This week I found some beautiful visual art at home. It also happened to be the edible kind! I live with friends from college, Megan and Chris Kremer. Megan runs a small cake making business from her home. Right now it is all the rage to order cake pops. I have been gone for a while so today was my first time to see what a cake pop meant. For something so simple Megan really knows how to make a statement. I was watching her as she worked today, and realized that she really has a talent for visual art as a cake maker. I love to watch her as she is making cookies, cakes, frosting, or anything really. She truly has a talent. Not only are the cakes much tastier than any of the pre-made cakes you would find at the store, they tend to be prettier too! Megan is very detailed and has high standards for her work. She seriously looks at perspective, complimentary colors, shading, size, and any other feature that would be important to the quality of her product. What I would normally think of as great, Megan can usually spot a problem. If something is off center or not the right shade Megan will find it and fix it!
She goes to great lengths to put out a delicious and beautiful product every time. When making a cake for her grandmother's 80th birthday she decided to create a cake with a wine theme. She created a label to put replace the real label on a bottle of wine and added supports to the cake so that the bottle could be part of the cake! It was an amazing idea that really did more than just a picture could have. She made the cake a 3-d piece of art! Her grandmother got to enjoy the beautiful cake as well as "her own vintage" of wine. It was a really special touch. Her business is really starting to grow! To help it grow she has done an excellent job of showing off her work through different media. You can find her on Facebook by searching Megan's Cakes or go to her website here! She has taken the time to purchase a camera that will take quality pictures so that her work is shown to the best advantage. She also continues to update and acquire new cake making supplies. She is currently working on creating a logo for her business.
Her business is about making great cakes, which you might think is all about taste, but that's not necessarily the case. People will buy a crappy tasting cake if it looks fabulous! So it is important that Megan create a visually perfect cake, more so than a tasty cake. Megan being the perfectionist that she is,does indeed make a very tasty cake, but I think she would still do well in her business if the cake was the same old stuff you would find from Hy-Vee. I think she is just that good at presenting the perfect visual. I don't have the same "eye" that she has. I can't look at a cake and know what will make it perfect. I can't be told a "theme" and think of a design...it's not my talent. If I had been told to make an M & M cake I would have made a normal round cake with the normal sides, but Megan thought too make the actual shape of an M & M and to take a little from the recent add campaigns as well! It was awesome!
*All pictures taken by Megan Kremer and used with permission.
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