Susan notter biography
Notter school of pastry arts.
Karen's finished cake - she taught us how to do this in 1 day!
We had the total pleasure of having Karen teach the pastry arts instructors at the PA School of Culinary Arts in Lancaster PA. Karen and I met filming Halloween Wars in Los Angeles in December last year.
Susan notter biography
I was totally inspired by her skill and artistry so I invited her to come to us for a couple of days to share her structural concepts and decorating techniques.
So beginning with cake we made the layers for the skirt
I know - lots of straws but Karen wanted to show us how to stabilize a much larger cake.
We then cut the straws down to the height of the cake. Then it went in the refrigerator to cool.
For the central support we attached a flange to a board and then screwed the central pipe into it - Purchased at your local DYI store!
Once the cake was chilled we slid it over the pipe and then began carving
Once we had the skirt carved it was chilled again and then covered in a layer of butterc