Meet The Decorator

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=70 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> About the Cake, Inc.   </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=11.25% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="173da54f3.jpg"> <div> <B>Cleveland</B></div> <div> <B>Wedding</B></div> <div> <B>Cakes</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=410 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aboutthecake.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aboutthecake.com"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aboutthecake.com/cakegallery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aboutthecake.com/cakegallery."><U>Gallery Home</U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Meet The Decorator</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17fc4c420.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Hello.  My name is Becky Rink and I am the owner of About the Cake, Inc, located in Avon, Ohio.  I am the decorator, delivery person, and clean up crew. </div> <div>  And, I can bake a mean cake!</div> <bR> <div> Growing up in a house where your mom made baking an almost everyday treat and spending countless hours pouring over the old Wilton Yearbooks designing our future wedding cakes, I discovered and valued the "Do-It-Yourself"er in me.   Wanting to share this with my own children, I was given the opportunity through a birthday gift from my sister.  While her husband watched my screaming infant, she and I sat down to what turned out to be the beginning of my passion.  We made it through Wilton I, beginning cake decorating.</div> <bR> <div> It was shortly after that class that I discovered  there was more to decorating than the Wilton Method.  The floodgates opened.  Through the use of internet websites, message boards and library books, I embarked on the journey.  I discovered <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Freestyle Script" ><A HREF="http://www.ices.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ices.org"><U><I>I.C.E.S.</I></U></A></FONT>, an international group of sugar artists and cake decorators.  It was and continues to be, a source that I draw from to help keep my designs fresh, unusual and interesting. </div> <bR> <div> In the first couple of years, through the discovery of sculpted work and fondant, the challenges of gravity-defying works began to unfold.  I began to get requests for cakes on a more regular basis so in 2001, About the Cake opened.  I specialize in sculpted and wedding cakes.</div> <bR> <div> I have taken classes from nationally known pastry artists such as Toba Garrett, Colette Peters, Di Simmons, Roland Winbeckler, B. Keith Ryder, and  Michaelle Stidham.</div> <bR> <div> I am not a classically trained pastry chef.  </div> <div> I am not a student of sculpture or art, nor do I have a background in art.  </div> <div> I am a baker.</div> <div> I am a cake decorator. </div> <div> I am a sugar artist.</div> <bR> <div> I see a cake in everything!</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  I began teaching through an invitation from the local representative of ICES by demonstrating at an Ohio ICES Day of Sharing in 2005.  Through this experience, I discovered the love for sharing my art through teaching.  Since that time, I have had the opportunity to teach locally as well as out of town.  Currently, I am teaching whimsical cakes, fondant face sculpting, carved purse cakes, and edible jewels.  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>