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"Judging
by the strict advice she received on cake
decorating at the Institute of Culinary Education
('use only pastels; no blues or lavendars')
her pastry school teachers might regard her
cakes with disapproval. But Elisa Strauss
'98, founder of Confetti Cakes (www.confetticakes.com),
sees herself as an artist, not a pastry chef.
And whether the creation in question is in
the shape of a Manolo Blahnik shoe (made for
Blahnik himself) or an Apple computer, her
customers are always satisfied with her exquisite,
if unorthodox, desserts. 'The point of being
a designer,' said Strauss, 'is to be able
to do anything.'"
"After majoring in art at Vassar, Strauss
went on to work in New York as a designer
for Ralph Lauren (she made him a cake in the
shape of a Bugatti car) and Frederic Fekkai
before going to pastry school. Her background
in textile design lends itself to her painstakingly
detailed confectionary replicas of everything
from a plate of sushi (even the chopsticks
are edible) to a golf course." |
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