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Kim Simons standing beside a life-sized deer cake sculpture in an autumnal scene.

How and why I made a life-sized deer cake

“Would you be interested in making a life-sized mounted deer cake for my hunting camp’s one-hundredth anniversary?” I’ve had many an offbeat conversation with my friend …

A translucent blue sugar sculpture featuring a painted tree with intricate, colorful swirling patterns in the background, mounted on a matching blue sugar base.

Make sugar like glass

I’ve always loved to sculpt, and this is the skill that has primarily gotten me into most of my competitions on Food Network. But while shooting “Holiday Wars” in 2019, I became …

Fondant-covered musical instrument cookies

Make these musical instrument cake toppers

I’m pretty sure that everyone in the world loves music in some way, shape or form. I know I do. Early on in my life, I wanted to play the drums. But my father, being of a certain age from …

A blue fondant fox sugar piece with large eyes and a fluffy tail on a light surface

Make this Blue Fox sugar piece

I always joke that I’m the cake artist who can’t eat cake. Why? Because I have an allergy to gluten. And to rice, potatoes, oats and barley too, as …

A sugar art piece featuring clear amethyst crystals with purple-dipped bases sits in a glossy pool of swirling purple and white spun sugar.

Make this crystal amethyst cake topper

I’m often asked, “Who’s your favorite artist?” “Mother Nature,” I always reply. I’m very much in tune with nature and the elements. A lot of my …

An isomalt sugar swan figurine on a marbled red and purple base with heart decorations

Make this sugar swan

I’ve been fascinated by birds since childhood. When I see a hawk in flight, I know I’m going to have a good day. I’m lucky that I live in the mountains of Wurtsboro, NY, because …

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

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  • February 20, 2012
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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

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  • November 19, 2014
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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...

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

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

Woodland Creatures Class

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  • December 21, 2014
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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/