I dedicate this Mini Cake Museum post to my 900th follower mark2wen (or maybe it’s hopeluststeam). It’s such a special occasion, so why not eat some cake? Okay, the cake might be made of Styrofoam, but the icing is real…and it’s the thought that counts. In the 1970s “Cake Lady” Frances Kuyper, a self-taught cake decorator and instructor, bought a second home to showcase her love of all things cake. Her collection consisted of 150 demo cakes, 90 instruction video tapes and over 500 cake decorating books. After Kuyper’s husband died in 1999, the cake collection moved to the Hollenbeck Palms Retirement Home in East Los Angeles. When Kuyper died last year, a San Fernando Occupational Center expressed interest in saving her cake-decorating models. In case you happen to find yourself taking MANICURING 1 at the school next fall, the items will be displayed in Room 49. That’s good to hear. Because that Princess Diana Cake must live on for future generations.
Oh, and don’t forget to pick up a copy of A Bitter-Sweet Life, Frances Kuyper’s autobiography. It is available here. Yes, it’s $68, rachellleeroth – it’s because Frances was no ordinary lady…she was a CAKE LADY!!!
