Blast from the past

My good friend Chef Ruth of Ruth Drennan Cakes recently shared this old picture from her files and oh my, it brings so many good memories of working in New York City!! And so I just had to post this picture and share it with all of you =)

This was taken at the Bride's Magazine Cakewalk at the Grand Central Station NYC in 2005 (which seems just like yesterday!). It was an event for different cake decorators around the nation to exhibit their amazing works of cake art.

In this picture, we were doing a sugar flower demonstration with Gail Watson of Gail Watson Custom Cakes. That's me in the middle! I have to admit I was a bit nervous to be in front of so many people but what a great experience!! It was a lot of fun and very exciting to meet and talk to other cake decorators. I remember viewing the different cakes and being inspired with the different styles and techniques. Looking at this picture still inspires me to make beautiful cakes and sugar art. And I hope you'll like them too!!

Daisy Cupcakes

Last week, I made these cute cupcakes for a client who wanted to surprise his wife on her birthday. How sweet is that?! At the consultation, he chose the super moist Carrot Pineapple Spice Cake and buttercream icing and I suggested sugar daisies and sugar pearls for decoration. I'm so happy how it came out and so did they! =)

Bride's Choice Awards 2010

This week, I received an e-mail announcing that Sugar Petals Cakes received this year's Bride's Choice Awards from WeddingWire.com, a Martha Stewart wedding planning website. I'm so happy to share the good news!!!

Lancaster, PA – February 2, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Sugar Petals Cakes has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Cakes!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Sugar Petals Cakes is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Sugar Petals Cakes is among the very best wedding cake bakers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/sugar-petals-cakes-lancaster/f385ff2a3fd035ef.html

Orchid Cake and Happy New Year !

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! It's been a while since my last post due to the busy holiday. It was great to have a little break and spend time with family and friends. And now it's back to baking cakes and meeting clients. It's a new year and new projects are lined up. I'm so excited!

To start this year's blog, I'm sharing a cake that was made last week for a wedding held at the Riverdale Manor. The bride and her mom wanted a small pretty wedding cake to crown her dessert table. To match the wedding's color palette of black and ivory, I made a two-tiered cake iced with buttercream and adorned with sugar moth orchids, black fondant ribbon, and delicate swiss dots. The cake was a Golden Grand Marnier Cake filled with Chocolate Buttercream - sweet and yummy!

Below, I'd also like to share the nice comments given by the mother of the bride. Again, happy new year everyone!!

"It was wonderful working with Faye. In the midst of making many decisions, Faye was the calming force that I found refreshing. The cake was lovely and just what we wanted - simple and elegant. The cake was moist and icing delicious. It was a pleasure. Thank you!"
- Susan