History of Cakes by Dianne

As a young mother of four in the early '70's, I was so disappointed with a birthday cake I ordered for my young son's birthday. The red color was so bitter that we had to scrape the decorations off, so I decided I would learn to do this job, and not waste my money on more cakes that we couldn't eat.

I enrolled in a cake decorating class at GTI (which is now GTCC) and it was “Love at first squeeze” I was so amazed that I had a talent that had been well hidden. I just couldn't get enough of that magic. My teacher was Rose Mary Fosner and such a talented and wonderful lady and we became lasting friends.

In 1972 I enrolled in my first Wilton course in Chicago and was there two weeks for an extensive decorating class. I loved every minute of this, except the homesick part. When I returned home, my cake business was off the ground and running. The children were so helpful and didn't eat many of my mistakes.
I later went back to Wilton in Chicago for another two week Master Cake Decorating Class and later studied under some of the great teachers in Philadelphia, Cleveland and Florida.
I also went to New York several times and took classes in Gum Paste Flowers and was able to meet and talk with Sylvia Weinstock and Collette Peters, the great Wedding Cake Designers.

I began teaching Cake Decorating and Party Foods for GTI (GTCC) and taught for 14 years until my business became too large to manage such a schedule. My husband and I had started a catering business Pleasant Garden Catering and with the four children we would load up the vans and off we would go to cater weddings. We later built our own state of the art bakery with all the blessings of the Health Department and business was booming. I had a wonderful staff and manager and I was still able to be a mother and grandmother and felt that I was always at home because the catering building was right beside of our home.

In 2007 we decided to retire from the catering business and I really did retire for 2 years, but I missed my brides so much and I missed decorating those cakes, so I started over again.
Now I am Cakes By Dianne and just doing cakes and I love it.
I still have time to be a mother and grandmother but the creative juices can still flow.

Over the years, I have learned many new techniques. Together I know we will be able to design just the cake you have always dreamed about and I promise you won't have to scrape the icing off to eat it.

Dianne Fields