Pfeil & Holing Booth #2521, Satin Ice, The Sugar Art
Oct 12, 13, 14-Austin, TX-Make it Sweet http://www.allinonebakeshop.com/
Demos and classes TBA
Oct 19 & 20-Westminster, MD-Great American Cake Show-Class, Demos, Vendoring with Simi Cakes
http://greatamericancakeshow.com/
Oct 24, 25, 26, & 27 2013-Ladybug Cake & Candy, Southbury, CT http://ladybugcakeandcandy.com/
Teen Isomalt Class, Cupcake Classes, Gumpaste Sea Sculpture and more info TBA!
Nov 9, 10-Guest Instructor Tami Utley Comes to Simi Cakes http://www.sugarartbytami.com/
Saturday
8-11 Cymbidium Orchids
11-1 Chocolate Wraps
1:30-5:30 Elegant Cutwork
Sunday
8-9 Finish Cymbidium Orchids
9-12 Bas Relief Fall Fairies
Nov 15, 16, 17-Chicago, IL-American Baking & Sweets Show http://americasbakingandsweetsshow.com/
Nov 18 & 19-Chicago, IL-Edible Artists Network http://www.edibleartistsnetwork.com/
Mon 9-1 Blown Sugar Sculptures
Mon 2-5:30 Chocolate Sculptures
Tues 9-5 Isomalt Ruffle Rose & Pleated Fabric Cakes
Dec 7-Jacksonville, FL-Host Cathy David to sign up info@simicakes.com
TBA Isomalt Flower Class
Jan 24-26 Florida ICES Mini Classes-Orlando FL www.flices.org
Feb 22-23-Austin, Tx -That Takes the Cake Show http://thattakesthecake.org/index.php/main/
March 15 & 16 Nashville, TN-Tennessee ICES Isomalt Classes & Day of Sharing
Sat- Isomalt Classes
Sun- Day of Sharing and Isomalt Demos
March 2014-Marlton, NJ-Garden State Cake Show http://www.gscakeshownj.com/
March 29 & 30-Fairfax, VA-National Capital Area Cake Show http://www.cakeshow.org/
July 31-Aug 3-Albuquerque, NM-ICES 14 www.ices.org
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