50th Wedding Anniversary Cupcake Tower

I created this mini-cake tower for a 50th Anniversary celebration. The symbolism behind the cake was very interesting. The celebratory couple have three children all of whom live in different parts of the country...thus the butterflies...representing them. On either end of the mini-butterfly cakes, there were chocolate silhouettes of each of the grandchildren.

It was a sweet concept and I had a lovely time planning this tower of mini's with my client.

Congratulations!

Pink Hydrangea Christening Cake

This lovely cake was for a christening held in May of this year. The pink hydrangeas were all completely handcrafted and placed on the cake to give the appearance of petals gently falling down the side of the cake. The piping you see on the bottom and top tiers was freehand.

I remember reading one of my favorite cake design books in a chapter that discussed piping.

I find that when in a very quiet room....and allowing oneself to get into the "zone" the piping flows freely.

I've tried several times to "copy" someone else's patterns...yet found it extremely difficult to do. But, when I gave myself permission to go with the flow...and to allow my imagination to go free...I was pleased with the work and the process.

This cake was a vanilla buttercake filled with fresh strawberries and strawberry puree and whipped cream. It was so hard not taking a slice out of it. Yummy.

Recent Cakes - Yanni's and Lambraki's Birthday Cakes

Here are Yanni's and Lambraki's Cupcake Towers for their birthday party held at Lucky Strike in New York City. Yanni wanted Super Why and we created a Candyland Cake for Lambraki. Yanni turned 4 and Lambraki turned 1.

There was a lot of pressure with the Super Why cake for Yanni. Why? You ask?

Because Yanni is a Super Why afficionado...There was absolutely no playing around with the image of this character! Either it is....or it isn't! So....to make absolutely - 100% sure it was....I created a 2-D representation of Super Why on sugar paper and tranferred it to pastillage.

On the other hand...Lambraki's was easier. I knew Candyland!!! But to make sure, I got the colors and the little marshmallow king right I went out and bought the game.

Nah....I bought it because I secretly wanted to play it!

Happy Birthday Yanni and Lambraki. Many many many more!

Happy Birthday to Theodora

Happy Birthday to Theodora! May every day be filled with all that she wishes and more.

When I asked Theodora what kind of cake she would like for her birthday...the response was..."Whatever you can imagine." Now on the the one hand...this is a daunting feat, because now I had to think of what she might want....On the other hand....I loved the creative freedom she gave me. Being that Theodora is my daughter, I had a pretty good feel for what she might like! However, this time...I was a little stumped....but...not given to throwing up my hands in resignation and frustration....I started thumbing through cyberspace....and hit upon one of my favorite interior designers - Mackenzie-Childs. That's it!!! That's it!!! I'll borrow some of MacKenzie's design elements and incorporate them into a cake. What fun and oh so whimsical! So....after carefully looking through her site, I found a pillow...and off I went.

Her cake was a Chocolate Blackout Cake filled with a Classic American Buttercream. It was a nostalgic flavor combination, bringing one back to when we were in Kindergarten. Admit it people, how many of us "sophisticated" adults, with "sophisticated" palates secretly crave for the sweet cakes of our childhoods! Don't worry....Cakelady here won't tell.

Our Granddaughter Katie's Graduation Cake

The pride one feels when one sees a grandchild graduating from elementary school is tremendous! Being able to share in their happiness as they reach each milestone in their lives is a blessing. As Katie moves towards her next stage in life in middle school, my only wish is that she enjoys every day, making new friends, keeping her old ones, and being the very best she can be.

Katie's cake is a reflection of who she is as a person. She is as bright as the sunflowers on her cake reaching for the sun, and as witty and whimiscal as the swirl of leaves beneath each bloom.

Katie's cake was a Blackout Chocolate Cake filled with Cookies and Cream and a Classic Yellow Cake, filled with an Orange/Lemon/Passion Fruit Italian Merengue Buttercream. Congratulations Katie!

First Anniversary Cake for Denise and Angelo

It seems like just yesterday when Denise told me she was marrying Angelo, and here I am having made her first anniversary cake. Congratulations Denise and Angelo. May you always be happy and in love. Their cake was a classic moist yellow butter cake, filled with fresh sugared raspberry puree with a hint of Fragoli Liquer and a silky smooth Italian Merengue Buttercream.

First Communion Cake for Katerina

Here is a lovely pic of Katerina who celebrated her First Communion at the Waterfront Crab House.
It was such a pleasure creating this cake for her and her family.

Katerina loves purples and lavenders and gerber daisies and loves to dance!

It's always wonderful meeting with the family to create a cake for their special celebrations. Meeting with families gives the cake designer a better insight as to how to go about creating something lovely and memorable.

We wanted to try out a new flavor and so we came up with a cinammon syrup infused yellow butter cake with Italian Merringue Buttercream, drizzled with caramel. Almost like a cinabon, but better! I think I'm going to keep this on my flavor menu!
The bottom two tiers were yellow butter cake, infused with a Framoise Simple Syrup, Fresh Strawberry Preserves, Italian Merringue Buttercream and topped with Fresh Sugared Strawberries. Okay...my sweet tooth is beginning to wake up.

Again...Congratulations to Katerina and to her beautiful family!