Welcome to Doly Madison Cake Art Designs!

     Welcome to my site. Please, pour yourself a nice hot cup of coffee or tea, sit back, put your feet up and enjoy. While you relax, let me show you some of my exquisite cake art designs. I hope you will find something here that will tickle your fancy, spark your imagination, or eve bring a treasured memory to mind.

     Please visit often... I do so enjoy your company...     

     Cakes in some form or another have been with us almost from the beginning of time. The Bible mentions honey cakes as part of the fare of the ancient Hebrews. The early Egyptians also made cakes with honey. But it was the ancient Romans who made the first attempts at cake decorating when they began a tradition of of piling up several small cake, one on top of another, as high as they could, and the bride and groom would kiss over the tower and try not to knock it down. If they were successful, it meant a lifetime of prosperity.

     In the 1660s, during the reign of King Charles II, a French chef was visiting London and observed the cake piling ceremony. Appalled at the haphazard manner in which the British stacked baked goods, often to have them tumble, he conceived the idea of transforming the mountain of bland biscuits into an iced, multi-tiered cake sensation.

     British papers of the day are supposed to have deplored the French excess, but before the close of the century, British bakers were offering the very same magnificent creations.

     Today, cake decorating is a highly regarded art, with offerings available for almost every occasion, and numerous schools offering classes for the would-be decorators.

     I hope you will find the cakes I have designed, and are pictured on these pages inspiring and helpful. In the near future, I Will be offering easily understood, step-by-step instructions for making these and other cakes for an inexpensive fee.

    In the meantime, please feel free to browse and enjoy.

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