Capistrano Spring Break.

This cake was created for the Threadcakes Competition. Open to both professional and novice bakers, the rules are to chose a Threadless T-shirt design and then create a cake based on that design. I was too intimadated to enter last year. This year, I did enter and ended up being a finalist. Below is the cake, my inital design and the original artwork by Andy Gonsalves.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

Cake for The Newtown Road Film Festival, an outdoor Summer film series. This is for their finale screening of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Red Velvet Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Fondant.

Zarkana.

Cake created for the Assistant Company Manager of Cirque Du Soleil's ZARKANA, currently playing at Radio City Music Hall. Red Velvet and Chocolate cakes with Vanilla Buttercream and Fondant.

Rock On!

Cupcakes for the Broadway company of ROCK OF AGES. Chocolate With Cherry Buttercream and Pumpkin with Bourbon-Brown-Sugar Buttercream. Ordered by Ms. Jennifer Rias, the Dance Captain who is also making her Broadway debut!

Tea Time.

Teacup Cake for Lisa Beeson, General Manager at the Palm Court at the World-Famous PLAZA HOTEL...considered to be NYC's "premier destination for Afternoon Tea." Yellow Cake filled and covered with Chocolate Buttercream.

Shoes.

Running Shoe Cakes (and a pedometer) created for two events. The first was for NYU Medical Center's Global Corporate Challenge and the second was for a team's 5K Race.

Santa Maria.

Replica of the Santa Maria ordered for a birthday. Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream and Chocolate Fondant.

Sandwich or Cake?

PB&J "Sandwich." I tried to make my version healthy by making it on 7-grain "bread," with oats and sunflower seeds. Brown Sugar Caramel Cake with Peanut Butter Buttercream and Black Raspberry Jelly.

Push, Vicki, Push!

I was asked to recreate the internet-famous "Push, Olivia, Push!" cake for a baby shower. Here is my version....

Rose of Sharon.

Passion Fruit Cake with Raspberry Buttercream and Fondant Roses.

The Girl Likes Wigs.

25th Birthday Cake for Dana Angelo. She loves wigs. Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Filling and Pink Raspberry Buttercream with Fondant Wigs and Wig Heads.

Petite Gateau.

Birthday Cake for Marie Jacqueline Barosy. Vanilla and Lemon Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Fondant.

Happy Anniversary, CULTUREfix!

Cake to celebrate the 1-year Anniversary of CULTUREfix, a popular Lower East Side Gallery and Bar. Chocolate-Cabernet Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Cabernet-Blackberry Filling.

Body. Mind. Spirit.

Cake created for a young man leaving NYC to attend Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. This is the school emblem.