Ace of Cakes is a reality television show currently airing on the Food Network. The show focuses on the daily operations of Duff Goldman's custom cake shop, Charm City Cakes, in Baltimore, Maryland; including small-business ownership, working with various vendors, tasting with customers, constructing cakes, and delivering his products. The show is one of Food Network's first docu-soap reality series, paving the way for new outside the kitchen studio programs. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... Matthew Carr (born April 29, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer. ... Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes Jeffrey Adam Duff Goldman (born December 17, 1974) is the star of the Food Network reality television show Ace of Cakes. ... Geoffrey Manthorne (more commonly known as Geof) is on the Food Network reality-TV show Ace of Cakes. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Baltimore redirects here. ... Matthew Carr (born April 29, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer. ... Food Network is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food. ... is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Food Network is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food. ... Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes Jeffrey Adam Duff Goldman (born December 17, 1974) is the star of the Food Network reality television show Ace of Cakes. ... For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). ... Baltimore redirects here. ... Food Network is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food. ... Docu-soap In many reality television shows, the viewer and the camera are passive observers following people going about their daily personal and professional activities; this style of filming is often referred to as fly on the wall or cinéma vérité. MTVs Laguna Beach: The Real Orange...

Synopsis

Ace of Cakes highlights the frantic activity surrounding production of a large number of custom cakes in a short period of time. The staff consists primarily of Goldman's personal friends. They are frequently shown working long hours to build and decorate the cakes. Staff members drive the cakes to their final destinations, which can require road trips of several hundred miles. Goldman has an informal approach to running Charm City Cakes. He is known for using non-traditional cooking utensils such as blow torches, belt sanders, and power saws to construct his designs. This article is about the film Road Trip. ... A blowtorch is a tool used in gas welding and metal cutting and brazing and sometimes in soldering. ... Portable saw A saw is a tool for cutting wood or other material, consisting of a serrated blade (a blade with the cutting edge dentated or toothed) and worked either by hand or by steam, water, electric or other power. ...

Some of the notable cakes created by Charm City Cakes include cakes for the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico in Maryland, Baltimore Zoo, the premiere of Hairspray, a replica of Radio City Music Hall for the Rockettes, a hatbox-shaped cake for an 80-year-old grandmother, the Hogwarts castle for the premiere of the fifth installment of Harry Potter at Los Angeles, an edible replica of Wrigley Field, a replica of the shark ray at the Newport Aquarium, and more. The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Largest metro area Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 101 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N... The Maryland Zoo (formerly The Baltimore Zoo) is a located in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland. ... This article is about the 2007 film. ... Radio City Music Hall at Christmas 2005 Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Rockettes are the best known precision dance company in the world, stationed out of the Radio City Music Hall. ... For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see Wrigley Field (Los Angeles). ... This article is about the aquarium in Newport, Kentucky. ...

Episodes

Main article: List of Ace of Cakes episodes

Season one of Ace of Cakes consisted of six episodes airing in early fall 2006. The show proved to be one of the highest-rated prime time shows in Food Network's history; causing the network to order 13 episodes for season two, including an hour-long episode featuring the official NFL cake for Super Bowl XLI. NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Date February 4, 2007 Stadium Dolphin Stadium City Miami Gardens, Florida MVP Peyton Manning, Quarterback, Colts Favorite Colts by 6. ...

Season three began on July 2007, and season four premiered on January 24, 2008. is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Production

While Ace of Cakes is shot on location in Baltimore, episodes have featured locations in several cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., and more. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Ace of Cakes is edited in Los Angeles at the show's production company, Authentic Entertainment.

Reception

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References

• Newsweek
• Entrepreneur.com
• People magazine
• Dallas Morning News
• The Street
• Geek Monthly

External links

• Ace of Cakes - Official Food Network site for the series
• Ace of Cakes - Official series site
• Charm City Cakes official site
• Ace of Cakes at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Chef Duff from Empire Extreme Magazine March 2008