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To me it’s a sneaker cake.  I’ve made it before, I’ll likely make it again.  When I repeat cakes its easy to get a little jaded.  Sneaker cakes are very popular and it’s one I’m very comfortable making.  To Deshwan … Continue reading →

As a professional baker, most often you don’t want your work to end up on Cake Wrecks.  If it does, you’re really doing something wrong.   Except for Sunday Sweets.  That’s a whole different thing.  It highlights the beauty and … Continue reading →

Style Me Pretty just published a gorgeous inspiration shoot by Divine Light Photography, featuring darling succulent wedding cakes by Sugar Couture.  Just loved the glowing photography.  The Green Building is an amazing Brooklyn event space with rough edges, and refined … Continue reading →

Like pretty much everyone that ever lived, I’ve always wished I could sing.  Way back when, in another lifetime, I took vocal lessons for a while. My instructor and first gay crush, picked Send in the Clowns for my first … Continue reading →

I adore peonies.  The large, soft puffy blossoms are one of my favorite flowers to make from sugar paste.  They do take a while to make, building up all those layers, but the final result is so worth it.   … Continue reading →

Its tradition.  You keep the top tier of your wedding cake to share with your husband on your first anniversary.  You pack the cake, wrap it with love.  You bury it in the back of your freezer hoping that it … Continue reading →

One of the great perks of delivering my own cakes was that occasionally, if I was lucky, I would get to see the moment when a child would first see their birthday cake.  Busier now, and even more lucky to … Continue reading →

When clients come in for wedding cake consults, I beg them not to bring photos of other cakes.  Its not my policy to copy other’s work, and when there is a beautiful photo on the table its so hard to … Continue reading →

Nontraditional cake for an nontraditional wedding… my very favorite kind.