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1.What were Valentyn Shtefano's pastries known for? Attracting ... as well
as lip-smacking murmurs.
2.How long did it take Valentyn Shtefano to make the wedding dress? ...
3.What were made from caramelized sugar, beside Viktoriya's wedding dress?
Cromn, ...
Valentyn Shtefano's pastries were known for attracting stares and giggles
as well as lip-smacking murmurs. But even his fiancee was surprised when
Shtefano told her he was making her wedding dress — out of flour, eggs, sugar
and caramel. The dress — made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing 20 pounds — took
the 28-year-old baker two months to make, and by the end of the wedding
reception, bride Viktoriya said she didn't want to take it off.
Shtefano is a rising star in the field of baking as visual art, earning him
a following in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. His creations have generated a buzz in a place
where cake is often layers of heavy cream, wafers and nuts or poppy seeds — more
something to eat than to look at.Shtefano is eager to introduce new sweets to
this city of 125,000.Some of Shtefano's cakes are strictly for mature audiences,
like a pair of breasts. But he also created an elaborate Easter cake that drew
hundreds to a cathedral. It was a black and gold globe hatching from an Easter
egg, with pieces of eggshell on top of the globe and falling off to the side. It
was too pretty to eat.His biggest challenge was the wedding dress cake. At
first, he sewed empty cream puffs together, but the dress collapsed. Then, he
carefully attached the puffs to a wedding dress frame, and Viktoriya spent a
couple hours each night before the wedding modeling the dress as Shtefano added
more puffs.
Her crown, bouquet and necklace were made from caramelized sugar. |
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