June 27th, 2008
This weekend is a weekend we look forward to every year - Pride! I was their floral sponsor last year, this year I am back - but with cake! My husband will be back to take photos at the private and mass commitment ceremonies this weekend, as well. I’ll be updating after the event with photos, but I have one teaser pic that I have to share!
This is what the inside of the sheet cakes look like! We will be filling these (amaretto) cakes with a white chocolate & Amaretto mousse, and serving them after the mass commitment ceremony on Sunday.
Cool looking, huh? Definitely the most colors I’ve marbled together at once!
I am SO excited. Pride is always a good time for my whole family (my 10 year old LOOOVES wandering around and seeing the sights!), but this year is even cooler! Not only are we debuting our new, crazy marbled rainbow cake… and supplying a gorgeous “dummy” cake that’ll be kept and displayed by Pride for years to come..
.. but I’m baking for En Vogue and Deborah Cox! Woo! Love their music! I’m just putting the finishing touches on the menu for their Green Room platter, will definitely post more later!
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June 24th, 2008
Check it out:
Hubby took this photo back a few months ago - it’s our table at Epic, for the Social Butterfly event. I have NO idea what he did to the series of photos to animate it, but I thought it was cool enough to share here!
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June 21st, 2008
If you’re one of my cake buddies, you likely know how much I hate piping flowers. I say this theoretically, because I haven’t piped a frosting flower since I was about 16, and my good friend Medea got married. No wait, it was before then - I’d already gotten sick of them. I remember now - I’d made calla lilies out of sheets of beeswax to adorn the top of her cake! Anyway, my memory issues aside.. I’m much more of a fondant jockey than a traditional cake lady. I’d rather sculpt than do embroidery, too!
So, when I met up with a cool couple that I wanted to work with.. but who wanted a cake COMPLETELY covered with piped flowers, I faced a dilemma. I ended up throwing my misgivings to the wind, and signed on with them.
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June 9th, 2008
Recently, I signed on to sponsor cakes for the Make a Wish Foundation. I was debating whether or not I should blog about it. Don’t get me wrong, I think what *they* do is super cool.. I just didn’t want to come off as.. well, I don’t know. “Hey, look at me, I’m being all philanthropic here!”.
Well, I just delivered my second cake, and this time actually got to meet most of the people who work at the Minnesota office. It was after meeting all these cool people, and seeing firsthand more of what they do, that I decided I should go ahead and blog about it after all. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 14th, 2008
Catching up on some blogging today.. and I’m pleased to announce some new yummies on our lineup! Read the rest of this entry »
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May 13th, 2008
QUICK! Everyone cross your fingers for me!!!
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April 26th, 2008
Busy week for blog entries, huh?
Back on Monday, I was enjoying a day off (so I thought!), and happened to catch a segment on Showcase Minnesota that caught my attention. Jim Leighton was on the show, talking about the upcoming Social Butterfly event. It was a benefit for the Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
He talked a bit about what they do for families through the Care Partners - particularly assisting families that are in town for their child’s treatment programs. I couldn’t possibly do justice by paraphrasing what he said, but it really inspired me. So.. I looked him up and emailled to offer a donation of desserts for the event - which was only a few days away! Read the rest of this entry »
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April 25th, 2008
One part of running a wedding related business is something that I (usually) find fun, and that my husband hates - the industry events. I dragged him to another one last night, and he actually enjoyed it.
This was the magazine launch/rebranding of Mpls St Paul Wedding Magazine. We’ve been to a few such events in the past.. a bit of networking, some mediocre food, then looooong and boring presentations and sales pitches. Yawn. I’m a big believer in networking, and with our move to the cities next month, it’s something we really need to do more of. So, I arm twisted him into going. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 23rd, 2008
A few months ago, I submitted some photos to my favorite cake related publication - “Wedding Cakes: A Design Source”. It’s a magazine out of the UK and is basically.. cake porn. LOL. Hundreds of gorgeous cakes in each issue.. and pretty much nothing but! I make a point to buy every issue, and like to have them on hand for cake consults - it’s great to have such a variety of techniques in one spot! Very handy.
Anyway.. received an email this morning. They selected some of my work to be published in the next issue, which comes out tomorrow! I have no idea which photo(s) they picked, or how many.. but I find this pretty cool. First time I’ve had my work in a magazine!
So, I called the Barnes and Noble to find out when it will *actually* be in stores on this
continent.. most importantly, their store. They have *no* idea. Sigh. Looks like it could be anytime in the next few weeks. I’ll definitely have to keep my eye out!
For those interested, it will be in issue 27. Issue 26 is currently on shelves, it has a pink cover. The new one will have a tealish cover. Here’s the image they sent me for promotional purposes:
So.. check it out!
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April 7th, 2008
Wow, where to start?
I haven’t had a day off in weeks. Getting ready for the TCBA show, then a roadtrip, then the tasting… I was looking forward to this weekend being a time-out. No such luck! Read the rest of this entry »
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