News and Events

An afternoon with Nicholas Lodge for some of the CCDG Dundas members at Klara Johnson's School.  From left to right, back to front:

June Lynch, Lynne Jury, Nicholas Lode, Pauline Brousseau,

Carmela Palmer, Monika Paradi, Gordana Mihajlovic, Louise Howling, Fortura Aliberti

Two of our administrative members pictured here with Wendy Kromer.  From left to right:

Bonnie Gordon, Christine Kropp, Wendy Kromer

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Bonnie Gordon School:

The Cake Show 2010

Lessons and Workshops:

All our chapters are associated with teaching facilities.  Upcoming courses in the various chapters include (in no particular order):

• The Lambeth Method
• Introductory Cake Decorating
• Figure Modeling
• Designing With Chocolate Clay
• The Art of Baking
• Flowers and Borders
• Gum Paste Flowers
• Preserves For Signature Cakes
• Wedding Cake Design
• Haute Couture Cakes
• Cookies and Seasonal Baking
• Topsy Turvy Cakes
• Ribbons, Bows, Tassels and Pearls
• Adults and Kids Cake Decorating

....and so much more!

Upcoming Guild Meetings:

(in no specific order)

• Tax Issues - find out if you can claim your cake decorating lessons and equipment expenses when filing your taxes.  Answer questions such as:  Do I have to charge my clients GST and PST?  Can I claim my GST rebate?  Should I incorporate?
• How To Make a Cupcake Stand - find out how to do it yourself!
• Product Testing - our sponsors will supply ingredients or tools for our members to test and evaluate, be a part of building the products that you would like to use in your kitchen.
• Food Safety - a seminar from the Health Department on hygiene in the kitchen, what the local health regulations are (each chapter will be different) and find out how you can become a certified food handler
• Show and Tell - discover all the latest tools and goodies from the ICES convention.
• How To Make a Gum Paste Package Bow -  a demonstration on how to make these oh so popular bows!
• HST - we're putting together a meeting to introduce this subject to our industry
• Sugarveil - all about how to use this wonderful ingredient to enhance your cake designs
• Cricut - want to know how this works?  Keep your eyes on our schedule for more information
• Baking Challenge - members are given ingredients which they have to transform in their own special way to create their own signature recipe to bring back the following month
• Flavour Tastings - ever wondered which flavours are best, strongest, most popular, cost effective, or easy to use?  We will let you taste a whole range of flavours while you use your trained senses to guess which flavour it is, this is not as easy as you think!
• Fondant Testing - as many makes of fondant as we can get our hands on are kneaded, coloured, rolled, tasted and graded to see which fondant YOU like best.
• How To Build a Website - and use it to it's full potential, find out if you need one, or if there is a free, simple to use alternative that fits your needs.
• Brush Embroidery 101 - this wonderful art can be so beautiful but is rarely used, brush up on your skills and have some fun
• Insurance in the Food Industry - what happens if you drop a cake?  Are you insured if a client slips on your drive?  What happens if someone chokes on your cake?  Does your car insurance cover you for deliveries?  How much do you have to earn before you need to think about insurance?
• Seasonal Cookies and Gingerbread Houses - just in time for the holidays share your secrets, get some inspiration.
• How to Photograph Your Cakes and Prepare Them For the Web - this is such an important piece of knowledge for anyone wishing to send pictures to clients, upload their pictures to the internet or build a website.  Your pictures speak volumes about your work and your professionalism.