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Kim Simons holding a blue ribbon and certificate beside a cake decorated with stacked woodland animals.

44th Annual Salon of Culinary Art & Exhibition

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  • November 23, 2012
  • 1 min

On November 11-13 I pariticipated in the 144th Annual Salon of Culinary Art & Exhibition at the Javit Convention Center in New York City. My cake Calling the Spirit Animals Though the Path of the...

Bah Hum Bakers WIN Food Network's HOLIDAY WARS!

  • News
  • December 26, 2019
  • 1 min

Kim discusses the Bah Hum Bakers' victory on Thunder 102's Ciliberto & Friends...

Collage of hand-painted glass bottles decorated with winter scenes, illuminated by string lights.

Beautiful Holiday Decorations

  • News
  • November 30, 2022
  • 1 min

These beautiful, one-of-a-kind, hand-painted bottles make for spectacular holiday decorations! Contact me about prices and delivery options: kame4@hotmail.com

A grotesque, hyper-realistic jack-o'-lantern with bulging red eyes, a pig-like snout, and a wide, toothy grin sits on a mossy green base surrounded by ivy leaves, with a small wooden sign reading "day" visible to the left.

Burn Brae Mansion Evil Pumpkin Birthday Cake!

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  • November 29, 2023
  • 1 min

I was happy to act in Burn Brae Mansion's DARK FOREST walk this year! (I was the girl who came out of the abandoned well.) After the last show, we had a birthday party for Tyler, one of the crew....

Promotional poster for the Hulu show Cake Toppers featuring two hosts and buddy Valastro.

CAKE TOPPERS Hosted By Buddy Valastro Now Streaming On Hulu!

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  • November 22, 2024
  • 1 min

I was privileged to compete on CAKE TOPPERS (Episodes 1 and 5) with Lily Halabi! The show began streaming on Hulu on Nov. 18, 2024. Check out this new cake competition now!

Contestants in striped aprons on tiered platforms on the set of Cake Wars Christmas.

Cake Wars Christmas - New Food Network Appearance

  • News
  • January 18, 2017
  • 2 mins

I recently appeared on Food Network's Cake Wars C hristmas and our team "Rowdy Reindeer" lasted though five intense episodes! It was an absolutely amazing experience competing with my partners Dean...

Kim Simons in a green apron with the Food Network logo in the background.

Cake Wars - New Food Network Appearance

Last month I appeared on Food Network's Cake Wars "Star Wars" and we won ! It was an absolutely amazing experience competing with my partner Gonzuela and recreating the characters for an planetary...

Kim Simons and a chef partner in front of a purple background.

“Cakealikes” Now Streaming on Discovery +

You can watch Kim and Blaque Shelton’s episode of CAKEALIKES (“Lady Gaga,” Season 1, Episode 1) *right now* on Discovery + (it will air on Food Network on Jan. 17 at 10:30 PM (EST).

Super Mario cake with a Mario figurine emerging from a green pipe on a tiered dirt-mound base.

Check Out Kim’s Super Mario Cake!

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  • February 22, 2020
  • 1 min

Customized for a local birthday party....Thanks to Maressa Valentin-Rivera at The Sweet Chalet in Sanford, FL for the excellent edible paints!

Flyer for the 4th Annual CNY Cake Competition featuring decorated cakes, cupcakes, and judge headshots.

CNY Cake Competition Drawing Near

  • News
  • September 9, 2012
  • 1 min

9/9/2012

Dessert Professional Magazine spread featuring Kim Simons and a peacock-decorated wedding cake.

Dessert Professional Magazine Feature

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  • September 2, 2013
  • 1 min

I have been named as one of the Top Ten Cake Artists in the USA for 2013 by Dessert Professional Magazine!!!

First Post!

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  • February 14, 2012
  • 1 min

Welcome to the new and improved cakesbykimsimons.com. It currently being updated. Feel free to browse the the galleries and become a fan on facebook.

Domino Sugar All American Classic Edible Fashion Runway Competition!

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  • February 14, 2012
  • 1 min

On October 6, 2012 I will be participating in a fashion competition creating an edible summer dress and accessories to be worn by a runway model. Please support my team. Donations go towards fighting...

Kim Simons holding a textured cake on the set of Food Network's Sugar Dome.

Food Network's Sugar Dome

This has been a great couple of months. After winning 1st place in the Wedding Cake Division at the Connecticut C ake Show, and taking "Best Showcake" at the Austin Cake Show (That Takes the Cake), I...

Cover of Get All Cook-y With Kim cookbook featuring Kim Simons among colorful flowers.

GET ALL COOK-Y WITH KIM (Gluten-Free Cookbook)

Kim shares delicious gluten-free recipes with you! E-book edition comes out May 1. AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW! [Click Here!](https://www.amazon.com/Get-All-Cook-y-Kim-Simons-ebook/dp/B0872J7W8B/ref=

Cover of Get All Cook-y With Kim paperback showing Kim Simons on a colorful flower background.

GET ALL COOK-Y WITH KIM Paperback Now Available!

Order yours today at Amazon.com!

Promotional flyer for a Gingerbread House Workshop featuring a smiling woman and a gingerbread house.

Gingerbread House Workshop, Dec. 3, 2020 (7-8:30 PM) Sold Out!

  • News
  • November 30, 2020
  • 1 min

Sign up and pay here for this *fabulous* workshop taught by Award Winning Cake Artist KIM M. SIMONS!

River Reporter article titled River Reporter columnist in Halloween Wars.

Halloween Wars

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  • September 16, 2021
  • 1 min

A nice article in today's RIVER REPORTER about my upcoming appearance on @FoodNetwork's #halloweenwars! Tune in beginning THIS SUNDAY at 9 PM (EDT).

River Reporter article titled Deliciously Creepy about Kim Simons Halloween Wars appearance.

HALLOWEEN WARS Update In This Week's RIVER REPORTER!

Make sure to TUNE IN this Sunday, October 3 at 9 PM (ET)! @FoodNetwork #halloweenwars

Paul Ciliberto holding a custom birthday plaque featuring a jukebox and caricature.

Happy Birthday, Paul Ciliberto!

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  • September 27, 2024
  • 1 min

The host of Ciliberto and Friends on Catskill News Talk Radio becomes a Classic Hit himself on his birthday! I was honored to bring him this Birthday Cookie I made (commissioned by Bold Gold Media)...

Hey, I have a YouTube Channel!!

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  • November 24, 2017
  • 1 min

This is the story behind my Spirit of the Catskills Cake! Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel! Thanks!!

Contestants in aprons standing in a television studio kitchen on Holiday Wars.

HOLIDAY WARS Episode 3 Pictures

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  • December 17, 2019
  • 3 mins

A few snaps of THE BAH HUM BAKERS on Episode 3 of FOOD NETWORK'S HOLIDAY WARS , which aired originally on Dec. 15, 2019!

Magazine spread from Edible Artists Network featuring a sculpted cake with mountain lion, bear, wolf, and eagle.

I have been featured in Edible Artists Network

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  • February 27, 2014
  • 1 min

A hyper-realistic cake sculpture depicts a Native American figure with black and white face paint, a raven perched on their head, and beaded moccasins arranged on the display board.

I am Crow Cake

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I just created a video of one of my specialty birthday cakes on youtube

I have a new video of me demonstrating a recent birthday cake that I made. It's a stuffed animal of a floppy elephant and his baby mouse sidekick. In it, I show the whole process condensed into 4...

An ornate, multi-tiered cake with gold and bronze filigree detailing and jeweled accents is topped with a vibrant blue peacock figurine.

India Peacock Wedding Cake

This weekend I entered a wedding cake at the National Capital Area Cake Show. I designed it with a unique style that is not your typical "White Wedding" cake. It won People's Choice and second place...

It's Been A Busy Couple of Weeks!

COVID-19 still has us basically on lockdown here in "Upstate" New York, but I've managed to stay busy with online demos, radio interviews, and my monthly column in The River Reporter! <Youtube id="2C

Close-up of a sculpted Santa Claus figure on Holiday Wars.

Kim and the BAH HUM BAKERS Move On to Round 3 of HOLIDAY WARS!

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  • December 9, 2019
  • 2 mins

The tension was high on Food Network's second episode of HOLIDAY WARS (which first aired Dec. 8, 2019), but Kim and the BAH HUM BAKERS survived to compete in Round 3, airing on Dec. 15, 2019 at 9 PM...

KIM FEATURED IN THE RIVER REPORTER

Cakes By Kim Simons

Kim Simons with radio host Adam Owens in the DNH radio studio.

Kim Featured on DNH's TASTE TEST THURSDAY With Adam Owens

Cut-and-paste the link for a funny, informative interview. Kim shares Rowdy Reindeer cookies with Adam, who then shares hot sauce with Kim! (Originally broadcast Jan. 16, 2020) https://www.radiobold.

Three women holding heart cards in front of a De Filippis Bakery sign.

Kim Helps Raise Money for WSUL's HEART-A-THON

  • News
  • January 27, 2020
  • 2 mins

​MONTICELLO NY: It was five years ago that Joanna M. Gass suffered a heart attack. Three weeks later, she lost her husband to one of his own.   ​Arthur Gass was 53 years old.   “No one should...

River Reporter article about making a Valentine's Day lovebird cake topper by Kim Simons.

KIM IN THE NEWS

Local and regional news organizations are putting the spotlight on Kim.

Kim Talks About HOLIDAY WARS (CILIBERTO & FRIENDS, THUNDER 102)

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  • December 17, 2019
  • 1 min

I talk about Episode 3 of HOLIDAY WARS with Thunder 102's Paul Ciliberto in an interview that aired on Dec. 17, 2019.

The Sweet Chalet cake supply storefront in Sanford, Florida.

Kim Teaches Classes at The Sweet Chalet in Sanford, FL

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  • February 15, 2020
  • 3 mins

SANFORD, FL. Kim M. Simons—winner of Food Network’s “Holiday Wars” this past December—takes a deep breath in the warm morning sun on Monday, February 10. “I could get used to this,”...

Kim on THUNDER 102

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  • December 10, 2019
  • 1 min

Kim on Ciliberto & Friends, Thunder 102 radio Dec. 10, 2019

Kim to Teach PAINTING WITH ROYAL ICING Classes

  • News
  • February 16, 2020
  • 1 min

Kim will be teaching PAINTING WITH ROYAL ICING classes at The National Capital Area Cake Show (March 27-29). Visit www.cakeshow.org for more information.

Kim Simons with raised arms in front of a Halloween Wars promotional graphic.

Kim To Compete on Food Network’s HALLOWEEN WARS!

  • News
  • September 3, 2021
  • 1 min

So psyched to be on Food Network’s HALLOWEEN WARS!

The Bah Hum Bakers team in lime green aprons on the Holiday Wars set.

Kim's HOLIDAY WARS Klips Episode 1

Watch Kim and the Bah Hum Bakers work their magic on Episode 1 of HOLIDAY WARS, which aired on Dec. 1, 2019!

Kim's Interview on Thunder 102 (April 9, 2020)

Kim talks with Cilberto & Friends about her projects since her HOLIDAY WARS victory and what she's doing under current coronavirus restrictions.

A three-tiered winter-themed cake features white fondant decorated with embossed snowflakes and pine branches, a middle tier painted with a blue birch forest scene, and piped sugar pine trees dusted with white "snow" on the top and bottom tiers, illuminated by blue LED lights underneath the upper layer.

Latest Cakes…

  • News
  • December 19, 2023
  • 1 min

Made for this past weekend…a birthday and a wedding!

Promotional graphic for an Icing Images Facebook live demo featuring Kim Simons and isomalt supplies.

LIVE DEMO on ICING IMAGES FACEBOOK, Thurs. Aug. 5, 2021 3 PM (EDT)

Join me LIVE! Always a great time with ICING IMAGES!

Promotional graphic for a Facebook live demo featuring a woman with a torch and a floral sphere.

LIVE Demo Thursday July 30, 2020 3 PM EDT

Join me for this live demo!

Promotional graphic for a Van Gogh Bunnies Facebook live demo with bunny cakes and Starry Night background.

Live Demo TODAY On ICING IMAGES' FACEBOOK Page! 3 PM (EST)

I'll be demoing VAN GOGH BUNNIES using SmArt Sheets and Artisan Accents colors!

Promotional flyer for a gingerbread decorating demo featuring a painted birch tree cookie.

LIVE Demo Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 1-2 PM (EDT)

Feel free to join me for this demo, which is sponsored by THE BRISTAL ASSISTED LIVING Facilities in New York and New Jersey! Just follow this GO TO MEETING link: ...

Promotional graphic for a Facebook live event featuring decorated cookies and Kim Simons.

Live On ICING IMAGES' FB Page Tonight!

  • News
  • September 13, 2022
  • 1 min

Follow this link to catch me LIVE TONIGHT (Sept. 13, 2022, 7 PM EST:  www.facebook.com/IcingImages

Promotional graphic for Blue Wonder isomalt video tutorial featuring a blue glass-like sugar bowl.

MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS: Blue Wonder Video Tutorial & Kit Now Available!

Grab Kim’s latest video tutorial for $7.99 USD plus a Simi Cakes kit and create your own magic!

Isomalt turtle with colorful floral paper quilling in its shell on a wooden surface.

MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS - FLORAL TURTLE Video Class Now Available!

Kim is now posting video tutorials on line for sale! In this MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS segment, she teaches you how to make this beautiful sugar piece! Download the step-by-step tutorial for only $11.99...

Promotional flyer for a Make Sugar Like Glass Lotus Flower tutorial featuring blue and purple isomalt lotus candy.

MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS: LOTUS FLOWER LIVE TUTORIAL April 30, 2020

Get the exclusive Simi Cakes LOTUS FLOWER KIT:

Promotional flyer for a Make Sugar Like Glass Koi Fish live demo featuring a sugar koi pond cake.

MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS: KOI FISH! (Live Demo) July 2, 2020 3PM (EDT)

Join Kim and Icing Images for the next MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS: KOI FISH! on Icing Images Facebook page LIVE (July 2, 2020, 3PM EDT).

MAKE SUGAR LIKE GLASS: KOI FISH POND Video on YouTube!

Here's the follow-up video to my live demo on ICING IMAGES from July 2, 2020!

Propane tank painted with a mural of a fawn and rabbits in a meadow.

My Latest Murals

Here are some pictures of my most recent murals. If you’d like a mural, contact me and we can talk about design and pricing!

A sculpted cake depicting an Amazon rainforest scene with a toucan, sloth, and jaguar around a stream.

New Cake - Amazon Rainforest Cake

Grand Prize Divisional at the National Capital Area Cake Show 2016 and featured in ICES magazine.

An intricately designed cake styled as a rustic woven basket with metallic gold basket-weave texture, overflowing with handcrafted sugar flowers in soft pastel pinks, yellows, whites, blues, and creams, including detailed roses, daisies, and ranunculus with green leaves and tiny filler blossoms.

A Fresh New Website!

Out with the old, in with the new! The website has finally gotten a proper redesign.

Newspaper article about an SCVA Dove sign featuring a psychedelic dove sculpture.

New SCVA Dove Revealed at Prestige Towing!

Click the link for the story in the SC Democrat.

Kim Simons kneeling beside a Parksville welcome sign decorated with local photos and logos.

New Sullivan Catskills Dove Revealed On the Trail In Parksville NY!

  • News
  • November 26, 2024
  • 1 min

Very proud to have finished my thirteenth-and-a-half dove!

Kim Simons and a partner beside a squirrel-themed cake on Food Network's Duff Till Dawn.

New TV Appearance - Food Network's Duff Till Dawn

This week I appeared on Food Network's Duff Till Dawn and I had the time of my life. It was an absolutely amazing experience meeting the Ace of Cakes , Duff Goldman , and competing with my partner...

Three smiling women pose together against a white background, with the woman in the center wearing a vibrant blue textured dress and holding a yellow clutch while pointing at it, flanked by a woman in a striped sweater and another in a black blazer.

Pictures from the Domino Sugar All American Classic Edible Fashion Runway Competition!

On October 6th 2012, I worked with Grace Choi, a fashion student from Cornell University to design an edible dress to be modelled by Dale Kinney down the runway. The event was a charity fund-raiser...

A smiling woman with long dark hair stands beside two large vertical panels of toasted marshmallows arranged to create pixelated mosaic portraits of an owl and a dog.

Profile of Kim and CAKEALIKES Published In the TH-R Today!

https://www.recordonline.com/story/life/2021/01/04/sullivan-county-cake-food-artist-featured-food-network-plus-cakealikes/4070847001/

Kim Simons beside a painted dove sign for White Lake Homes with psychedelic art.

SCVA’s 51st Dove Revealed!

  • News
  • September 7, 2021
  • 1 min

The dove I painted for White Lake Homes (White Lake NY) was revealed on Friday, September 3. Very proud of this one!

Newspaper column Down With Love featuring a couple holding a dog and a painting of the dog.

Latest News…Clips

My recent KIM’S KITCHEN featured my grandmother and her influence on me. And today, columnist extraordinaire Jonathan Charles Fox praised my recent Sip & Paint class at Hector’s Inn. Check out...

An elaborate, multi-tiered cake decorated with a winter theme features two white owls perched on birch tree branches, surrounded by snowy landscapes, pink flowers, and a miniature open book.

Snowy Owl Wedding Cake

  • News
  • February 20, 2012
  • 1 min

This weekend I competed in the wedding cake competition of the 2012 Connecticut Cake Competition in Hartford Connecticut. The theme for the show was The Great Outdoors and my cake was the grand prize...

Steampunk wolf cake diorama with a white wolf howling at the moon with clockwork lower body.

Steampunk Wolf Cake

  • News
  • November 19, 2014
  • 1 min

The Steam Punk Sugar Geeks Have arrived! We've traveled through time and space to bring you the steampunkiest of cake creations! Sweet treats created by some of the geekiest cake artists around. So...

News article screenshot about Kim Simons competing on Food Network's Halloween Wars.

Sullivan County Democrat Article on HALLOWEEN WARS

  • News
  • September 11, 2021
  • 1 min

Copy and paste the link below to read the article! https://www.scdemocratonline.com/stories/local-cake-artist-set-to-compete-on-food-networks-halloween-wars,51678

Flyer for a Sip and Paint event at El Sombrero featuring desert scene paintings.

Upcoming Classes

See the details below:

THE SEA TURTLE CAKE

The story behind my SEA TURTLE CAKE. Check this out, and please subscribe to my YouTube channel. THANKS!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjq6O14Yq1s&feature=youtu.be

Wine Barrel Cake & Bumbles Christmas Cake

Hand-painted mini diorama of a red fox and raccoon beside a hollow log.

Woodland Creatures Class

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  • December 21, 2014
  • 1 min

I'll be teaching a class at Cake Fest in Lafayette Louisiana this coming February 21st. I'll be teaching "Woodland Creatures" http://www.cakefestla.com/classes/saturday/