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Christine Tan's avatar

Thanks for a fun start to 2024 newsletter! If you haven’t already, check out photographer Cig Harvey’s latest work using cakes (all made by her daughter) as commentary on themes of ephemerality, perception, sensory experiences, and color/beauty. It’s interesting to see an artists use of cake as a subject vs how we bakers use cake as a medium for creative expression - exactly Cassie’s observations about the intersection of art + cake!

https://www.dowlingwalsh.com/exhibitions/cig-harvey3

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Julie Aring's avatar

I loved this anticipated trends of 2024 issue. I'm looking forward to the candied fruit; broad color blocking on sheet cakes; playing with scale (e.g. long cakes or lil' treats); novelty cake pans; and non-dairy condensed milk.

I wonder if another trend will be neighborhoods with micro-bakeries in homes. In my neighborhood where I lived a few years ago, we had a bread baker, a cookie baker, a nursery, and a cake baker all within walking distance. Order your bread early in the week and then stop by on the weekend during defined hours for pick up. It was delightful.

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