Drum Set Groom's Cake

A cake that was a long time in the planning: the Groom was a drummer and wanted to showcase his passion, rather than display a traditional white wedding cake at the reception. So we designed a replica of his drum set complete with cymbals and the Muppet Animal in the background!

We baked chocolate fudge cake with amaretto moccha and salted caramel buttercream, plus lemon cake with strawberry mousse and fresh strawberries. The front of the base drum had a Ying and Yang symbol, while on the reverse side we had the words "LOVE" in a font patented by one of his best friends.

All the drums and cymbals were carefully mounted on supports.

The reception was held at Harborside / Exchange Place on the Hudson River waterfront with fabulous views of Manhattan and Downtown New York.

Lilies and Chrysanthemums Wedding Cake

A simple three tier light peach color fondant wedding cake with pearlised white fondant ribbons. Inside are tiers of lemon cake and lemon coconut cake, both with passion fruit cream filling, and also a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling.

Bouquets of orange lilies and pink chrysanthemum sugar flowers decorate the cake. 

Delivered to a wedding party at Casa Nova restaurant in the Ironbound district. Trouble with that is we always want to stay on to eat, always delicious there!

Winnie the Pooh Baby Shower Cake

Love it when one of our brides returns to order a cake for a Baby Shower, Christening or First Birthday.

We carved a Winnie the Pooh from lemon cake with Key Lime cream filling and tiers of vanilla cake with Oreo Cream filling. Vanilla buttercream piping decorates the cake, along with a green fondant hunny pot, dripping with honey and little fondant bees buzzing around our silly bear!

Delivered to a party in Chatham NJ.

Map of Italy 90th Birthday Cake

What I love about the cakery is when we occasionally get a walk-in customer asking for a last minute cake that we can actually fit in the decorating schedule.

I have Italian family, so delighted to carve a 90th birthday cake in the shape of Italy!

We designed a cake to scale with a topographical map and a series of special items (town emblem, its two churches, a bottle of wine and some musical instruments) that related to her home town of San Bartolomeo in Galdo.

Inside the fondant is a lemon cake with always popular cream cheese filling.

We delivered the cake to Union NJ!

Piped Ivory Wedding Cake with Calla Lilies

I was so excited to make this four tier ivory fondant wedding cake decorated with calla lilies, as well as scrolls and leaves piped in royal icing. There were tiers of lemon cake with lemon cream filling, plus a chocolate sponge cake with Belgian chocolate cream filling. We delivered the cake to a fabulous wedding reception at an outdoor marquee in picturesque Mountain Lakes NJ.

Prada Shoe & Tiffany Box Engagement Cake

A two tier engagement cake with a blue Tiffany Box and a black Prada box. Topping off the cake is a white shoe decorated with sugar pearls and diamonds.

Inside is red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and also a lemon cake with orange chocolate cream.

Also hidden underneath the lid of the Tiffany box is a secret compartment with an engagement ring for a total surprise!

Slot Machine Cake for Sixtieth Birthday

We made this slot machine cake to celebrate a 60th birthday, for a casino fan. Inside are yellow vanilla cake with dulce de leche cream, and lemon cake with white chocolate cream filling.

The fondant is sprayed with a silver food coloring. Gold chocolate coins are pouring out of the machine. This is a popular design, I made two of them this week! Everyone's a winner!

Blue Christening Cake with Piped Scrolls

A three tier Baptism cake made of Chocolate Fudge with Oreo Cream and Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream and Raspberry Jam. The cake is covered in a Navy Blue fondant decorated with a scrolls pattern piped in royal icing to match the invitation cards, and topped with a white cross embossed in a floral design. Delivered to a Christening celebration at Bella Italia restaurant.

Thomas the Tank Engine Birthday Cake

Here is a Thomas the Tank Engine 3-D cake ordered for a birthday party in Summit NJ. The lemon cake has white chocolate cream filling and with more grated white Callebaut chocolate between each layer. The outside of the cake is modeled out of fondant to match Thomas' color scheme. Thomas is riding along the rails through a green field!

Sculpting Thomas' cheerful face is always a challenge, if only to get the right expression. The cake is carved and then a thin layer of buttercream allows me to attach the fondant, without losing the lines of his nose, eyes and mouth.

Buzz Lightyear Birthday Cake

"To infinity ... and beyond!"

For a 5th birthday party at Unbelieva-Bills in Montclair NJ I was asked to create this Buzz Lightyear cake. Both tiers are yellow cake with chocolate buttercream, covered in white and blue fondant.

The cake is decorated with stars, planets, a rocket ship and some characters from Disney's Toy Story (including Mr. Potato Head, an alien, pig and Woody's Cowboy hat). Buzz Lightyear stands on top of the cake ready to soar to the stars!