I'd say by the time we all showed up he would have wished he would have sent samples thru the mail.
Think I'll just stick to watching on tv and dreaming
I am sure that their cakes taste great or they wouldn't be in business let alone have a show. I am going to Baltimore this summer and am thinking of emailing them and asking if I can work for free for them so I can watch and learn. Hubby has a conference there and I have to entertain myself.
I love this show so much. I just love any Cake shows. Wish there was only one channel of cake shows all day everyday for 7days 24 hours a day! 
I just love it.
Just wondering, I am a fan of Ace of Cakes on the Food Network. Has anybody in the Baltimore area ever tasted their stuff??? I think they are called Charm City Cakes.
Hi LoriMc 
Like you, I too am a BIG fan of Ace of Cakes! I have not had the priviledge of tasting their cakes either but would love to. I imagine them melting in my mouth and one day I aim to find out!! I would bet they are deeeeelicious!
I have watched everyone of his shows. In one of the earlier shows it showed a baker pouring cake batter into a pan. In all my years I have never seen a butter based cake (scratch) mix that pours. My box mixes though where very loose and poured. So i'm guessing he's a box cake maker. His icing looks like swiss meringue buttercream. I could be way off on this and Duff would probably crack up that we where so interested in his cakes.
Andrea
I used to work as a decorator for a well known grocery chain, granted it was almost 20 yrs ago but I image the basics are the same. It works like an assembly line - bakers, then decorators then front line (ie: packaging, customer service etc.) Products were order in 20, 40 lb etc. dry ingredient bags, and the wet ingredients would be added in shop. So I guess it could be considered a 'mix box'. I sure miss being able to say "I need 4 sheets of white and 6 chocolate. I'm also low on chocolate b/c when you have the chance." - and then having it all ready for me to ice and decorate that afternoon, or the next morning! At home decorators are doing the job of 2 people (minimum), and if you ask me should be charging more $ for thier efforts! I've been thinking of scratching the 'scratch' and using mixes, I think I'm making it harder on myself than needed.
I have watched everyone of his shows. In one of the earlier shows it showed a baker pouring cake batter into a pan. In all my years I have never seen a butter based cake (scratch) mix that pours. My box mixes though where very loose and poured. So i'm guessing he's a box cake maker. His icing looks like swiss meringue buttercream. I could be way off on this and Duff would probably crack up that we where so interested in his cakes.
Andrea
My chiffon cakes have a pourable batter and they're from scratch. They are put together using the muffin method like cake mixes though, besides the part where you whip up the whites separately. That's a chiffon thing. But yeah, most of my cakes have a pretty thick batter!
Not to drift to far from the original subject....but I have to say on the subject "to use box or not to use box?" I also really torn. I feel like people don't appreciate the effort of my scratch cake. I always wonder of they would know the difference. Any thoughts?
I love Ace of Cakes, by the way.
I've tasted one of his cakes. I don't know if it was Duff's or one of the others.....but it was for a wedding in Annapolis, and it was excellent. Funny, back then I wasn't into cake decorating, and so to me, it was just cake (that tasted great!)
Also....why, in the past, have topics about Duff's cakes gotten ugly?
That's weird!
People who didn't care much for Duff said that they were probably not good and then fanatics yelled and screamed and then the non-fanatics called them "thin skinned". . .you know the drill. 
My batters are always really thick, so maybe you're right andrea7. 
Not to drift to far from the original subject....but I have to say on the subject "to use box or not to use box?" I also really torn. I feel like people don't appreciate the effort of my scratch cake. I always wonder of they would know the difference. Any thoughts?
I love Ace of Cakes, by the way.
I'm nervous that they wouldn't hold up well. I've never tried a mix for carving or stacking. I would love to have confidence that the mixes would work. I also feel under appreciated for all my 'scratching'.
What nglez????? You mean people on CC (emphasis added) created CONTROVERSY over DUFF???? (please note the humorous sarcasm I'm trying so desperately to add!)
I"m convinced that no matter what, there will always be someone lurking in the background, just waiting to stir up some controversy!
What is it with people that they need so much conflict in their lives? I don't get it!
And....I'm not a fanatic of any person, but I'd rather hang out with Duff for a day than any other cake decorator I've seen. He's just so cool, adventurous, and young at heart. I need more of that in my life!
just to be clear...and before there's MORE controversy........... my sarcasm in that last post was directed at the fact that there are those people who like to stir the pot. Please don't think that it was directed at you nglez! I was just agreeing with you about all the silliness that can occur here!
I have watched everyone of his shows. In one of the earlier shows it showed a baker pouring cake batter into a pan. In all my years I have never seen a butter based cake (scratch) mix that pours. My box mixes though where very loose and poured. So i'm guessing he's a box cake maker. His icing looks like swiss meringue buttercream. I could be way off on this and Duff would probably crack up that we where so interested in his cakes.
Andrea
I've seen lots of times where he grabs the big tub of buttercream (premade) and he definately doesn't make his own fondant, (remember the one where he couldn't get the fondant delivered) and I think I've seen one show where the mixer was going with buttercream in it (which doesn't mean that it wasn't premade and they were just remixing it or thinning it). I have seen Rich pulling a cake out of the oven once.
All other opinions are confidential....
No I haven't LoriMC but I would love to taste their cakes. They must be really good!! People rave on their cakes apparently because in one episode I saw Mary and they other lady (sorry I'm new to watching so can't remember her name) but anyway 2 of the girls took a pumpkin shaped/carved cake in to a school or somewhere and in the back ground I heard a lady talking about how good Charm City's cakes tasted. She said something like ,"Mmm, I just love their cakes!" while she was eating it LOL My mouth drools just thinking about how good they must be. LOL
mommakescakes.....i didn't see anything about where you can sign up to be an intern.
how awesome would that be
I could care less what his cakes taste like I would just be happy to intern at his shop and get exposed to the cake mind of Duff.
Unfortunately, according to the last three questions of their FAQ page, not only can you not stop by to have a peek, but they also are not hiring "staff, interns, externs, or volunteers". Understandable. I'm sure they get those questions a lot. They did credit Cake Central as a valuable cake decorating/making resource on their website. Very cool! I just think the whole staff seems great, they just seem like so much fun!
I just went to google and put in jane magazine and intern ace of cakes and found this site, www.janemag.com/sweeps/aceofcakes/entry/long/ ,
Hope it works.
Sorry, 
I forgot to add that it was a sweepstakes. But maybe a lucky CC member can win it.
Sorry, I got excited when I found it and couldn't wait to share. Next time I'll know to read everything thru first.
Can I add my 2 cents?
I've seen two episodes and I wasn't impressed. I watched the cake for the "Science Center" it was a dinosaur blowing out a birthday cake. I was not impressed. Disappointed actually. Mostly because the dinosaur was not eatible in the least. So basically they made a two tiered birthday cake. But if someone was to say "wow look at that cake" very little of it was actually cake. I think for the reputation he has, I expected more.
And the second show I saw was the engine blowing up. Well, very little of that project was actually cake. I'm an amatuer compaired to him, and I could have made that engine.
Anyways, so far I enjoy the show, for the "drama" but I am quite disappointed on how little his "cake" is really cake.
Maybe it will get better?
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