Laurel A. Torres is a resident of Valhalla, NY and has been a Wilton Method Instructor since 1996. "I have always loved cake decorating and baking cakes since I first played with an Easy Bake Oven back in 1968. I also spent countless hours, in the kitchen, as a child with my grandmother, an immigrant from Czechoslovakia." Prior to becoming an instructor I was a principle cake decorator at Sam's Club and got my basic training from a culinary class at a vocational school in Valhalla. Laurel has taught over 800 students and is dedicated to making sure each and every one will gain a positive experience.
Laurel teaches all levels of classes and also teaches special holiday classes such as panoramic sugar egg, special fondant projects, and sugar flower making. Ms. Torres is available for private lessons, individual or group and makes cakes on request for special orders. She has recently been published in a few cake publications, including Mailbox News and American Cake Decorating.
Ms. Torres cakes have also been recently featured on Nickelodeon, Bravo Network, Major motion pictures and ABC Television.
Laurel is a member of I.C.E.S. and The New York City Cake Decorators Meetup
I have been reunited with my childhood cake decorations!
Believe it or not, a local bakery recently went out of business and they had a liquidation sale. Well low and behold, they had some very old vintage store stock of cake decorations and there were my circus animals! I decided to recreate this cake for my 2006 birthday!
Here was my mother's reaction:
"Oh My GOSH!!!! They are the original animals, I remember the lion with his head up, I remember the giraffe as being the same and that adorable loving elephant!! The others I remember vaguely. Who ever thought these animals would come into your life again. As they say miracles do happen."
