Cake! Magazine by Aust Cake Decorating Network August 2020 | Page 3

letter from the editor Welcome to our 3rd issue for 2020, the COLOUR issue! This issue of Cake! Magazine is designed to fill your day with a little colour - some fun and bright designs - to bring a smile to your face. In this issue we feature some gorgeous cake and cookie designs created by talented Australian cake decorators and sugar artists. It is a great pleasure to be able to showcase the amazing talent we have within our Australian cake decorating community through Cake! Magazine. Our 2020 Awards Night is on 28th November 2020 and was to be held in Melbourne. Due to the current restrictions with COVID we will be taking our Awards Night event online! This will be a fun night to celebrate our industry and catch up virtually. Nominations open soon! More info at www.acdn.me/awards In this issue we feature our regular Cake Chat column with Amber Comadira-Smith and interview Cara Tonkin of Cara Mia Cake. We hope you enjoy reading this issue of Cake! Magazine and we look forward to being able to meet up with our members again inperson soon! Liz COVER IMAGE: Natalia Campbell of Cookielicious NZ Liz Wright editor Liz is the editor of Cake! magazine and founder and owner of the Australian Cake Decorating Network. Liz grew up surrounded by cake, spending hours upon hours watching her mum create stunning wedding cakes (in the days of intricate piping and extension work!). Liz is excited to have the opportunity to use Cake! magazine as well as the Australian Cake Decorating Network to showcase the incredbile talent of cake decorators in Australia and worldwide. Kellie Rudland contribution manager Kellie discovered the world of cakes 10 years ago. Since then she has worked alongside pastry chefs as a head decorator for an established cake company. Kellie joined the ACDN team in 2013 and along with Contribution Manager for Cake! magazine, Kellie is also Social Media Manager for ACDN.