by Madeline Best

Sophomore Marie Green discusses baking and cake decorating as this month’s artist of the issue.

What are your favorite things to bake and decorate?
“I normally do cupcakes.”

Why did you decide to start decorating?
“My mom got me a book [called “What’s New Cupcake”] about how to decorate cupcakes .”

How long have you been decorating?
“For a couple of years.”

Do you have any inspirations?
“If it is a holiday I make something themed that way. I really like the show Cake Boss. That kind of started my interest in baking.”

When decorating, what are your favorite designs?
“I like making flowers. I do those out of marshmallows. I also like to make animals. I use cookies, candy, chocolate; just anything that works that is edible.”

When do you usually do your baking and decorating?
“I’ve been doing it for advisory parties a lot and for special events.”

What’s your all-time favorite thing you have ever made?
“For the Fourth of July, I did the American flag out of cupcakes.”

What’s the hardest thing about decorating?
“Probably trying to make sure that everything doesn’t get all messy.”

Has there ever been a time when something went wrong?
“I was making little pies and [when] I put the icing in the bag, it exploded and went everywhere.”

Do you have any future plans with decorating?
“I don’t have any plans for being a cake decorator, I just like to do this for fun.”

Do you have any suggestions to anyone interested in decorating?
“Just be creative!”