Month: January 2023

How cute is this KISS cake?!

This cake was created from a 6″ jumbo, which is three layers of cake with filling in between each layer. We crumb coated the cake in buttercream to lock in the crumbs and then chilled the cake. Next came the final coat of buttercream and another round of chilling in the fridge.

For the accents on the cake, we created the fondant lips and made some macarons. We added a lime green drip to the cake and then attached the premade accents. We added some buttercream stars with a tip 21 and the cake was complete. Muah!

We love creating cakes that look real and these shoes definitely fit that criteria! When we are asked to create “shoe cakes” we typically sculpt the shoe from rice cereal treats and cover them in fondant. The cake is usually the shoebox that the shoe sits on. Which one is your fave?

Nine tiers. You read that right. N I N E Tiers of cake!

This cake was amazing to create. The inside was a combination of Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Cake and Red Velvet Cake with varying fillings. We allow our clients to have a different flavor and filling in each tier if they choose. It’s always fun to offer your guests a few different flavors to choose from.

The outside of this cake was iced in white buttercream. For the bottom three tiers, we added small fondant diamonds using these cutters. We had several smooth tiers and some we airbrushed gold. At the base of each tier we added a gold fondant band to anchor each tier. A jumbo fondant monogram was added tot he front of the third tier.

Once the cake was onsite at the venue, we placed the flowers that the bride provided in a spiral cascade. They added the perfect pop of red to the white and gold of the cake. Our favorite faux flowers for cakes are these. They are more realistic than those found in local craft stores and come in so many colors!

Whether you have a single tier or nine, we promise to put our heart and soul into your cake!

Happy 65th Birthday!

This golf cake is a classic! It was created from three tiers (6″-8″-10″) of cake to serve about fifty people. Each tier was iced in smooth, blue buttercream and then stacked to create the three tier look. Once stacked, the fondant accents were added including the rolling greens and argyle diamonds with stitching. Fore!

Yes, they are edible!

We are asked quite often to create statement cakes and cars (and trucks) always make quite the statement!

Whether it’s for a birthday, retirement or a Groom’s cake, our car cakes are often the hit of the party! These cakes are time consuming to create, but so worth it in the end when you see just how happy the recipient is!

I love ALL wedding cake designs, I really do! But one of my favorite things about the new year and engagement season, is seeing what trends start to emerge with couples and their cakes.

When we meet with a new couple, we ask them to bring images and ideas that they want to incorporate into their cakes. Most of the time, couples have images they like on their phone, sometimes they print their ideas out and occasionally couples come in with their invitations, swatches, monograms and other more abstract ideas.

We love to design cakes using any and all of these methods! When brides show me their Pinterest boards, I love it because I can immediately get a feel for their style. Usually, there will be 3-4 pinned cakes that have similar elements and I can tell right away what they like.

It’s only mid-January, but the trends I’m seeing emerge at this point are the following:

Pearls: Scattered sugar pearl cakes started making the rounds last year and continue to be popular this year. Pearl/bead borders are back, too! While these sugar pearls are edible, some of the larger ones (8mm+) can be really hard and you can potentially break a tooth…eek! Be sure that your baker understands to use sugar pearls and NOT dragees, which are plastic and not edible. And if you choose a design that includes larger pearls, make sure they are removed before serving.

Clear Separators: The floating cake look and acrylic separators have been gaining popularity in the last several months and will continue into the 2023 wedding season. Our favorite separators are here, but you’ll want to check with your baker to make sure what size you need.

With some trends I’m ready for them to phase out the same day they phase in. But not this trend…it’s a keeper!

Comic cakes are the latest trend to hit the cake scene. They are created to look like drawings with their coloring and outlining. They are not terribly difficult to create, but can be time consuming with the black outlines needed to get the look.

Our favorite fondant extruding tool made the job so much easier! You just roll your fondant into a sausage or snake shape and load it into the extruder. When you turn the handle, it pushes the fondant through the selected plate, in this case a thin hole. It makes all your outlines the same thickness and consistency is so important with this cake style.

So what do you think? Comic Cake Trend = Yay or Nay?

At All Things Cake, we love LOVE! Working with wedding couples is probably my favorite part of my job!

Wedding season for us primarily runs from April-October. So in the “down time” from November-March, we conduct A LOT of cake tastings and consultations.

Many couples get engaged over the holidays from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day. And once they get engaged, the planning begins! So with engagement season in full swing, we are busy answering inquiries from newly engaged couples, working with wedding venues on Open Houses and networking with other wedding vendors to make the upcoming Wedding Season amazing!

For couples looking to work with All Things Cake, we first recommend that they book their venue and set their date. We can’t really move forward with a couple that hasn’t set a date because we can’t guarantee that we are available for their wedding without it.

Once their date is set and venue is selected, setting a budget and guest list is next. One of the first things vendors will ask is the approximate number of people they will have at their reception. We base our recommended number of servings on this as well. We recommend that you have cake or dessert for at least 80% of your guest count. So for a reception guest count of 150, you’ll need about 120 servings of cake.

Even if the bride and groom aren’t “Cake People” we still recommend that you have plenty of cake. Some people go to the reception JUST FOR THE CAKE! However, if the couple tends to love something sweet other than traditional cake, I wholeheartedly recommend that you incorporate that into the reception. We often have couples that love brownies or cookies instead of cake. We still recommend that you have some cake, but feel free to make the desserts your own!

Congratulations to all the newly engaged couples! If you or someone you know is engaged and in need of cake in the Tulsa, OK area, please feel free to send them our way! They can schedule their cake tasting appointment here.

Happy Wedding Planning!!

How sweet is this cake?!?

This was a small wedding cake for the sweetest couple! For this cake, we started with two tiers. Whenever we have a small wedding we always recommend that they have at least two tiers of cake. This allows them to cut the bottom tier (to feed each other a bite from,) and one tier to save for their first wedding anniversary as tradition goes.

With a clean base of white buttercream on this two tier, we added a watercolor edible image of the couple and added a fondant skirt for the wedding dress. Edible gold leaf and gold non-pareils were added for an elegant touch.

Love, love , love!

It’s only one week into 2023 and we are already seeing a handful of popular wedding dates emerge.

While we do wedding cakes all year long, we definitely do more from April-October. And of those months, May, June and October are by far the most popular. So what trends are we seeing and what dates are already close to booking?

Here’s the list so far:

April 29th

May 13th

May 26th & 27th (Memorial Day Weekend)

June 2nd & 3rd

September 23rd

October 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th

If your ideal wedding date is on this list, don’t stress out! Just check with your preferred vendors to see if they are available and go from there. We offer a quickie deposit of $50 to hold your date, so you don’t lose it before you have a chance to come in for your cake consultation. We also work with several venues in our area and our cakes are included in their venue packages. If you’re getting married at one of these venues, you’re guaranteed a spot on our calendar!