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CB loves: Art-inspired cakesHow genius are these Martha Stewart wedding cakes, all inspired by delicious works of art?! You can see the entire series here but my two favorites are featured above. I do adore a good Damien Hirst lithograph and that wedding cake version has me swooning big time. I think I'll need to revisit The Tate ASAP to enjoy a little slice of {calorie free} DH heaven. I've been missing London anyway. ;o){Images: Martha Stewart cakes; Original artworks, diptychs edited by myself}...
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Behind the Scenes: Art-Inspired Cakes, Part 5We're nearing the end of our museum-worthy behind-the-scenes look at our art-inspired cakes. Sadly, there's no gift shop to peruse, but hopefully these extra snapshots and our new Fall issue will keep you happy. Our last cake was inspired by Damien Hirst. Our go-to in-house cake creator, food editor Elizabeth Colling, executed this confection. Back Next 1 of 3 1 Elizabeth cut out each dot using the back of a piping tip. 2 Britni and Elizabeth met to review the colors and placement of the dots. 3 A very rough sketch of the Hirst cake, paired with the ...
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Behind the Scenes: Art-Inspired Cakes, Part 3So far you've seen the behind-the-scenes on our art-inspired cake story development and for the Van Gogh and Klimt cakes. Next up? Another stunner by Wendy Kromer. Our airy, Paul Cezanne-inspired cake. Back Next 1 of 7 1 Wendy hand-painted all of these marzipan fruits. Here she is dusting them with edible pigment. 2 Can you spot the real fruit? 3 One of Wendy's pears. 4 Wendy molded each fruit by hand and incorporated a fig filling. It pained us to cut this open, but we were curious to see the inside (and to taste it). 5 Here's a real apple, so you...
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Behind the Scenes: Art-Inspired Cakes, Part 1Are any of you thinking of having an art-inspired confection? We were, when we created our cakes story for the Fall issue. Here's how we did it. First up is a look at the general development of the cakes and photo shoot. From the brainstorming to paint selections and beyond! The rest of the week we'll be taking closer looks at our cakes, so check back in! And don't forget to see the whole story online and in the magazine. Back Next 1 of 14 1 The starting points of our cakes. We use dummy foams for a lot of our cakes, and in this photo we’d just start...
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Behind the Scenes: Art-Inspired Cakes, Part 2Yesterday I posted a gallery of behind-the-scenes photos from our Fall issue's cakes story. Today we're getting specific, and I'll be showing you fun photos of the cakes we made that were inspired by Vincent Van Gogh and Gustav Klimt. First up, Van Gogh. Which was created so beautifully by Wendy Kromer. Back Next 1 of 9 1 Buttercream! This was our buttercream creation. Wendy Kromer mixed up all these golden hues so she could create a cross-hatch pattern on each tier to mimic the painting's brush strokes. 2 Britni shows off the winning cake stand that ...
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Behind the Scenes: Art-Inspired Cakes, Part 4Moving on in our week-long behind-the-scenes bonanza, I've got pictures for our Wayne Thiebaud cakes and Rachel Ruysch floral masterpiece. Caitlin Williams Freeman, who is based out of the Blue Bottle Coffee Company location at the SF MoMA, brought her vision for Wayne Thiebaud's "Cakes" to life. We were literally in disbelief of how unrealistically realistic these cakes looked and had to really check that the photo Lisa took wasn't a printout of the painting. Back Next 1 of 11 1 Stacks of cake foams before being transformed. 2 Caitlin whisking away! ...
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cakes inspired by works of artLove these cakes, all inspired by works of art. {Martha Stewart inspired by the “Spot” series by Damien Hirst} {Tiffany inspired cake by Maggie Austin Cake} {Martha Stewart inspired by van Gogh} {Thiebaud inspired cakes – photo by Kate Harrison via Green Wedding Shoes} ...
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Cake Inspired by The Masters of ArtI could stay forever in two places; a great museum and a wonderful bakery. So when I discovered that Martha Stewart was able to combine both of my loves into one amazing confection…needless to say I was pretty impressed with the results. These cakes are works of art on their own. Cake … inspired by the paintings of Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch, circa 1685 to 1750. Cake … inspired by “The Basket of Apples,” by Paul Cezanne, circa 1893 {source}...
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petite cake inspirationA tight wedding budget may not leave room for that 5 tiered wedding cake you've been dreaming about but don't fret, just scale down and get creative. Ask your baker, to create, a mini version of that tiered wedding cake you've been pining over for just you and the hubby. And for your guests, hop on the wedding cupcake trend. You can serve the same cake flavor or a variety of flavors. Tired of this wedding wedding trend? try other small sweets like small pies, petite fours or macacroonsOr what about a beautiful display of mini art inspired cakes like this bride and groom images...
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Wedding Cake of the Week: Inspired by Folk ArtPhoto: Courtesy of Coco Paloma Desserts Pastry chef Paloma Efron, of Coco Paloma Desserts in Austin, TX, created this whimsical confection for a bride who wanted to pay homage to her groom's German heritage. "The wedding was a relaxed affair with a beer garden theme, with lots of bright colors and accents," says Paloma, who worked with the bride on the cake concept for several months before the wedding. The intricate blue-and-yellow floral pattern was handcut from rolled fondant; Paloma drew inspiration for the hand-holding bride and groom on the top tier from a variety o...
