I am no dummy in the kitchen. I cook, bake, and experiment constantly but even with this experience under my belt, I take my hat off to cake decorators. The work they do is creative, delicate, precise, and downright difficult!

To launch the new show Cake Boss, Discovery Travel & Living set up a cake-decorating workshop and I was able to try my hand at it. It was not easy at all but I had a lot of fun playing with the sugar paste and decorating my very own flowerpot cupcake.


Our instructor showing us just how to work with the paste

I now genuinely have a new found respect for cake decorators. It is one thing to pipe a bit of frosting on a cake and it's another thing to shape and mould little intricate pieces of sugar art to form one lovely finished product. I can only imagine the time and concentration it takes to make an elaborate wedding cake. Simply amazing!


My lovely flowerpot that took almost 3hours to make

Cake Boss is the latest series with award-winning pastry chef and cake decorator Buddy Valastro. Buddy has created some of the most mouthwatering and elaborate cakes, including Britney Spears’ circus-themed 27th birthday cake. Withness the sugar-charged drama Buddy and his big Italian family experience as they manage their booming business at Carlo’s City Hall Bake in Hoboken, New Jersey.


My messy workstation

Cake Boss premieres on Discovery Travel & Living ASTRO Channel 707 tonight! It will be on every Wednesday at 7pm and will be repeated on Wednesdays at 5am and 1pm, Thursdays at 1am and Sundays at 4am, 12pm and 6pm.

I definitely will be catching Buddy on channel 707 to see just how he works on his cakes. While I may never want to do it again, I can now truly appreciate the art form.