Diane Kay goes to RBA in Anaheim

The recent Retail Bakers Association (RBA) was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA from 4/05/03 - 04/07/03. We joined Sugar Petals® in exhibiting their exquisite flowers to the RBA attendees.

Diane Kay, a professional cake decorator from Newburg, NY, demonstrated various applications of Sugar Petals® as well as various cake designs in rolled fondant. EC Chronicle is featuring the cakes created by Diane Kay during the RBA convention.

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Once you walk into the exhibit hall, it's only natural to follow your nose.  The aroma of freshly baked breads, doughnuts, danish pastries & coffee was lingering in every inch of the hall.  Past all that and the various baking equipment and supplies, were cake exhibits.  One section had cakes that were judged by various well known cake decorators and another section was dedicated to display cakes from Bakeries from the area.  Below are a few pictures from these exhibits.

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From the ICES Newsletter Editor . . .
Grace McMillan

Wayne Yake of ExpressCreations has been very gracious in allowing me to use this medium to extol the virtues of an extraordinary organization dedicated to the love and sharing of sugar art.

I gotta tell you, folks, if you have not yet heard of ICES, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce you to a organization to which you will absolutely love belonging!

The acronym ICES stands for a wonderful organization called the “International Cake Exploration Societé” and it is for everyone – any man, woman or child who is interested in sugar art in any form. Our organization includes home decorators, master decorators, professional decorators, famous artisans, teachers, shop owners and wholesalers. My fifteen-year-old daughter is a member, as is my sixty-nine-year-old mother-in-law, and both truly love being a part of their international ICES family.

Ohhhhh, but let me tell you of the benefits! Yearly ICES dues entitle you to twelve months of membership. You will receive a 24-page newsletter every month, with the exception of September. ICES newsletters contain at least 18 full-color photographs of cakes featuring ICES decorators

From the ICES Newsletter Editor . . . (continued)

(amateur to professional), recipes, annual Convention information, articles by ICES members for ICES members, hints, tips, tricks, patterns, lesson plans, targeted-audience advertising (ask ExpressCreations how well their advertisement has performed!) … and the list goes on and on.

As the Newsletter Editor, may I say that I earnestly solicit such articles and submissions for publication? I would love to hear from new members and I truly love to feature ICES members’ cakes and decorating techniques … got photographs? Send them to me! If your articles and/or photographs are chosen for publication, your work will be featured internationally to over 4,000 readers.

But that’s not all! Every year ICES holds an Annual Show and Convention that includes an absolutely breathtakingly spectacular display of sugar art. Techniques of cake decorating, candy making, chocolate, gum paste, pastillage and other forms of sugar art are not only on display, but are also demonstrated by the skilled artists who created them! This means that you get to see so many of the techniques that are the foundation for the creation of these displays. There is an authors’ area at the Convention where you may purchase books and speak directly to the authors. New cake and candy-related products are made available by the wholesalers and retailers attending the show. Here you may buy not only the latest tools needed for your art, but also the products necessary to enhance your own skills.

This year, the ICES Annual Show and Convention will be held July 31 to August 3 in Las Vegas, NV!

Ah, but wait. ICES Membership gives you even more. Every year ICES promotes the “Art of Cake Decorating” by awarding scholarships (classes taught by ICES approved teachers) to deserving persons. If you, or anyone you know, would like to apply for a scholarship, you may contact any Board Member, Representative or Scholarship Chairman for an application. Applications must reach the Scholarship Chairman by January 15.

There are entirely too many benefits to ICES membership to enumerate in one short article. Have I piqued your interest? If so, contact the Membership Coordinator, Gayle McMillan at 318-746-2812 or e-mail her at gvmcmillan@aol.com. She will take your name and address, tell you all about ICES membership and collect your dues over the phone (with credit card information), and you will start receiving your ICES newsletter with the next published issue.

And if you have suggestions and/or submissions for publication, please feel free to call or write me at the contact information below. I would be delighted to hear from you, whatever the reason!

Grace McMillan
ICES Newsletter Editor
324 W. Seward Rd.
Guthrie, OK  73044-7806
E-mail: IcesEditor@aol.com
Phone or fax: 405-282-3003 or
visit http://www.ices.org/

More on Sugar Petals® and  I.C.E.S.

Sugar Petals® will be exhibiting at the 28th Annual ICES convention to be held from July 31 - August 3.  They have been an exhibitor and friend of ICES since the company's first year of inception, 20 years ago. 

As Sugar Petals'® Online Distributor,  ExpressCreations is proud to join them in offering you only  the best that the industry has to offer in way of edible cake decorations. 

Be sure to stop by Booth# 405, where you can count on Quality and Service, every time!

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Sandwich fudge & peanut butter between 2 Ritz Crackers & dip it in White and Dark Chocolate.  Decorate w/ Sweet Charms.

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