The Cake Blog

100_2238 - Crazy 88's

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:48:49 GMT

100_2238, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

6"x6" Tiramisu
9"x9" Red Velvet
12"x12" Tiramisu
16"x16" Neapolitan

This cake was a monster to make. We were basically handed a photo (not a very clear one) and asked to recreate it.

I think we did an exceptional job at doing so.

The whole cake is covered in fondant with a total of 88 handmade fondant flowers on the 2nd and bottom tier with silver bead in the center of each one.

The top and 3rd tier have piped on flowers spaced out with small fondant florets placed randomly with a cream ribbon at the base of each tier.

Delivered to the Santa Clara Marriott for 175 people.

~Joe

100_2224 - En Vino Veritas

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:45:03 GMT

100_2224, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Top 6" Red Velvet
Middle 10" Red Velvet
Bottom 14" Red Velvet

I guess they really like the red velvet.

buttercream covering with henna design brushed with silver. Delivered to the Hayes Mansion for 100 people.

~Joe

100_2220 - So clean you can eat off of it.

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:43:10 GMT

100_2220, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Here is a cake that was made to emulate a placemat that was hand painted.

1/2 sheet neapolitan with red buttercream.

fondant sheet hand painted to make the background of the placemat.

All flowers were hand painted and cut out separately and later fit back together like puzzle pieces.

All in all this took about a day to complete, but I think it was worth it.

For 50 people.

~Joe

100_0731 - The "C" and Cake

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:15:35 GMT

100_0731, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Oh puns. You so funny.

This 12" Chocolate Devil's Food with truffle and mousse filling and a coffee buttercream is covered with ganache and has teal fondant waves around the sides with fondant starfish, shells, seahorses and coral.

~Joe

100_2233 - Suprise!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:14:01 GMT

100_2233, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Here is a slightly different take on the barbie doll cakes we have done in the past.

It's Ken, yes, he is naked in all his plastic glory. That tie is totally made to scale.

7" x 7" White cake with strawberries, mangoes, and grand marnier whipped cream filling. Made extra tall to hold Ken's 7" of leggy wonder. Covered in red buttercream with green (lime green) pink (bright pink) and yellow (golden yellow) fondant stripes on the sides and red fondant "bursts" surrounding Ken.

~Joe

100_2226 - Lime in love

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:11:32 GMT

100_2226, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

This cake was made too mimic the design aspects of the invitation to Sarah's 30th Birthday Party.

It's an 11" Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Torte with vanilla buttercream and bright pink polka dots with smaller lime green polka dots made out of fondant.

~Joe

100_2222 - Wax On, Wax Off

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:10:03 GMT

100_2222, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Here we have a tiramisu cake for 20 people that has been cut into the shape of a karate gi.

Covered in fondant and then a black fondant belt was added.

~Joe

100_0721 - Over all, it's a spectacular job

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:01:00 GMT

100_0721, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Im gonna end (or start depending on how you look at it) today's posts with a cake my sister designed. I think it's fantastic. And it really shows her improvement over the last year. I mean look at the detail work and the precision in all the fondant shapes she cut out (like a puzzle) to make it all fit.

It's awesome.

11" Devil's food cake with raspberry preserves.

Fondant overalls.

~Joe

100_0702 - The Eiffel Tower is This way

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:58:48 GMT

100_0702, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

For some reason this cake reminds me of those video game markers that tell you which way to go. You know, it's usually a big arrow at the top middle of the screen showing you where the next checkpoint is.

Only this one is for finding a certain French tower.

Ah, France, I was willing to just run away and get lost there and never look back. Once and long ago.

Anyway, this is an 11" Chocolate Strawberry Fraisier with chocolate ganache.

Eiffel tower is piped on a triangular piece of fondant.

~Joe

100_0700 - When the Moon hits your eye

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:56:19 GMT

100_0700, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

And here is the pizza cake all done and finished.

10" White cake with chocolate mousse filling and buttercream frosting.

The "red sauce" is a piece of red fondant with some grated white chocolate fondant for the cheese. The tomatoes, green peppers and mushrooms were all made out of fondant and hand painted to look like their respective vegetable counterparts.

The crust is some rolled fondant.

~Joe

100_0684 - Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:53:25 GMT

100_0684, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Really cute and simple piggy cake.

Pink fondant ears and nose (and curly tail)

black fondant eyes and mouth.

And ta-da. Piggy!

~Joe

100_0680 - Cherry Chocolate Rain

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:50:39 GMT

100_0680, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Anyone? No? Ok.

13"x13" Tuxedo Cake with Chocolate Ganache.

Pink Fondant stripes and dots with pink buttercream border.

~Joe

100_0677 - Baby

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:49:41 GMT

100_0677, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

11" Triple Vanilla cake with baby decor in a neutral teal/greenish color.

Triple dot design on the sides.

Not a whole lot more to this cake.

~Joe

Lani from Lima

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:09:56 GMT

Dear Lani (from Lima),

Hey, if you are reading this, please email me

sales@margaretsfrenchbakery.com

Would love to chat about Peru and pastries.

Thank you

~Joe

100_0679 - Princess Collection

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:43:46 GMT

100_0679, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Three princess cakes. Pretty simple and standard as far as our princess cakes go.

If you dont know already:

Princess Cake: vanilla or chocolate genoise filled with seedless raspberry preserves and Chantilly cream (Amaretto whipped cream) and frosted with Amaretto whipped cream, Amaretto buttercream or vanilla buttercream

Of you can look in my profile to see all the other flavor descriptions, if that's your cup of tea.

I do believe these are vanilla genoise princess cakes with tea green, raspberry punch red (?) and golden yellow marzipan covering.

~Joe

101_0698 - Yellow yellow yellow

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:40:34 GMT

101_0698, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Top tier 4"x4" = Red Velvet
Middle tier 7"x7" = Red Velvet
Bottom tier 10"x10" = Red Velvet

Purple buttercream with a lavender ribbon and yellow henna design scroll work.

Purple loop ribbon with yellow loop ribbon acents

~Joe

PS - oops, almost forgot. For 100 people at the Grace Bible Chapel.

101_0697 - Chasing Windmills

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:37:25 GMT

101_0697, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Top tier 4" = Triple Vanilla with Strawberries
Middle tier 7" = Lemon Torte
Bottom tier 10" = Red Velvet

Medium blue buttercream painted with super blue and pearl luster dust with white bead borders.

Triple tear drop design painted pearl with fuchsia and green dendrobiums in a full cascade.

For 50 people.

~Joe

PS - I do believe the couple who picked this up cried when they saw this cake because this is the cake they wanted for their wedding that didnt get made. I could be confusing this with another cake, but Im pretty positive this is the one.

~Joe

100_0724 - Ebony and Ivory

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:34:22 GMT

100_0724, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Living in perfect harmony.

Or something like that I really like the juxtaposition of the white on chocolate for this cake. It makes the decor really pop (IMHO)

Top tier 6" = Mocha Torte
2nd tier 9" = Tiramisu
3rd tier 12" = Carrot Cake (YES!)
Bottom tier 15" = Truffle Torte

Delivered to Nestldown in the Santa Cruz mountains for 150 people.

Dark Chocolate buttercream frosting with white piped scroll design and the initials of the Bride and Groom.

~Joe

100_0712 - Double Time

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:08:25 GMT

100_0712, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

I think the cake topper is almost as tall as the actual cake. And I think I actually kind of like this cake topper too. Im not much of a cake topper kind of guy. And now I think Im just going to see how many times I can mention the words cake topper in this post.

Cake...

Top(per) tier 6" = Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Torte
Middle tier 10" = Orange Almond
Bottom tier 14" = Strawberry Grand Marnier

Covered with Buttercream and the champagne bubble design with a sage green ribbon at the base of each tier.

For 100 people at the Adobe Lodge at Santa Clara University.

~Joe

PS-Cake Topper.

100_0705 - It's Like a Jungle

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:05:39 GMT

100_0705, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Top tier 4" = Tiramisu
Middle tier 7" = Tiramisu
Bottom tier 10" = Orange Almond

Covered in Buttercream with burgundy swiss dot design and pink cymbidiums and green dendrobiums in a cascade.

Delivered to the beautiful Hakone Gardens in Saratoga for 50 people.

~Joe

100_0675 - Back in the Saddle

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:04:20 GMT

100_0675, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Im back and Im feeling great. The trip was amazing as previously posted, and Im currently on Day 6 of 14 sorting through the photos. yay. Good times.

This cake was for 100 people and delivered to the Hayes Mansion.

Top tier 4" = Strawberry Grand Marnier
2nd tier 7" = Strawberry Grand Marnier
3rd tier 10" = Princess Cake
Bottom tier 13" = Truffle Torte with Raspberry

The cake is covered in buttercream with a scroll work/swiss dot design.

~Joe

PS-Missed you guys.

And Im Back again

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:20:18 GMT

Actually I've been back since Saturday evening, but I've been recovering.

Anyway, Im doing well. Peru was amazingly fantastic I cant even begin to explain, but I'll try after I finish sorting through photos.

And I took a lot of photos, around 1500 of em.

It's good to be back and in my own bed. Those hotel beds get kind of stiff after awhile.

Well, not to leave you without anything, here is a picture of me in my new sweet (and by sweet I mean totally awesome) leather jacket I bought in Cusco.

Enjoy, and hopefully I'll have some more substantial cake/peru related posts within the next day or so.

~Kiyoshi

PS-how is everyone on the home front?

100_2219 - Taste of Things to Come

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:43:15 GMT

100_2219, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Here is something I worked on today.

Unfortunately you wont see the finished product until the 30th of March.

Why so long you ask?

I'll be in Peru for two weeks exploring the ruins of Machu Picchu, hiking through tropical rain forests, perusing quaint vendor booths on the streets of Lima, Rafting on Lake Titicaca.

So yeah, there will be a drought of cake until I'm back, and I apologize for that. It's actually been quite a hectic and trying month for me (I havent been in town once on any of the weekends, so I have had to bust my ass and finish everything during the week then take off), so I haven't been able to work on this blog as much as I would like. I do hope you are all doing well though.

I hope you all have a great end of March, including St. Patrick's and Easter.

Cheers, and take care everyone!

~Joe

PS-and yes, that is all edible and all for a cake.

PPS-expect lots of photos from Peru.

100_2218 - Last Minute Gift

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:33:54 GMT

100_2218, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

10"x10" Square with buttercream and real ribbon bow with pink and lavender fondant dots and a lavender fondant banner.

White cake with chocolate mousse and vanilla buttercream.

We got this order at 4 in the afternoon for the next day and we were done by 6 (along with all the other cakes we had to make for that day)

~Joe

100_2217 - Where do they come from?

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:32:19 GMT

100_2217, originally uploaded by margaretsbakery.

Well, they are made when a mommy cake and a daddy cake love each other very much, then a few hours later, a baby cake comes out of the oven. They grow up so fast though.

9" White cake with vanilla soaking solution and hazelnut buttercream with ground hazelnuts and hazelnut paste (they like hazelnut apparently) and chocolate mousse filling.

Pink buttercream frosting with fondant drawing of stork holding a baby bundle.

~Joe