So it’s July and we’ve been trying to spend as much time as possible on the beach.  However, sometimes orders stack up and we gotta find a way to bring the beach to us.  And the only way we know how is cake!

First off is a 5 year old riding a wave which is actually more like a tsunami in comparison to the beach below.  But this is cake, not real life. The world of cake is always idealistic.

Who doesn’t love dancing crabs and clams who know how to party?

Even though there is molten hot danger lurking above this is still a tropical paradise of a cake.

Whales can be sweet and innocent.

And who doesn’t love a piece of cake at the beach?  This is our mascot Dr. Fresh (aka Brian, our cleaning guy) at Beach Day in Winthrop last Saturday where we actually got to go to the beach!

This past week we’ve had an unusually large amount of movie themed cakes with figurines.

Here’s the Hulk bursting through the cake and smashing the number 40.

The Terminator

And finally, Starwars with the birthday girl dueling with Yoda.

Since baseball season is in full swing we felt we needed to post about the cakes we’ve done about the two most rivaled teams of the game.  The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

First off, for our home team, the Red Sox.  Yes, this cake is bigger than the next because we’re slightly partial : )

Next is a Yankees dedication cake, pinstripes and all.

And lastly, if you must compromise, here is a wedding cake where the bride and groom (and even their families) were hard-core fans of each team.  You’ll notice that each team, after careful planning, received no more decorations than the other team.  Just to be fair of course.

GO SOX!

Take a 3D tour of our storefront online!

And here’s the Baking Area!

And last but not least, the Decorating Area!

We’ll be open this Sunday the 24th from 11am – 3pm.

We’ll be open with a display full of cupcakes for your Easter celebrations.
Be sure to pre-order your cupcakes by Friday if you need more than a dozen : )

Above are our easter bunny cupcakes along with our Peeps inspired cupcakes which have marshmallow meringue frosting covered in colored sugar!

Free cake celebrates our first year!

This Sunday, April 17th, marks our 1 year anniversary in our new shop!! Hurrah!!

Thanks to all of our fabulous customers for supporting us and our way awesome crew.  Help us celebrate by stopping by our shop this Sunday for free cake samples all day long.  We’re using this as a good excuse to try out a bunch of new flavors so you’re gonna wanna be there : )

Also be sure to pick up one of our new t-shirts!

Last month we got a call from Howcast.com asking us if we’d do a set of cake decorating videos for their “Expert” series.  The video producer they sent out (Keith McKellar) did an amazing job, and the tutorials look incredible.  So now, in addition to simply seeing the finished products, you can also see the work that goes into each step of creating a cake -which is very, very cool in our opinion.  Enjoy and happy baking!

Here’s the complete list of videos for your viewing pleasure:

How to Make Italian Meringue Buttercream Icing

How to Make Marshmallow Fondant

How to Make Royal Cake Icing

How to Frost a Cake in Buttercream

How to Pipe Trim and Roses on a Cake

Cake Decorating: How to Make Sugar Flowers

How to Cover a Cake with Fondant

How to Airbrush a Cake

How to Make Ribbon and Bows out of Fondant

How to Pipe a Message

Interview: Basics of How to Bake a Cake

Interview: Oil vs. Butter Cakes

Interview: Choosing the Right Frosting

Interview: Tools for Fondant vs. Tools for Buttercream Icing

Interview: Wedding Cake Options

Interview: Great Wedding Cake Ideas

Interview: Great Birthday Cake Ideas

Interview: Matching Cupcake Decoration to Flavor

Interview: How I Became a Professional Cake Decorator

This Valentine’s Day we got a unique cake request from an Army soldier who is currently overseas.  He is currently deployed in Afghanistan and wanted to send his wife a cake with a figurine of himself holding a bouquet of roses delivered to her on Valentine’s Day.

We delivered to cake to the unsuspecting wife who, we later found out, loved her over-seas Valentine.

We were honored to make and deliver this special cake.

Original Air Date – February 8th 2011 @ 10 pm EST.

Last weekend (Nov. 2010) the film crew from TLC’s show fabulous cakes came by the bakery to follow us around for three days while we decorated a beautiful cake for a wonderful event.  And that’s about all the information we’re allowed to give until the show airs on February 8th @ 10pm EST and 9pm Central!  So tune in!

*Update*

Our episode, “Up Up and Away,” will be re-airing Feb 21st at 1pm.

Now that the show has aired we are allowed to post pictures of our fabulous cake.  Below is a picture of our rubber ducky bathtub cake we made for a Spa Party for a group of girls going through treatment at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  The party was put on by Princess Sharon Events.  Check out our Facebook page for more photos of the exciting weekend!

This Valentines Day we’re giving away a free sculpted cake of your pet!

The Contest: (Now Over)

1. Upload a photo of your (or someone you love’s) pet to our Facebook fan page: http://facebook.com/oakleafcakes. The pet can be any type of animal: dog, cat, fish, etc… as long as it is domesticated and owned by either the submitter or a submitter’s close friend or relative.
2. Our Facebook followers, as well as your friends and family, can then vote on who has the cutest pet by either “liking” your photo (which is worth 1 point) or by “commenting” on the photo (which is worth 2 points).
3. Also, remember that in order to vote on your photo, a person must first “like” (AKA “become a fan of”) Amanda Oakleaf Cakes on Facebook.
4. Please, only one pet photo allowed per user!!!  Multiple submissions will be deleted.  Also, only one “like” or “comment” on any single pet photo per user as well. Multiple comments will not be counted in final tally’s.
5. Voting to take place from January 13th-20th, with the winning cake to be picked up @ our shop @ 5pm on Valentine’s Day (February 14th.)

The Prizes:

First Prize: A free sculpted cake of your pet to feed approx. 30 people (like those shown above), and picture taken with the cake of the winning “Cutest Pet” to be posted on our cake blog and facebook page.

Second Place: Gift certificate for a free 9″ Gourmet Cake

Disclaimer: This contest is a fun way for us to do something nice for our loyal customers.  That’s it.  No tricks or gimmicks.  No purchase of anything is necessary to enter the contest, and Amanda Oakleaf Cakes reserves the right to cancel or modify any element of the contest at any time for any, or no reason.

Best of luck!

Our Winners!

1st Place: Sandy Lima Montesano: 311 points
Prize: Free sculpted cake of her “Cutest” pet for pickup on Valentines Day!

2nd Place: Jackie Hague: 216 points
Prize: Free 9″ Gourmet Cake!

3rd Place: Christine Busi DeGiacomo: 185 points
Prize: Free 1/2 dozen cupcakes!