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Anyone who appreciates outside-the-box thinking will be in their glory watching Cooking Channel's newest entry, "Cake Masters." Indeed, the six-episode hourlong series that premieres Monday, April 11, features extreme baker and cake artist Duff Goldman ("Ace of Cakes") and his talented team at Charm City Cakes West creating imaginative designs that incorporate more than just flour, sugar, butter and eggs. Take, for instance, the confection he and his crew made for the premiere episode, which was based on the video game "Skylanders." It's an eight-foot-wide cake baked to resemble four of the characters, each with a chip wirelessly telling a game controller which character is which. And each character has a function. For example, a dragon could spew orange pudding that resembles lava from its mouth through a tube with an Archimedean screw inside. In the end, after the game is played, everyone could dive in and eat the cake – which almost seems like a shame given all the work and technological know-how that went into it. "No, you have to," Goldman insists. "That's the whole point because the thing is the cake is really good. Like we make really good cake, and so when you have something that's really cool looking or really beautiful, it's still a cake. No matter what it looks like, it's still a cake and the function of a cake is to be eaten. So you want to make sure that when you cut into something that's really, really amazing that it's worth cutting into." With his new Los Angeles location, the Baltimore-based Goldman has access to Hollywood's best and brightest when it comes to special effects, and they figure heavily in this series. Goldman's cakes start at $200, but the ones with all the bells and whistles go well into the thousands – and rightly so given the materials and man-hours involved. And some push Goldman to the limit. "There was one cake coming up later (in the season) that's actually a Transformer, Optimus 5, and it transforms," Goldman says. "Like, we basically had a guy build a robot and then we built a cake around the robot. It was amazing, absolutely amazing. And that one ... it was a Saturday delivery. I showed up at 9 a.m. Thursday, I didn't leave work till 5:30 p.m. Friday and we delivered Saturday. It was the most intense – I mean, we should never even have attempted this. It was way beyond what we were able to do. We pulled it off but at a price." BY GEORGE DICKIE Duff Goldman marries cake and machine on Food Network's 'Cake Masters' What book are you currently reading? " 'The History of Philosophy' by Bertrand Russell." What did you have for dinner last night? "I had some tomatoes, basil and fresh avocado." What is your next project? "I'm writing a book about soup." When was the last vacation you took, where and why? "That was over Christmas and New Year's, and I went to Hong Kong. Just for fun. I had never been there, so I was like, 'Yeah, let's go to Hong Kong.' So I went to Hong Kong for 10 days. It was amazing. ... I had a sugar cookie that was filled with pork gravy. It was wild." Page 8 April 11 - 17, 2016 Nobody Knows Our Hometown Better! • Carpet • Vinyl • Ceramic Mon.-Fri. 8-5 • Sat. 9-1 65669 US 33 East • Goshen 642-4770 TOLL FREE 1-877-642-4770 Area's Largest Selection of Remnants Large Inventory of Carpet, Laminate, Vinyl, and Luxury Vinyl Tiles! On or Off-Site Catering All Occasions Dine under the glow of gas lanterns Breakfast and Lunch Meals also available Open Tuesday through Saturday OEC Super Buffet 4024 Elkhart Rd Goshen IN 46526 Tel: 574-875-1298 Elk Lunch Monday-Friday 11am-3pm Adult $7.25 Children 2 years old $1.99 3-6 years old $3.50 7-10 years old $5.00 *Saturday Lunch $7.75 Dinner Monday-Friday 3pm-9:30 pm Adult $10.75 Children 2 years old $2.99 3-6 years old $4.50 7-10 years old $6.00 *Sunday Dinner Price ALL DAY $10.75 SENIOR DISCOUNT 10% PRICE RETIRE WORK Take Control of Your Future 64825 County Road 31 Goshen, IN 46528 1-866-764-1601 www.QualityDriveAway.com See America and Supplement Your Income!! Get Paid to Deliver Vehicles Throughout the U.S. & Canada Retiring Doesn't have to be Scary We Have Vehicles for Every License Type! Call Us Today!

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