a boy named Kelvin, “Sometimes it’s good to be lazy, you can’t work all of the time.” (PK: True story – she made that into a bumper sticker for my truck). Art, Boats and Fishing ... that’s what’s up.) How did you started creating cakes for the REEF tournament? For many years, I had a specialty cake business. The cakes were more artistic and sculptural than gourmet, so every time there was a party, the organizations that knew me asked for a special cake. I even made Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ 103rd birthday cake. It was a 6-foot-long representation of the Everglades with chocolate alligators and pretzel mangroves. Channel 7 News said Mrs. Douglas was feted with a model of the Everglades and never mentioned that it was a cake. Oh well. So, naturally, it always still occurs to me that every special occasion deserves a cake. And since it was the first RE community fishing tournament, it was going to be special, and everyone, especially kids, loves cake. What are some of the cakes you’ve created over the years? The first one was a fondant version of the (Nathaniel) Johansson ’14 Start Boat heading out the RE canal toward the fishing fleet filled with fondant representations of the participants’ fishing boats. The cake was six feet long, starting with mangroves and ending with a drop off into a fondant sea creature reef. Others were a circle of fondant, life-size representations of local fish, a life-size (although smaller than the usual catch) mahi breaking the water attached to a line, several gravity defying representations of a fishing boat over a reef and several surprise enclosures made to look like cake (by plastering various boxes or coolers) filled with cupcakes and fondant sea creatures. How are you inspired to create the REEF cake each year? I like fish, fishing, sea creatures and making things out of fondant. I enjoy everyone getting a big surprise. What are some of the strangest ingredients or materials you’ve used to make the cakes? One year Bob DuBard helped by mounting a hydraulic scissor jack under the “installation.” What was the most extravagant cake you created? Although they get crazier every year, and Tony Mercadal is there to help with his drills, saws and carpentry skills, my favorite has to be the one that
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