You've had the wedding (and the wedding cake), you moved on to the baby shower (and the baby shower cake), you graduated to the "welcome new baby!" stage (yeah, there's a cake for that, too!) -- and now, it's time to start making some new memories . . . the ones that happen every year when you celebrate the birthday of that wonderful new family member. First birthdays, well, they're a big deal, that's for sure. Even if the star of the show (aka, the Birthday
Oh, yeah - we know how to P-A-R-T-A-Y in Las Vegas! As we've shown you before, we make plenty of cakes that combine our worldwide claim to fame (we mean gambling, not divorces) with celebrating birthdays - Las Vegas-style. (See the little Minions? Being corrupted by gambling chips and die?) But because there's a LOT of ways to put a little Vegas on your cake - we're going to focus on birthdays this post. (And probably the next one, too! Because really - there's a lot
Who says cakes have to be round or square? We have fun turning some of our favorite animated, furry or legendary characters into just the sweetest things. (get it? sweetest
When a bride and groom are in the midst of planning the event for the most important day of their lives, it's easy to get caught up in the minutiae of meeting everyone's expectations - whether or not any of them actually make sense or have a logical place in 'tradition.' We've all been to weddings before - we've seen things that we like, that we don't like, and probably a lot of things perhaps we don't even understand. But what takes place on a
It's only a matter of hours now until the make-believe zombies will be mingling with the real ones, wandering our streets on October 31. And how are you going to tell the difference of who's (a) real (zombie) - and who's not? Well, you might need to do a bit of light reading to help you with that one (like this article -- or perhaps this info about The Zombie Survival Guide (hey, it's on Wikipedia - it MUST be true, right?) But in case you're just
If you're anything like us, you've been looking forward to fall - if for nothing else, the great sports contests that we get to watch this time of year. We're willing to bet (based on our customers, anyway) that a whole bunch of folks who celebrate their birthdays between September and January have had their day coincide with a favorite game at least once. So it just seems fitting that "birthdays" and "sports" should wind up together in one great place - and where would
Dark Gossamer – Cake #1521 What on earth is Halloween without a party?! Everyone at Pastry Palace is here year-round (really – 365 days – bet you didn’t know that!) making fabulous confections for brides, birthdays and beautiful events, we must confess that we get to have the most fun in our kitchen crafting weird, wacky and wonderful designs for our customers who seem to possess imagination galore. () Some folks like to start out slow, with just a hint of the holiday in your presentation.
Maybe it's the town. Las Vegas is sort of famous for its glitz and glamour, after all. There's really nothing else quite like a Vegas showgirl sporting bling and feathers. Of course, all that glitters and shines does have a tendency to evolve over time. It's kind of like comparing a Folies Bergère revue with one of today's Cirque du Soleil casts. The concept may be similar, but the execution continues to evolve. Taking a cue from our flashy environment (even if we are in the
Flowers on a cake. Sounds sort of classic, doesn't it? (or did I mean boring?) As cake designs go, we all know that for generations it was mostly an assortment of icing roses in shades tinted to match the event. That was then. Today, the use of lifelike, handmade, artistic blooms are used to convey everything from the changing seasons to the quirky mood of a soon-to-be-united couple. Inspiration can be found all throughout nature, and just like their real-life counterparts, they can appear in stunning
If you're in the wedding business, you've just got to love David Tutera. Not only does he create fantastic wedding environments for the couples chosen to be on his show - but he finds ways to express their dreams in real life - often in ways they never even imagined possible. Let's face it - a wedding is not simply a time for a joyous union to take place, it's also a very personal expression of the bride and groom's personal passions - whether it