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Come one and all to our monthly meeting tonight! 7 pm at Make it Sweet. New folks always welcome. We’re very newbie-friendly, and you don’t have to have any experience decorating cakes or anything. Come by and check us out. Details here.
Secondly, I heard on KUT this morning about the Texas Pie Kitchen, which trains low income adults in culinary skills. They need volunteer bakers to help out, so if you’re interested, click the link and find out more. Or maybe buy some pies. Mmmm, pies….
I had a wonderful time demonstrating some “Trendy Fondant Accents” to the club during our August meeting! Thank you so much! Here are the tutorials on what I showed.
- Chris Wingler
Ruffle Flowers
http://cakeoricandothat.blogspot.com/p/ruffle-flowers.html
Pom Poms
http://cakeoricandothat.blogspot.com/p/pom-poms.html
Billows
http://cakeoricandothat.blogspot.com/p/billows.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kyla Myers
Email: president@capitalconfectioners.com
INTERNATIONAL CAKE STARS COME TO AUSTIN
AUSTIN, Texas – July 3, 2012
Capital Confectioners’ 2012 “Day of Sharing” will feature demonstrations by local, national, and international sugar arts experts including the UK’s famed flower maker Alan Dunn.
“Alan Dunn has been creating botanically perfect flowers for some 20 years,” said Kyla Myers, president of Capital Confectioners. “He literally wrote the book on the subject – almost a dozen of them!”
Dunn is a sought-after presenter, having taught extensively throughout the UK as well as in the US, Canada, Japan, Holland, Sweden, The Channel Islands, Brazil, South Africa, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand.
“It’s been over a decade since he’s taught in Texas, so we’re thrilled to be hosting him at our event this year,” Myers said.
Other demonstrations will be provided by Yvette Humbert, Dawn Parrott, Kathleen Lange, and Lorraine McKay. This year’s theme is “Holidays”, so presenters will be incorporating that into their demonstrations and club volunteers will do likewise with donated desserts for all.
Registration is now open at http://dos.capitalconfectioners.com/registration.php . The cost is $45 ($50 after August 1) and includes all demonstrations, a continental breakfast, and a catered lunch. Vendors and raffles offer extra goodies for budget-friendly prices. Additional classes with Dunn and several other demonstrators are also available before and after the event.
More Information:
2012 Capital Confectioners’ Day of Sharing
Sunday, August 19, 8 am – 5 pm
Connally High School, 13212 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78753
This annual fundraising and educational event is hosted by Capital Confectioners’ Cake Club, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing, promoting, encouraging, and expanding the appreciation and practice of the arts of cake decorating, confections, and related media. More information about the club is available at www.capitalconfectioners.org.
RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/cakedecorating-132/events/54137192/
Capital Confectioners Club Monthly Meetup
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 7:00 PM
Make it Sweet
9070 Research Blvd, Austin, TX
The meeting starts off with introductions and club business and ends with a dessert and a demonstration.
This month’s demonstration will be by Ellen and Chris Cantrell: techniques for wedding cupcakes.
Dessert will be brought by Suzanne Sabin.
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW LOCATION! Henceforth we’ll be meeting at the new location of Make it Sweet (formerly All in One BakeShop) at the Crossroads Shopping Center, 9070 Research Boulevard, Austin, TX 78758-7004. This is just down the street from their previous location. They are located between Pluckers and Tabu (if you look on a Google Street Maps view, it’s where the furniture store used to be).
New folks always welcome! We’re okay with people checking us out a few times before signing up for membership, so come on by and see what we’re up to.
Several new faces this meeting! Welcome, all!
Pearland had their Day of Sharing last weekend. The demonstrators’ handouts are now available online on their website: http://www.pearlandcakesociety.com On February 5th, the Texas ICES will have their Day of Sharing in Montgomery, TX. Please visit their website for more information: http://texasices.org/feb5thdos.html
The club is a buzz with excitement for our upcoming 8th annual That Takes The Cake Sugar Art Show and Cake Competition. We announced some volunteer opportunities and perks. Please use our online volunteer registration form if you’re interested: http://thattakesthecake.org/index.php/contact-us/volunteer-contact-form/ We’d like volunteers to work a minimum of a 5 hour shift. It’s a whole lot of fun, so don’t miss out!
Irene is hoping to get her hands on some of these darling cake pendants to sell at the show:
Our next monthly club meeting will be a little different. We bumped the date up to February 7th (to free up Valentines Day). It will also be at Make It Sweet‘s brand new location:
Crossroads Shopping Center
9070 Research Boulevard
Austin, TX
That will be our last club meeting before the big show! We’ll be doing some projects for the show at this meeting and also at several smaller meetings during the month. Lots to do and not much more time to do it in! Check back on our blog, Facebook, and MeetUp pages for updates on when we’re meeting and where.
This meeting’s demonstration was given by our new member: Kathleen Boyce. She shared with us some techniques for creating a purse cake.
Kathleen also brought in the dragon cake she learned to make in Sylvia Wilson’s class:
Big thanks to Kathleen for sharing with us and to Charlotte for the yummy desserts!
A week from today, Capital Confectioners will be hosting our monthly meeting. This time we’ll be focusing on organizing volunteers for our colossal cake show at the end of February.
So if you’re in the Austin area and want to help at the show – which can earn you some spiffy perks if you put in enough hours – come to this meeting and let us know who you are and what you want to do.
We will also have volunteer sign-up forms on the website soon, but what’s really important about next Tuesday’s meeting is getting more people involved in leadership roles. We want to meet you, discuss your strengths and expertise, and help you find the best and most fun ways you can help us. (Update: The web link for the volunteer form is here, so please fill in your available times asap even if you’re going to discuss specifics at the meeting).
What sort of things need to be done? Lots, including but certainly not limited to: set up and break down, competitor registration and management, hospitality, vendor care, supply management, event/class management and assistance, kids table help, general public management (including guarding cakes against poking fingers), and more. It takes a small army of volunteers to run one of the nation’s largest sugar arts shows!
If you’ve volunteered before, you still should come if you can, because we’re making changes to how perks are earned and other details.
Remember: the coolest volunteer jobs go to the most dedicated, long-term volunteers! For instance, getting to be the assistant at a celebrity class is something we reserve for someone who has also put in tons of hours doing other stuff. So come on out and join our team to not only put on the best cake show ever, but get your own fun slice too!
The meeting is 7 pm, Tuesday January 10, in the conference room at the back of the IHOP by Zilker Park (1101 S Mo Pac Expy, Austin, TX). Further details and RSVP are here. If you’re not already a member of the club, you may need to create an account here first.
We don’t require dues for the first meeting or two. You can definitely check us out for free first! So if you’re keen to volunteer for the show but not necessarily commit to being a club member all year, that’s fine. Come to the Tuesday meeting anyway. We’re happy to have you for what time you can share!
Last Tuesday was our monthly club meeting (every 2nd Tuesday of the month). We welcomed some new faces, talked cake, celebrated Irene’s October birthday with treats, and watched Brian demonstrate some leathering techniques.
Our “That Takes The Cake” show is shaping up to be, as always, super exciting. Jennifer gave us an update on who’s coming and what we’ll have in store for competitors and attendees.
There are a few other cake events just around the corner, such as the Arlington Day of Sharing this Sunday:
http://www.sweetsensationscakeclub.com/SweetSensationsCakeShow.htm
Sweet Sensations Day of Sharing
October 16, 2011
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Courtyard Villa
1801 W. Division St.
Arlington, TX 76012
Congrats to Chris Wingler (ha, that’s me!) for her wedding cake appearance in Cake Central Magazine’s Volume 2, Issue 1.
We proposed the club Christmas party to be held at Irene’s house on Sunday, December 4th. We’ll put together a MeetUp.com event date and provide more information about our cookie exchange.
Our next monthly club class is creating a Halloween Pumpkin Cake with Chris Cantrell and Irene Hackbarth. This class will be at Make It Sweet on Sunday, October 23rd from 1 – 4:30 PM. Register here: http://thebigcakecalendar.com/index.php/registration/?cgroup=OCT
During the break we snacked on snicker doodle cookies and spice cupcakes with brown sugar Italian meringue buttercream.
Brian Stevens from Crazy Cakes demonstrated how he creates a leather look on fondant with his texture mat and painting techniques.
This is our first club meeting demo to be video recorded! Let’s hope we can continue this and share with our members who could not attend.
Thanks for all who attended! We missed those friends that could not attend. We look forward to seeing the new faces again!
Photos from club meetings will be posted here.
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