Centerpiece Cakes & Bride's Cake

We created these centerpiece two tiered center piece table cakes along with a three tiered bride's cake for Tiffany and Shawn a few months ago.

The color palette: violet tones, white balmy sea blue and seafoam greens- a hint of Victorian falir and a touch of the coast!

Tiffany really loved a bit of whimsy in the design including stripes and whimsical roses and a few sugar curls of gumpaste!

Pearls and fondant quilting covered a tier of her cake as well!






Two different table center piece designs were chosen each placed on alternating tables and the three tiered cake was placed on the sweetheart table for the bride and groom to enjoy.

Martini & Cocktail Themed Bridal Shower

We created this blue, green, seafoam, and tiffany blue themed cocktail martini shower cake for a fun bridal shower!

Interlaced martini glasses create the top design along with olives and limes. Tiny martini glasses decorate the sides of the cake as well!

Flared & Funky Whimsical Engagement Party Cake

We created this tone on tone flared fondant tiered cake for a recent engagement party. White fondant covers the tiers and overlay sugarpaste is hand painted in luster pearl. Bold jewel toned whimsical five petal flowers add a little bit of fun to the design.

Three Tiered Buttercream 30th Birthday Cake: Hot Raspberry Roses, Black Polka Dots and Black Ribbon

We created this three tiered buttercream cake for a recent 30th birthday party. Three white buttercream tiers are decorated with black polka dots and a grosgrain ribbon at the base of each tier.

Sugar roses in a Hot Raspberry Fushia sit above the ledge of the tiers perched in black wires. A "30" monogram topper finishes off the design.



We delivered this custom cake to the Highlander in Acushnet, Massachusetts

Round Buttercream Birthday Cake: Bear in Sailor Suit with Red Purse

We created this birthday cake with a sugarpaste 3-D bear wearing a sailor suit with a red purse to match!

Handpainted Dragon and Phoenix Cake

We created this round buttercream cake with a handpainted Phoenix and Dragon for a recent birthday celebration!

Cowboy Wild West Themed Round Buttercream Birthday Cake

We created this cowboy wild west birthday cake for a little boy's birthday party recently.

A cowboy boot, cactus, sheriff stars, and a cowboy hat - all edible - decorate the cake along with a green tumbleweed border. Giddee-Up!

Flared & Funky Whimsical Sweet 16 Cake

We created this Sweet 16 cake for a party in Connecticut.

Two fondant flared and funky tiers, one yellow and the other in blue are decorated in stripes and polka dots all in hot pink, electric orange, and kelly green.

Gerbera daisy also top off this fun, funky and whimsical cake design. A sugar "16" rounds off the top tier along with shooting pearls and a banner on the cake board with a "Happy Birthday" inscription.

Teal 40th Sea Shell Birthday Cake

We created this two tiered buttercream cake for Happy 40th! Over The Hill Birthday with a seashore, nautical seashell theme. Teal buttercream tiers are detailed with silver sugar pearls, white chocolate seashells tiny blue sugar starfish and sugar sand.

Simple, Modern Teal and Pink Wedding Cake @ Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

We created this wedding cake for a small private wedding ceremony in Martha's Vineyard- believe it or not the cake made it all the way to the island on the ferry!

We liked the simple yet modern design so much that we created a cake for our shop that sits in our store!

Three single layer tiers of fondant covered cakes stacked atop one another, trimmed in grosgrain layered ribbons in teal and hot pink. And scattered whimsical roses adda modern touch to the ledges.



Cake flavors included: carrot cake with hazelnut buttercream, chocolate cake with bailey's irish cream buttercream, and vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream filling and crunchy Pailleté Feuilletine filling (just like a Nestle Crunch Bar!)

Mod Polka Dots: Graduation Cake

We created this round butercream Graduation cake with Mod Polka Dots in Maroon, Gray, Black and White for a school color themed high school graduation party. The mod 60's design was based off of our Mod Brown and Blue CupCakes which we created for a wedding about 4 years ago.


Here is the original Mod Brown and Blue CupCake Display:

Buttercream Flat Art: Little Girl's Pink Fairy Cake

We created this cute buttercream flat art design from an "inspiration" business card for moms!



Sugarpaste cut-outs of the fairy, shamrocks, and clouds top a round buttercream cake!

Below, is the inspiration....

Mini Pastry Platter: Cake Truffles, Petit Fours, Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Hydrangea & Daisy with Wedding Dress Detail @ Great Hill Wedding - Stone Estate: Marion, Massachusetts

We created this cupcake stand with a topper cake for a large wedding at Stone Estate, Great Hill in Marion, Massachusetts.

A topper cake with dress detail and dark navy blue bow tops our extra large stand along with blue sugar hydrangea and white daisies in varying sizes. Below sit 220 cupcakes adorned with a sprinkling of classic white daisies with yellow centers.

Flavors included: flourless chocolate cupcakes and carrot cake cupcakes

Harley Davidson Motorcycle Graduation Cake

This two tiered Harley Davidson was created for a special graduation party in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

A blue tiered buttercream cake incorporates sugarpaste flames and a Harley Davisdon inspired logo along with a special "Congratualations" and graduation message. Atop the cake sits a completeley edible sugar blue Harley Davidson motorcycle modeled after the graduates ride.

Wedding Cupcakes @ Jones River Trading, Kingston, Massachusetts

We recently created this Wedding CupCake Stand recently for a wedding in Kingston, Massachusetts at the Jones River Trading Company boat house with a wonderful river view. The location features rowing skulls in the rafters from the Olympic games and is really an interesting venue.

The theme: a classix New England wedding of blue hydrangea and starfish. The cupcake stand was topped with a classic Nantucket basket filled with fresh hydrangea and tiny white finger starfish on picks. The cupcakes featured three designs: white pearlized sugar starfish, a sprinklign of sugar sand and finally a single blue hydrangea blossom.

Our Favorite Things!

So today let's stray from the norm of cakes and pastries & well--think about a few of our favorite things!

I have to start by first extending my praise to high school classmate of mine, Lauren Methia of Lauren Methia Photography whose photographs blew me away at a recent Bridal Shower and Wedding that I attended she shot- absolutely amazing work! I highly recommend her for any event- wedding, shower, family portaiture--you can find her at www.laurenmethia.com



Another of our favorite things... Persimmon Restaurant in Bristol, Rhode Island! Find owners Champe and Lisa Speidel serving local and very very special fare at their cozy and friendly restaurant. I bumped into Champe, the owner, at a speaking engagement at Johnson and Wales University College of Culinary Arts-- we were both speaking to a class of Juniors and Seniors.

You can contact Persimmon in Bristol, Ri:

www.persimmonbristol.com
Champe and Lisa Speidel
401.254.7474
persimmonbristol@yahoo.com

Specialty Dessert Cake

Our Specialty Dessert Cakes are quite a favorite here at The Artisan Kitchen. This concoction:

The Chocolate Hazelnut Mocha is available in a 7" Single Layer, serves 8-10, $28.00
7" Double Layer, serves 12-14, $34.00