Monthly Archives: October 2009

Hyper Personalized Cakes, everything but the kitchen sink

The cakes in this post are recreations of everything special about the birthday boy/girl.  I received a long list of specifications to meet for each of these cakes including everything from their looks to favorite clothes, to their mysterious inside jokes, and their personal spaces. A guy ordered this cake for his wife’s birthday.  She… Read more »

Boston Weddings Magazine, here we come

Cake fans of Boston, prepare your calendars, planners, icals and sticky notes.  Oakleaf Cakes will be one of 3 cake designers featured in the next edition of Boston Weddings Magazine.  The article will focus on elaborate and simple designs of the same theme/concept.  This means we have 2 full page photos of 2 of our… Read more »

Before and After

This is most definitely the tallest cakes I’ve ever made. It stood about 40″ high including the figurine and it served 200 people. It was for a wedding in Chinatown.  Below you’ll see the sketch and the finished product. And the finished product.

Fall/Halloween cakes

This is probably one of the cutest things I’ve ever made (besides the red sox golden retriever of course).  It was for a 5yr old who had a halloween bday and loves Batman, which is why the middle monster is wearing a batman costume.  I couldn’t look at the monsters with out smiling, I half… Read more »

Sweet 16, ride the waves

Two girls had their sweet 16 birthdays on a party boat in Boston Harbor.  Their invite had a cute picture of the two of them screaming/laughing on an inner tube being pulled behind a motor boat.  As always, I replicated this in sugar.  Dolphins added just for fun : )