You see them everywhere! They have trucks that specialize in cupcakes that move around the city and sell them. You have special bakeries for them. They seem like they’re everywhere! So when did the cupcake become so big? How did cupcakes go from being what some kid’s mom brought in from home when there was… Read more »
A couple weeks ago, while pursing the internets, I found this charming invite by Althea and Ruth. I just love the teal, gold and navy colors, as well as the combination of bubbles, flowers and scrollwork. Thus a new wedding cake was born. Designing a wedding cake around an invitation is a fabulous way to tie… Read more »
Hey graduate, you’ve worked pretty hard these last 4 years. It’s high time you reward your efforts and celebrate with a delicious masterpiece custom cake. Each graduation cake can be as custom and unique as the student. This one’s for the bookworm. This stack of books was well over 2 feet tall. All the books… Read more »
Once in a while two worlds collide; the one where I’m a oil and watercolor painter and the other a baker and cake designer. This couple brought me one of the most simply beautiful wedding invitations ever. They wanted to incorporate the painting somehow but wanted to keep it simple and elegant, thus we only… Read more »
We do alot of kids’ birthday cakes and every once in a while we’ll get a request for a custom cake to be designed around the child’s favorite book. Perhaps we should create a remake of Reading Rainbow and review the books as described in cake. “Just take a look, in a book then create… Read more »
Occasionally, on our extra busy weekends we need to stay late to finish our custom cakes. Late night cake decorating means that we’re working a 12-14 hr day. After that many hours of cake us decorators get a bit loopy and a little silly and sometimes quite insightful. Last weekend while making a figurine of… Read more »
We made a Futurama Spaceship this past weekend. This was a surprise groom’s cake that was ordered earlier this year before the announce of the canceling of the show, and before we knew Fry and Leela were getting married. How cool. The spaceship is mostly cake with its underside being rice krispie treats. The figurines are… Read more »
Recently we made a wedding cake for a couple who are huge astronomy enthusiasts who got engaged while at a viewing of the Venus Transit last year. It is where Venus crosses in front of the Sun and only happens every 100 years, a once in a lifetime event. The figurines of these stargazers as… Read more »
Every once in a while we get feedback from happy customers in the form of a photograph, which as we all know is worth a thousand words. This is one of those cakes. The birthday girl wanted a princess cake but also loves her scooter so we made her into a sugar figurine with… Read more »
Latest wedding cake design: I had been wanting to do a warm neutral color palette for a cake for a while. The embroidered fondant flower appliqués were inspired by a lovely dress I came across in a magazine, see below. Below is the magazine page that served as inspiration for the cake. I had wanted… Read more »
We’ve got all the sweets your sweetheart deserves this Valentine’s Day. Gourmet cakes just waiting to be personalized. Available in Red Velvet, Chocolate and Vanilla frosted in our Vanilla Italian Meringue Buttercream. A wide assortment of Valentine’s edition cupcakes and whoopie pies including dozen roses cupcakes frosted with raspberry buttercream. Whoopie Pies! Cherry Valentine cupcakes… Read more »
This trio of wedding cakes was designed for and is on display at the Boston Bridal Lounge on Newbury Street. The Bridal Lounge is place (more like a wedding library) where engaged couples can go and the wonderful ladies there will hook you up with fabulous wedding vendors who match your style and needs. We… Read more »
Recently we did a photo shoot with Blue Ivy and Forevercandid Photography. They did all the event styling and we provided the centerpiece cake. We love working with these ladies whenever we get the chance, our styles fit so well together. Enjoy these great photos from the Winter Romance wedding they created and set up… Read more »
Almost half of our cakes include 3D decoration of some sort in their design. The most popular of our 3D decorations is our custom people figurines. Our sugar figurines are hand-sculpted out of a fondant gumpaste mix which allows us enough time to sculpt with but will dry hard within a few hours to be… Read more »