Adventures in Higher Learning Broaden your horizons with classes in glass blowing, trapeze arts and fine cooking. By Katie Riley
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n a late winter Saturday in Baltimore, students gathered around a pastry table to learn the art of rolling fondant icing. “Turn the fondant as you use your rolling pin so that you have an even layer of thickness to completely cover your cake,” said instructor Amanda Rae, who was teaching a 6-inch cake decorating class. The students carefully followed instructions, making sugar fondant ribbons, flowers and bows. The end result: a half-dozen elaborately decorated cakes that would make Charm City Cake’s owner, Food Network star Duff Goldman, proud. “We get a lot of students that are Duff Goldman fans and we promise to always make it fun,” Rae says with a laugh. Most students sign up for a onetime class to try their hand at decorating a cake like Goldman, host of Food Network’s popular “Sugar Showdown” and “Kids Baking Championship” shows. Other students have attended a half-dozen classes or more, each time perfecting their technique so they can try repeating it at home.
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