This month's issue of Brides local magazine is out! We made a two-tier angular cake for a wedding inspiration board based off of Bottega Veneta's Spring 2010 collection. The sharp shape of the top tier mimics the one shoulder pieces that are prevalent in the collection.
Tune In!
This coming Monday @ 10/9c, TLC's 4-episode special called Fabulous Cakes comes to a close. The show features a number of bakeries in Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and finally New York! A couple wonderful ladies and I had the chance to help out the uber talented Kate Sullivan of Cake Power as one of the featured bakeries in NYC. Tune in to watch as we help her create a huge springer spaniel and a fairytale mushroom cake!
All hands on deck for the dog cake:
Fairytale mushroom cake:
BinkyV, Kate, me, Daphnie
The Knot : Color Issue
The Fall color issue of the Knot is out! We had the pleasure to make a colorful confection for their cake spread. Ours is the white cake with the yellow and orange dots!
This thick issue is filled with pages and pages of colorful cakes, bouquets, real weddings, dresses, etc. Take a look at what the hottest color trends of this year are and learn how to use them when planning your own wedding. For example, grey is the new black and neon is in!
Here is a peak at some of the gorgeous cakes: Go grab a copy!
(Ours is the dotted one on the left)
Threadcakes competition
Threadless is a graphic t-shirt company, with lots of witty, creative, and interesting designs. If you haven't heard already, they host this competition called Threadcakes, which is awesome. The premise is that you pick one of their gazillion t-shirt designs and translate it into a cake! The competition ends Aug. 16th. Can't wait to see what people come up with this year :)
Here's a glimpse of the winners from last year!
3D category: Noah Express by Jennifer Flynn
2D category: Impostor in the Bird Hotel by Alex Waite
If you are not into creating a cake, you can also create a t-shirt design and submit it to Threadles.com and they may put it into print. They have an ongoing, open call for design submissions. Who knows, maybe the following year someone will make a cake based off your t-shirt design!
Gold Damask
A very close friend of mine got married on 4th of July down at Battery Gardens and I had the pleasure of making a cake for her intimate event. I stenciled a damask pattern then hand painted it gold. Time consuming, but definitely worth it. To it, I added a simple flower with gold lining. The flavors were red velvet with cream cheese frosting (our most popular combo!)
We also made 5 cupcakes with a ring hidden in one of them. Instead of a bouquet toss, the single ladies were told to grab one and who ever finds the ring in theirs will get married next! (except the funny thing was, the girl who got it was in middle school :) hehe)
Icing Smiles :)
When I first heard of Icing Smiles, I just thought, wow, what an amazing organization. Icing smiles is a non-profit that provides cakes to children that are affected by a critical illness. Every birthday is a victory for these kids and can there be anything better than putting a smile on their faces? You can sponsor a cake for a child, or better yet, you can bake a cake yourself and donate it to them. There are so many ways to get involved and use your talents to help brighten a child's day. Check out their website to learn more about Icing Smiles and read the inspirational story about how they started. Please spread the word!
This is a recent cake made by Kate of Lovin Sullivan Cakes for a 9yr old boy named Ben. :)
People Magazine Laptop Cake
At the beginning of the month I got a phone call from People Magazine saying they were doing a story on online dating. Apparently 1 in 5 couples met on the web! So they requested a laptop cake, but it still had to look like a traditional white wedding cake with a topper too. Here's the cake and story.
At the delivery I met Lori and her fiancee Jeff who shared with me their crazy story. Ten years ago they were set-up and went on a date. She blew him off. Then three years later, they were set up again. No chemistry. The THIRD time, they were matched up on match.com and.....now they are getting married :) Check out the issue to read about 4 other couples and their online dating stories.
Scrambled Letters Cake
All you need is ...
Where fate greets the sun...
One of our clients wrote a short poem for her fiancee and wanted to incorporate that into her cake. How meaningful :) It goes like this :
By the ocean I gave my heart, where fate greets the sun. Where tides rise to kiss the surf, where love rides and hope floats.
Setting up at Manhattan Penthouse
With all the extra flowers we made....
First Birthday!
This past weekend we made a birthday cake for a cute little girl turning one. It was an orange and yellow version of our classic birthday banner cake with the addition of bumble bees and various animals.
Hap-BEE birthday Soleil! Flavors were red velvet with cream cheese frosting AND vanilla cake with peanut-butter buttercream and rasp preserves.
