Ace of Cakes
| Ace of Cakes | |
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Series logo as seen in the opening sequence
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| Genre | Reality |
| Written by | Heather Mitchell Miriam Leffert Dustin Rubin |
| Directed by | Brandy Menefee Jeffrey R. Daniels Matthew Carr |
| Starring |
Duff Goldman Geof Manthorne Mary Alice Yeskey Sherri Chambers Anna Ellison Katherine Hill Adam Goldstein Richard Todd Karoll Katie Rose Mary Smith Ben Turner Elena Fox Lauren Friedman Erica Harrison Mark Muller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 115 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Becca Lewis Tom Rogan |
| Producer(s) | Authentic Entertainment |
| Location(s) | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Cinematography | Matthew Carr |
| Editor(s) | Grayce Lackland |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Food Network |
| Original release | August 17, 2006 – February 10, 2011 |
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Ace of Cakes was an American reality television show that aired on the Food Network. The show focused 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.
Ace of Cakes highlights the frantic activity encompassing the production of a substantial number of custom edible art cakes in a short period of time. The staff consists primarily of Duff Goldman's good friends who have varying personalities. They are frequently shown working long hours to build and decorate the cakes, yet are always making jokes to offset the alleged stress of hitting each deadline. Staff members sometimes 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 blowtorches, belt sanders, and power saws, and more to construct his designs.
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 the 2007 film 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 Harry Potter film in Los Angeles, an edible replica of Wrigley Field, a replica of the shark ray at the Newport Aquarium, a cake for the Paramount Pictures premiere of the DreamWorks Animation film Kung-Fu Panda, and a replica of the Hubble Space Telescope for NASA. For the season finale of Season 5, the bakery's staff traveled to Hawaii to create a cake for the 100th episode of Lost.
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