Not everyone loves cake. I know, shocking! You have two groups of dessert people out in the world. You have the candy folks, like my husband, he could bypass cupcakes and cake, and head straight for the Lemonheads, Sour Patch Kids, and Starbursts. Then you have the cake and cookie fans, like me! I can easily go past the Halloween candy and will head straight for a homemade cookie.
So, what happens when a bride and groom hire you to do their wedding, and then tell you, “we don’t like cake!” So, I was stumped and wondered what would they want me to make? This is my career, it’s what I do…make cakes! Sure, they wanted a cake, but not one made with flour and sugar….they wanted a Rice Krispy treat cake. My initial reaction was to google it! I wanted to see if that was something that had been done and curious to see what other bakers had done. Most of what I found was your typical tiered round cake….just large round Rice Krispy treats stacked.
I chatted with them and they pretty much said, take creative liberty, as long as it feeds about 100 people. So….I decided to make mini Rice Krispy treat wedding cakes. I stacked each tier with some buttercream and topped it with a blue flower, to match the bridesmaids dresses. It was time consuming, I have never made so many batches of Rice Krispy treats and they aren’t the easiest to cut into small little circles, but it was worth it. I would love to hear what you think!
Here is a close-up of one
Here are a couple other Specialty Cakes that we have done the last couple of weeks….
The first one was for a teen who loves the Incredible Hulk. The birthday boy’s Aunt, gave us no other instructions. Whenever we have an inquiry on a comic book character or a car, I immediately get Kyle involved. He has an incredible eye for carving and the little details, but I think he could open up his own comic book store and it’s more fun for him to design a cake about something that he loves; Cars and comic books!
We decided to make a comic book cake with the Hulk’s fist tearing through the pages. I absolutely love the way the cake turned out and the fist looked so life like….he really did an incredible job with the shading and even creating the veins on the back of the fist. We printed the Incredible Hulk comic book pages on Edible frosting sheets and scored the sides of the fondant to make it look like pages.
This cake was ordered for a surprise engagement party that the bride-to-be’s best friend was throwing for her. They wanted a cake that looked like a gift box and included some of the bride-to-be’s favorites….colors: purple/black, Calla Lillies, and a picture of the happy couple. Here is what we came up with…..
This last cake is a simple Birthday cake embellished with a couple of yellow peonies…I love simplicity, so a nice cake to end with!
Thanks for checking in and I can’t wait for our upcoming Blog post…..Porsche and a new wedding cake!! Stay tuned….
Sweet Tooth Confections 
