Bakery shop faces up to cake-making duty. (Weekly Briefing).SEEING famous faces is not unusual at Regal Cake Gallery where an entire wall is adorned with autographed photographs of celebrity patrons. But the real attraction for customers is the faces, famous and otherwise, that co-owner Rosa Leung and her staff airbrush airbrush Pneumatic device for developing a fine, small-diameter spray of paint, protective coating, or liquid colour (see aerosol). The airbrush can be a pencil-shaped atomizer used for various highly detailed activities such as shading drawings and retouching onto their custom-made cakes. She and her husband bought the then 44-year-old Canoga Park business in 1995 after she left her job of 10 years importing steel products and electric motors from Asian countries. Leung has since moved the business to Wood-land Hills and opened a second store in the Fairfax District. "When we bought (Regal) they were specializing in wedding cakes. We developed sculptured and portrait cakes. I have been painting as a hobby since I was young. I like art work and food. There aren't too many people who can do art work on cakes. This is edible art. "We specialize in wedding and birthday cakes, as well as cakes sculptured into the shape of anything, like a car or a building or pets. And we do portrait cakes, where we make a drawing of someone's face using an air brush and food coloring. Two years ago, we did a portrait cake of Bill Clinton when he was here for the Democratic National Convention. Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. ordered it for him. Other customers have been Madonna, George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER , Pamela Anderson
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