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Food Service Industries And The Art Of Cake Designing

17th December, 2009 - Posted by health news - No Comments

I never knew that you could work as a full time cake designer until a short time ago. I have noticed lovely decorated cakes before of course. However I did not know it was being done as a professional by someone dedicated to decorating cakes. But a recent encounter with a culinary artist exposed me to the fact. There are food service companies that mass produce cakes for businesses and they hire cake designers for their sweet products.

The culinary master who told me about cake design actually said that it is the most popular course you can take when it comes to food. In fact, cake designs are as old as cakes themselves. The very first person who manage to create a skin of icing on the cake was in effect, the very first cake designer. Ever since, there have been a number of improvements in the field, and not all of them have been widely accepted or used.

The two most popular flavoured icings are chocolate and vanilla even though there are so many more options. There are many materials to use also. But icing sugar continues to be the option of choice. There have even been attempts to market sugar-free icing sugar so people on a diet can still enjoy cake. however sales of this are low as the original version packs much more taste.

But more than the ingredients and the trends, it is the skill of the cake designer that determines how good a cake looks. You can make a masterpiece out of a molehill with even the plainest of cakes. And she or he can do so without using very expensive materials. You only need a good icing cone, the icing and some food colouring to create colourful creations. These simple items should not be overlooked. When you can have a magnificently designed cake and it is cheap too, you will be happy.