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Maggie Austin CakesWhen it comes to planning out the details of a wedding the two things I’d be likely to focus on would be the food and the cake. (My guests would eat well!) I know there are a lot of dessert and sweet table trends but, regardless of what variety of sweets I might consider, a wedding cake would still hold court for me. The harder part would be deciding which kind. This would especially ring true if I had to pick from all of the gloriously beautiful options created by Maggie Austin. Each cake is individually tailored by this amazing Washington D.C.-based pastry artisan and what an artist M...
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vote for maggie austin cake
We are so ecstatic our dear friends over at Maggie Austin Cake are finalists on the Today Show Throw's A Wedding! Please, please {with sugar on top} cast your vote here for their gorgeous design "Ruffles + Dogwood". We could not be more proud of our DC friends for their amazing accomplishment as a finalist...best of luck Maggie + Jess! {Photo credits: 1 The Today Show 2 Kate Headley}...
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Maggie Austin Cakes In The News!
We couldn't be happier for our dear friend Maggie of Maggie Austin Cake, who was featured in The Washington Post yesterday! As we've mentioned many times before, Maggie's cakes are edible works of art, and once you get up the courage to cut into one of these masterpieces, the taste is equally as satisfying as the beautifully hand crafted exterior. We've obsessed over Maggie Austin Cake since the gals at Ritzy Bee Events introduced us to her talents a couple years ago, and are so thrilled that the rest of the world has taken noticed of her incredible talent. After sp...
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Hitched Hearts: Maggie Austin Cake
With our upcoming Royal Wedding Garden Party in the works, we've got Maggie Austin's delectable cakes on the brain. Maggie's creations are so incredibly gorgeous that it's hard to convince anyone to take the first bite-- but trust us, once you have a taste, you'll be so glad you did! We're excited that she was able to pop by the blog today to chat pastries with us. Hope you enjoy these tips from Maggie Austin Cake! Hitched: What are some cool trends you've seen in the pastry industry lately? Maggie Austin: I’m loving that my wedding clients are willing to be a b...
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Artistic Wedding Cakes: Maggie AustinThese Maggie Austin cakes are truly some of the most artistic I've ever seen...they are so completely lovely! Some of them look more like sculptures than cakes, and those ruffles look like they are paper thin. So creative and beautiful....
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Botanical Wedding Cake by Maggie Austin CakeHello lovely! Delicate, refined and utterly artistic, we adore the designs of Maggie Austin Cake....
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The Wedding Cake Creations of Maggie Austin CakeOur fans are going to be AMAZED at the exquisite wedding cake creations from Maggie Austin Cake. We are thrilled to share so many of her wonderful cake designs in today’s post. Maggie Austin Cake is a high-end cake designer located in Old Town Alexandria, minutes from Washington D.C. In August of 2010, retired ballet dancer Maggie Austin LaBaugh designed and photographed cakes, then launched her website. The buzz began. Within weeks, Gail Simmons, of Top Chef fame, was introducing millions of viewers to Maggie Austin Cake on “The Today Show Throws a Modern Wedding,” calling ...
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Divine Design: Maggie Austin Wedding CakesHere is a tear sheet from the Winter Spring issue of Pacific Weddings—isn’t this splendid? Maggie LaBaugh’s fanciful cake designs are as lyrical and interpretive as dance—and for good reason. Before she turned her extraordinary eye for beauty to sugar, she was a classical ballet dancer. And like any committed dancer, training was the foundation for a career that has soared to new heights. Maggie acquired her artful techniques under the tutelage of world-renowned chefs and pastry champions in the L’art de la Pâtisserie program at the French Pastry School. Flirtatious, classic and so...
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Maggie Austin Cake | Beautiful Wedding CakesWe don’t post wedding cakes often here so when we do you know it’s gonna be something special. Okay, how exquisitely perfect are these cakes by Maggie Austin Cake? Above, the breathtakingly gorgeous peony frill tier cake; below, bold ombre orange petals cake. Black pearl – elegantly beautiful. The sugar oyster and pearl are remarkably realistic. Pretty square cakes – three boxes of chocolate accented with roses and stunning white bas-relief. More frill cakes – rose and orchid. Don’t you just love the crepe-like layers? Simply sweet bouquet trio. Check out the rest of the beau...
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Stained Glass Wedding Cake - Maggie Austin CakeIsn't the saying 'a wedding cake a day keeps the doctor away' ???? Perhaps we are a bit confused ... either way, that's what you'll be getting for the next week at least!! A wedding cake a day ... and not just any wedding cake, a Maggie Austin Cake original design :) Do we hear cheering?? Today we chose to focus on her stained glass collection which we think is absolutely brilliant. Stained glass is personally a favorite thing of mine, so when I saw a stained glass wedding cake (done to perfection, I might add) I knew it had to be featured on Style Unveiled. The b...
