This week’s obsession is CAKE! Not just any ole cake, but a cake made from scratch and tricked out by: YOU! Yes, think “Build a Bear” (probably not the best reference for folks with no experience in the kid department), but for cakes. A few weeks ago, BlackMarket Bakery invited a group of Orange County food bloggers to their kitchen to get our feedback on their newest offering and test the concept by letting us loose to create our own cake. We paired up and unleashed our creativity on a two-tiered, expertly frosted cake for a fun, low-key, everyone’s a winner Cake War!
The general consensus was that this idea is appealing on many levels: it’s economical, it’s a fun party idea, it gives you a chance to unleash your creativity and revel in the praise that’s sure to follow. I, for one, had never decorated a cake, heck, I rarely bake, period. But that evening, my partner, Quyen of Kitchen Runway, and I put our heads together and decided on a Lunar New Year theme and were really excited about how our cake turned out! We were the Zen Masters!
The fun times and collective talent of all the teams can be seen in the video, but for your viewing pleasure: Kim (Rustic Garden Bistro) and Josie (Daydreamer Desserts) were feeling the love and designed a cake that would make any bride-to-be blush with anticipation.
The cake creations are limitless, especially considering you have 9 cake flavors, 3 delectable buttercream frostings, and 3 borders to choose from! With names like Mr. Peepers, Youthful Crush, and Bollywood Star, and at a mere $49 for a frosted, two-tier cake, who can resist? What special occasion do you have coming up?
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Priscilla — It was so much fun working with you and the cake is hands down the best white cake and buttercream ever! You did a great job with the slide show! Love it!
What fun! All of the cakes you featured look gorgeous.
This is such a crazy fabulous idea. I’m so envious…great events seem to always take place in your parts. I seem to be missing a lot of the fun out there!!! I think I should maybe consider a move to the warmer West coast.
Priscilla…your decorative cake can grace my sweet table any time ;o)
Ciao for now,
Claudia
This is so cool! What a great idea! March 15th (yes, “the Ides”, I know) is our 3rd anniversary of moving into our own home so I would so love to build a cake for this! Too bad I’m so far away!
What a great idea. Enjoy all the fun! What amazing looking cake creations.
This is fabulous! Really is! You always have the best things going on here…those cakes look just gorgeous and yummy too!
You guys did an awesome job on the cakes!!! Sounds like a fun evening – one of these days I am going to have to join you all for a little “cake action”!!!
I can only say that these are cakes of the cakes..Love love love it!!!Nicely done!
Ah those cakes are ammmmazing! I wish I could decorate a cake like that… oh I would never stop! But I can’t even pipe a cupcake, let alone decorate an entire cake.
They look so cool! I love the 2nd one the most…..
What a fun time!! I love to decorate cakes, and this sounds like it was a very neat experience. Your cake turned out fabulous!!!
they looks georgaous, more than a cake, work of art!
wow! what a cool cake. I’m really bad at decorating. I should practice more
Forget painting pottery…this is what I want to do! I think that this is such a great way to spend an afternoon, and even better…you get to eat some yummy cake too! Thank you for sharing your creativity with me! I hope you have a blessed Sunday
What a super fun event! The cakes look wonderful.
Oh how fun build a cake event must be. The cakes look beautiful! I would love to do something like this too…
Thanks everyone! It was really fun and you don’t have to be “experienced” at cake decorating – I had zero, but Blackmarket has all sorts of decorations that make it really easy to create a pro-looking cake
Oh wow! What fun, and such gorgeous cakes! You have many talents that you are hiding
Thanks for showing the cake I made with Josie!!! That was a load of fun – I definitely thought “Build a Bear” for cakes.
It won’t be long before I’m buying one of these for my own personal enjoyment.
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