At the cake shop not all business is strictly cake. We’ve recently been collecting egg shells and other organic waste such as carrot peels (from our carrot cake recipe) and the banana peel we ate for lunch to use in our compost pile. We then mix them up with other waste from the house such… Read more »
Last weekend we created a marathon of a wedding cake order. Instead of the usual, more formal sit-down dinner, this couple decided on a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres to be passed around. So we made 100 mini wedding cakes, one for each guest, to be passed around on waiters’ trays. It took a good… Read more »
My new favorite wedding color combo is officially yellow and gray. The flower pattern is hand-painted onto the cake and was inspired by the design on a wedding invitation.
Two years ago today we opened up our shop in Winthrop. We had been in buisness since October of 2008 working out of a residential kitchen until the time came when we needed more space and more help. We opened up our current shop and now have 10 fabulous employees. A huge thank you to… Read more »
A reporter/writer from Dig Boston came to visit us a couple weeks ago and wrote this lovely article about us which is in this week’s Dig! It’s one of our most favorite write-ups of all time : ) For our cake fans who exist outside the great city of Boston here’s an online link to… Read more »
Here is a wedding cake we designed last week that has definitely found a spot in our category of favorite ever wedding cake designs. It’s our rendition of what’s popular in the wedding world right now, dusty rose, fabric and lace ruffles, broach flowers and anything vintage! This cake is fairly large standing 3 feet… Read more »
Any schmo can grab some flowers and chocolates while waiting in line at the drug store, but if you really want to show that someone special how much you care, we’ve got just the desserts to do the trick this Valentines day. And if you weren’t already scoring enough points with our tasty pastry, our… Read more »
So by now you’ve probably seen the amazing Stormtrooper cake we made last week for the Arisia sci-fi convention. Unfortunately, due to all the craziness associated with just trying to complete the cake, we didn’t have a chance to shoot any video. We did however get a TON of really cool photos. In fact, we… Read more »
Every once in a while we do our jobs so well that it gets featured on CNN. This was one of those times. The full article and video are linked below: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/01/17/life-sized-stormtrooper-cake-takes-eaters-to-the-delicious-side/
This may be the world’s most epic cake. This beautiful cake was created for the hungry patrons at the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention in Boston, MA. The stormtrooper stands at 6 feet 4 inches tall, weighed at least 300 lbs, and fed nearly 600 hungry conventioneers! The building of the Stormtrooper cake was an epic event… Read more »
Today is the day! We deliver our most epic cake ever to Westin Waterfront for the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention where it will be on display today and then devoured tomorrow! The only way to see him assembled is to be at Arisia : ) Of course we’ll post process pictures for those of you who are… Read more »
Stormtrooper cake progress update! For those of you who haven’t heard yet, we are making a life-size Stormtrooper out of cake. It will be on display (and for eating) next week Jan 13th and 14th at Arisia Sci-Fi Convention at the Westin Waterfront Hotel in Downtown Boston. You gonna want to be there 🙂 Here’s a couple… Read more »
It looks like we’re not having any snow for Christmas in Boston this year. Good thing we got some fabulous, wintery, snow-filled Christmas cake orders in to fill that void. Enjoy a few of the cakes we made this weekend and Merry Christmas from the entire crew at Amanda Oakleaf Cakes! Gumpaste snowflakes with edible… Read more »
Christmas time is our favorite cupcake and cheesecake time! These are just few of the offerings we’ll have available through the rest of the month. Give us a call and we’d be happy to customize any flavor combination for your special holiday party! First off, our December flavor of the month: Gingerbread! We have both… Read more »