Category Archives: cakes

Cakestory…

Posted on May 6, 2013

The great creative challenge for me is to include really disparte elements…. so many varied loves of the person the cake is for… into one cohesive cake design. This one was tough… how would you combine Queens NY, Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Custom Canvas Cake for an Artistic Birthday Party

Posted on March 11, 2013

My mom was a crafter and a keeper, and my “art work” was a mainstay of almost every holiday’s decoration. On Valentine’s Day she would pull out the various paper hearts I had made, for Easter, the eggs, and of … Continue reading →

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Champagne Cakes

Posted on January 9, 2013

When someone’s nick name is Champagne Sherri, its pretty obvious what kind of cake to make! And with a party at the 40/40 Club you know it had to be fabulous birthday cake for a fabulous birthday. This champagne bottle … Continue reading →

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New Fall Winter Flavors

Posted on November 14, 2012

Most days making custom cakes really feels like an advanced art class. I play with clay-like sugar paste, mix colors, hand mold things, paint them. I have a need to make something every day, and my job definitely sates me. … Continue reading →

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Mia’s 3rd Birthday Cake

Posted on September 19, 2012

Last January, I was challenged to come up with a delicious and kid friendly dairy free and soy free chocolate recipe for Russel’s birthday cake. Jake and the Neverland Pirate’s inspired it, which was in the shape of a treasure … Continue reading →

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a good kind of change…

Posted on February 27, 2012

In pastry school, one of my chef instructors was ex-military…. If I remember it correctly he was a sniper… though I might be inflating with the advancing years. Chef Sniper told us very early on, “I make pastry. Pastry has … Continue reading →

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Brittish Invasion

Posted on June 10, 2011

British Invasion Bridal Brunch

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Welcome Home… an Inspiration

Posted on May 11, 2011

If there is one thing I’ve truely learned over the years of making cakes, is to trust the creative inspiration. It may not take you where you expect, but it will get you there and what a great ride it will be

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Past lives and Cake Convergance…

Posted on February 2, 2011

I’ve had past lives. Not necessarily the kind where I was Cleopatra, (though if its possible, I’m pretty sure in the last one I was a man), but the kind a lot of people, the most interesting ones at least, … Continue reading →

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Financiers… and a Give Away!

Posted on August 30, 2010

Last week was a tease. A brief moment of the promise of fall, and as I do every year, I started to get ahead of myself. While I didn’t go so far as to pull the sweaters from hibernation, I … Continue reading →