Bar Mitzvah Tennis Cake

This weekend, we delivered this tennis cake to Spin NYC for a Bar Mitzvah. We made two overlapping tennis racquets for twin boys with a towel draped over them. We also made 60 tennis ball cupcakes and two tennis ball figures to match the graphic on the boys' invitation. The cake flavors were red velvet with cream cheese frosting and chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream.

The parents of the Bar Mitzvah boys had this to say about their cake:

Wow it was simply wonderful, delicious and the perfect cake for this special moment in our lives.

Thank you so much for the great work. The Red Velvet and cream cheese was especially delicious. We received so many compliments. We will be thrilled to give you a stellar recommendation anytime.

Slot Machine Cake

This weekend we delivered a slot machine cake to Rare 650 in Syosset, Long Island for an 80th birthday party. We used edible imaging to produce a picture of the birthday girl and sugar paste for the buttons and lever. Three birthday girls in a row hits the jackpot! The cake is red velvet with cream cheese frosting.

The cake was ordered by the birthday girl's daughter who sent us this:

My Mom LOVED the cake! We had also done t-shirts with Nat's 80th Jackpot on them, so the theme was a great hit! (we had taken her to the casino at Yonkers Raceway on Fri also!)

Thanks so much, you did a fantastic job! You can use
me for a reference anytime!

Top 5 Flavor Combinations

Everyone knows the most important part of any cake is the taste; a beautiful cake can only be appreciated if it’s as yummy as it looks. Most times designs are dreamed and sketches are made before flavors are even discussed. Once clients start thinking about what they’re going to be serving their guests, they often get anxious about pairing cakes and fillings and making sure they choose a crowd pleaser.

Tonight, we’re introducing a new blog feature called Tuesday’s Top 5. Every Tuesday we’ll be doing a different Top 5 list and tonight’s list will be our top 5 favorite cake pairings. I believe that tastes vary greatly and that everyone should have exactly what they crave without regard to societal convention. This list is simply a compilation of popular pairings and personal favorites.

5. Lemon Cake with Raspberry Preserves and Lemon Curd Buttercream

4. Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

3. Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting

2. Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Buttercream

1. Vanilla Cake with Grape Jelly and Peanut Butter Buttercream – PB & J!!!!

Honorable Mention goes to:
Banana Cake with Nutella Buttercream (honestly, ANYTHING with Nutella!)

These are just a few suggested pairings , but this list could easily have been a Top 20. What are your favorite flavors?

Our #1! Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes

Birthday Cupcake Tower

This weekend we made a 6 inch cake and coordinating cupcakes for a birthday bash in Brooklyn. The colors were hot pink, orange and silver, and a diamond pattern appeared on all of the pastries. The cake flavors included coconut cake with coconut buttercream, chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and red velvet with cream cheese frosting.




Here's a picture of the cake and cupcakes on the tower:

Cupcake Tower

I made this cupcake tower for my favorite delivery service, Worldwide Courier, along with a basket of chocolate chip brownies for a meeting over at their office on Long Island. The cupcakes are carrot and red velvet with cream cheese frosting. I decorated the carrot cupcakes with gold dust and the red velvets with silver.

The dessert towers are a beautiful way to display cupcakes for any occasion and are becoming increasingly popular for weddings. If you still want a traditional cake cutting we can make a small tier for the top of the tower.

Birthday Cupcakes

These are cupcakes we did for a 3 year old boy's birthday. The cupcakes are red velvet with vanilla buttercream and the 3s were made out of sugar.

Free Tasting at J. Crew!

Pastry Girl Cakes will be at J. Crew's new bridal location at 99 Prince Street in Soho on Saturday, January 23rd. We'll be handing out free samples and will be available to answer any of your questions. The time is TBD, but we will update our blog and website when we have more information.

Here are some pictures of the last event we did. This was at Crate & Barrel's Wedding Registry Event in Soho. Normally, I just wear my chef coat for tastings but this event was in the evening and was organized to be like a dinner party so I went fancy! The staff at Crate & Barrel designed a beautiful display with candles and graciously let us showcase our pastries on their cake stands.

Guests sampled our rich chocolate cake with classic vanilla buttercream, our southern red velvet cake with sweet cream cheese frosting and also our hint-of-lemon cake paired with refreshing lemon buttercream. We will be doing more Crate & Barrel events in 2010 and will keep you posted on those dates.