I used to teach decorating and sell cakes but have been out of the loop. Have some free time on my hands and love to browse gorgeous cakes!

Who is your favorite cake artist?

I absolutely LOVE Christopher Garren. It is just so amazing what him and his team do with their cakes!

Mike McCarey makes cakes that are just unreal - I love his work!!

Mike McCarey (sp?) tops my list; www.mikesamazingcakes.com .
Nick Lodge is another favorite. They have totally different styles but their work is amazing.

I like Bronwyn Webber and the Cake girls. But I also like the stuff the Cake Boss team does.

Christy

Mike McCarey; his cakes are, well, amazing

Also, Ron Ben-Israel make the most impressive, realistic gp flowers.

Mike McCarey. I notice they never have him on Challenge anymore. Does he win too often, or is he too busy to be able to do it?

That reminds me, they used to have an audience when I've seen him compete, but I can't remember the last time they had an audience.

Thank you everyone! Off to browse...

Me, Earlene, Margaret Braun and Toba Garrett.

Marina Sousa of Just Cake....love her work!

I love Anne Heap and Wayne Steinkopf. I watched both of them in a Live Challenge last year and they were AMAZING!!!

I found a couple. Check out jacquespastries.com and highlandbakery.com.

Gosh, a favorite cake artist... you're kidding right?? That's like M&Ms -- can't have just one!

Hands down--Mike McCarey.

Also check out www.sweetouchbynhora.com.

Off the beaten trail a bit, but I love CakeJournal.com's Louise Winther Dueholm. The confections on her blog are so dainty, cute, clean and modern that I love them.

Definitely Mike Mccarey

There are so many to chose from, but I have to say that Christopher Garren's cakes are AMAZING!!!

The Caketress, too bad she's in Canada. Waiting for her challenge on the Food Network.

http://www.thecaketress.ca/index2.php#/home/

Marina Sousa

http://www.justcake.com/flash_index.php

Anne Heap and the Caketress

MIKE MIKE MIKE

Let's see, who are my faves... Scott Woolley, Alan Dunn, Jacques Fine Pastries, Carol Lowe, Gary Silverthorn, Michaelle Stidham, Jennifer Dontz, Rebecca Sutterby, Sugarshack, the gal in Russia (don't know her name) http://www.artcake.ru/cakes.htm ... who else... Caketress, the Cake Girls, Eddie Spence, Peggy Porschen, Boonenati, Kate Venter...

You know, it's so darned hard to pick "just one or two" -- there is so much incredible talent in so many areas of the sugar arts. Even among those who do the same kinds of work, for example Scott Woolley, Alan Dunn and Jennifer Dontz -- they're each unique in their own right.

Yep, it's definitely like M & Ms, you can't have just one!

Wow I have so many...Edna, Bronwen, Marina Soussa (spelling),Christopher Garrin, Sugarshack, and so many more I am drawing a blank...

From Food Network Challenges ...oh so many but I think my all time fav would be Bronwen... everything about her works speaks to me LOL

But I also love Edna he work is just WOW!!!

But there are so many people, just to many to mention wow tough question!

nth-ing Mike McCarey here...I was already sold on him but then I got his car cakes DVD and his skills just make my jaw drop. I watched the whole video saying "There's NO WAY I'm going to be able to pull this off," but then, sure enough, his instructions got me through it just fine. Smoothest process of making cake I've ever had, the guy really knows his stuff!

I wish he'd put out more DVDs. I would buy every single one I could get my hands on.

Die hard fan of Edna's work! Like sugarshack and many others too....This is def. a tough question

Mike McCarey! Mike McCarey! I love him...I keep telling my husband I would leave him for Mike McCarey in a heart beat.

I also love the lady who did my wedding cake, www.cakesfromcabinridge.com
She's incredible, although her name is currently escaping me.