SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo ® is South Florida's largest baking supply expo. Offering over 90+ classes from the industries top cake decorating artist.
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Our vendor hall has over 100+ vendors selling baking supply products from around the world. The SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo is going to be the hottest cake show on the market! It will be held at the Miami Airport Convention Center the last weekend in April. The SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo will be an innovative, fresh and fun show for all cake and confection enthusiasts who are interested in buying sup
plies, networking, and spending time with industry leaders. There will be vendors from all around the world demonstrating and selling their finest and latest collection of products. The SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo will be a valuable experience for everyone who participates! Open to the public, this is going to be the event that you do not want to miss. Mark your calendars for your sunshine-filled weekend in Miami, the hottest city around!
12/16/2024
Back in 2015, the SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo was born out of a desire to revive the cake expo industry. With the help of friends, family, loyal attendees, and some blood, sweat and tears, over the past 10 years the show grew from an impossible dream to one of the best cake expos in the world.
As our families and businesses have grown and our day jobs have continued to occupy more and more of our time, the SoFlo Team has decided it is time to move on to new ventures, and maybe catch up on some long overdue rest.
We want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts who trusted us in the beginning and stuck with us year after year.
SoFlo could not have been possible without all of our amazing vendors, talented instructors, enthusiastic attendees, volunteers, friends, and families. There are no words to truly express our gratitude to all of you, so we will simply say
THANK YOU and we will miss you.
SoFlo is now available for purchase! If you're interested, please reach out via email at [email protected]
04/25/2024
Don't forget to order your swag ahead of time and select PICK UP if you'd like to pick up this weekend at the Swag Booth!
Pre-Order 2024 NEW SoFlo Apparel and make sure you get your favorites before they sell out at the show!
🎂 Select PICK UP to pick up your order at the SoFlo Souvenir Booth (must have ticket), OR....
🎂 Select SHIPPING to have your order shipped to you after SoFlo.
04/24/2024
This is it! The LAST CHANCE to book your seat in Friday's classes is tomorrow, THURSDAY! These classes WILL NOT be available at the door and you MUST book in advance. Book your seat now at SoFloCakeAndCandyExpo.com.
04/24/2024
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Painting on Ganache - Watercolor Technique (Sun, 8am-1pm)
During this workshop students will learn:
*How to make white chocolate ganache to use as a canvas for painting , Instructor will DEMO the recipe and students will work with pre-made ganache.
*How to cover a dummy cake and achieve sharp edges without the use of acrylic discs.
*How to mix and prepare colors to achieve realistic looking effects in your designs.
*How to transfer any design onto your cakes, technique that you can use in any other edible medium.
*How to work with wafer paper to create a nice magnolia branch.
* How to place the wafer paper decoration on your cakes to enhance your designs.
*Also students will receive a buttercream recipe developed by me that they can use as a canvas for painting as well.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Chocolate Ganache Sculpture Flower 2-Tier Cake (Sun, 8am-1pm)
Have you wanted find something new decoration techniques? have you heard about chocolate ganache flowers using palette knives?
If you want to find something new and special flower design for your next custom cakes, you will definitely love this techniques.
This chocolate ganache flowers are very beautiful and delicious edible art. You will be able to learn the techniques of chocolate ganache sculpture flower(knife flowers) painting on a cake.
The class is included Chocolate ganache recipe for flowers
Also, you’re going to learn techniques to create different varieties of flowers using palette knives
Types of flower: blossom peony, clematis, side flowers, small flowers, Lavender, flower leaves.
For the class, you will use a dummy cake, which will be provided for you
In this class we will focus on the flower techniques therefore dummies will be covered in advance.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Tilted Taco (Sat, 2:30pm-5:30pm) Teens 12+ & Adults
This class is a fun and interactive introduction to structured cakes. You will learn how to create a structure that is easily made and recreated. You will also use this idea to create many other fun tilted cake ideas.
The Tilted Taco class will not only teach you about structure, but you will also use REAL cake in the class, learn how to ganache a cake, smooth the ganache and prepare for fondant decoration. You will also learn how to use fondant to create realistic food-like decoration , to fool the eye of your family and friends ! In this class we will use cake , ganache, fondant, gumoaste, edible dusts and edible paint.
I hope you can join us for a fun take on the Taco Cake -- taco cakes have been made over and over and over - BUT yours will be the only one that you can prank others with !!!! Imagine all the fun memories you will create with your creation before you even eat it !!!
See you in class!!! This class is open to beginners and everyone looking to up their game in cakes !!! (12 yrs old and up can attend class)
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Ellie Mae Tinker Pink (Sat, 2pm-5pm)
In this fun-filled three hour course, participants will hand sculpt an animated figure utilizing fondant, gum paste and modeling chocolate. By the end of this session, each artist will learn the necessary skills to construct, mold and assemble Ellie Elephant.
The methods practiced in this course can easily be adapted to other fondant figures by applying the techniques and planning principles presented. Adding this skillset to your sugar toolkit will increase your marketability and skyrocket your overall revenue potential. This class is great for bakers, cake creators and decorators of all skill levels.
A BIG thank you to all our vendors!! Be sure to say hi to all of them in the vendor hall and snag tons of great deals!
Don't have your ticket yet? Time is running out to buy those online before doors open this weekend!
04/24/2024
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Isomalt 101 (Sat, 2pm-6pm)
Are you intimidated by isomalt? Then this class is for you! In this class you will learn about basic isomalt techniques including pouring, casting, pulling, and blowing sugar. There will be several mini projects taught in this class, most of which are sea-themed. At the end, you’ll know how to pour simple lollipops, create a sugar sail, pull sugar details, and blow realistic bubbles. All skill levels welcome!
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Wafer Paper Anemones (Sat, 2pm-5pm)
In this hands on class students will learn how to create a lifelike wafer paper flower. They will learn how to condition, vein and color petals and leaves using simple tools & techniques (alcohol free & no special ingredients needed). All parts of the flower including the stamens and center will be created from wafer paper. All techniques and skills learned can be easily translated into creating numerous other types of flowers and leaves.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Sugar Doll Body Parts Modelling Class (Sat, 2pm-5pm)
In this one-of-a-kind class you’ll learn how to model sugar doll body parts using modeling techniques!
🎨 What you’ll learn:
- Techniques for molding and shaping various body parts with precision and detail.
- Sculpting arms, legs, bust, ears, lips, open mouth and nose
🧑🍳 Who should attend:
Aspiring bakers, cake decorators, and artists intrigued by the world of edible art. This class caters to all skill levels, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned pro aiming to enhance your sugar crafting abilities.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT: Principles of Pricing (Sat, 10am-1pm)
Do you find yourself after a week full of orders only making a few dollars? Are you underpricing yourself because you are afraid people won’t buy otherwise? All of us in this industry have faced these difficult questions when wanting to sell our baked goods but we shouldn’t sell ourselves short.
Principles of Pricing will not only help you answers these difficult questions but will also give you the confidence when quoting a potential customer.
We will breakdown how much it truly costs you to produce an order for someone, how much you should be making per order, and things to consider when pricing orders.
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Miami plays a major role in Florida's nickname, The Sunshine State. The city is full of life and culture, and home to some of the biggest events in the country - South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Ultra Music Festival, and Art Basel. But it always felt like something was missing for the baking community we've watched grow and love so much.
Sweet Life Cake and Candy Supply, a store that began after local home bakers, Natasha and Melanie realized there was no where nearby to purchase baking supplies is home to the birth of the Expo. Once the shop was up and running, the Sweet Life girls began attending trade shows around the country. This gave them the opportunity to meet many interesting and insanely talented cake artists. They discovered this huge cake community that expanded far away from home. Together they attended enough events that they decided South Florida needed an event of their own. After many hours of brainstorming and planning, SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo was born.
Going on it's sixth year, South Florida is home to largest and most interactive Cake and Candy Expo and is hosted by Sweet Life Cake and Candy Supply Store. In it's short existence, SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo has already proven to be one of the most dynamic and engaging events for cake and candy industry professionals, enthusiasts and hobby bakers. This year we promise to exceed the standards set by the past events.
Don’t miss the opportunity to get together with like-minded cake and candy enthusiasts from around the world! This Expo is host to a multitude of the industry’s top Vendors and Suppliers; each providing you with the highest quality of traditional baking equipment and supplies, as well as the latest tools of the trade. Most Vendors offer special pricing during the event, so take advantage of this perfect opportunity to stock up on your baking equipment, cake decorating supplies, tools and all the goodies for candy making!
The classes available will offer unparalleled opportunities to learn something new or to strengthen the skills you already have. From demonstrations to hands-on classes, you will have unique opportunities to learn the tips of the trade from some of the industry’s top Sugar Artists. Our classes guarantee you will come away with an entirely new skill set. We have classes tailored for novices, intermediate skill level decorators, advanced bakers and candy makers. There will be classes available for everyone at SoFlo 2018.
SoFlo Cake and Candy Expo is the trendsetter for offering a shopping and learning experience during one weekend like no other show! Join us and be a part of the industry’s most high-powered and influential Cake and Candy Convention.
