"I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing."
-Ron Ben-Israel
WeddingView Quote
"We used to be referred to as bakers and then we became known as cake decorators and now we are known as cake designers. I teach at the French Culinary Institute in New York and cake design is a legitimate profession.“
-Ron Ben-Israel
posted in Design
Other Quotes by Ron Ben-Israel
Discover more inspiring quotes by Ron Ben-Israel
"When I celebrated my bar mitzvah, there was no cake. Today, there is no such thing as a bar mitzvah in the United States without a special cake. It can be even more complicated and expensive than a wedding cake, because bar-mitzvah cakes are often based on a particular theme."
-Ron Ben-Israel
WeddingView Quote
"I don't follow trends. I make each cake for a particular wedding, or event."
-Ron Ben-Israel
WeddingView Quote
"Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind."
-Ron Ben-Israel
PositiveView Quote
"The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life."
-Ron Ben-Israel
FoodView Quote
"I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings."
-Ron Ben-Israel
BirthdayView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."
-April Greiman
DesignView Quote
"I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay."
-Jimmy Choo
DesignView Quote
"I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that."
-Gabriel Basso
DesignView Quote
"We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are."
-James Hall
DesignView Quote
"As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design."
-Gianfranco Ferre
DesignView Quote
"The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process."
-Gianfranco Ferre
DesignView Quote