Duff Goldman: Ace of All Cakes

Duff Goldman has been cooking since he was 4 years old. He started working professionally at the age of 14 in a local bagel shop. Ever since then he has put his own creative spin on everything he has done. It is said that his creativity comes from being raised in a family of great cooks. Aside from being a well-known, pretty much amazing baker, he is a sculptor, graffiti artist, musician, and artist. He is also in a band called “So I Had To?” Below is a picture of Duff with some of his creations. He is very proud of what he does, and he takes a lot of joy in bringing smiles and shocking reactions to things he can create in the kitchen. 

In 2000, he moved to Baltimore and started to make cakes for his friends and family for certain occasions. His creative works were so fascinating and word traveled fast. In 2002, he decided to make cake baking his full time job. In 2005 he bought a 6000 square foot cake compound in Baltimore. Something different about Duff and his co-bakers is that he hires people with all kinds of backgrounds: from architecture, performance are, graphic design, sculpture, and massage therapy. This makes sense though because he needs creative minds around him to enhance and build on his own creativity. 

These are some of the cake recipes and mixes that can be bought at some grocery stores. He enjoys being creative and loves to make the simplest thing, like cake, fun and good looking, while also making them absolutely delicious. 

According to the Cooking Chanel, “Duff’s teams takes cake design to the next level, motivated by the need to constantly outdo themselves by baking cakes that are beautiful, challenging and as out-of-the-ordinary as possible. His business is called Charm City, and it has grown to become one of the most popular cake shops in the nation. There are currently orders that are two years out. 

While there is no exact science or process Duff follows to be creative, to me at least, he is a good definition of creativity. He is given an idea or sees something, and is able to transform it into a cake. For example, for a party with the cast members of Lost (a TV show), he made a very intricate and detailed cake that summed up Lost. In a cake! It’s just amazing. Much like some of the writers we read about, he just saw an idea (a word for the writers) and was able to transform it into something with much more substance and detail. 

Works Cited: 

Cooking Channel. "Duff Goldman". Cooking Channel.com. 2014. Google. Web. 10 April 2014.

Food Network. "Duff Goldman: Ace of Cakes Behind the Scenes". Food Network.com. 2014. Google. Web. 10 April 2014.

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http://www.delish.com/cooking-shows/food-tv/duff-goldman-tricks-treats 

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http://www.aoltv.com/2009/04/21/lost-celebrates-100th-episode-with-ace-of-cakes-duff-goldman/