Ivory Buttercream & Fushia Hydrangea @ Beverly Yacht Club, Marion, Massachusetts

We created this three-tiered beauty based on Hally's Blue Hydrangea Cake and Jill's Ribbon & Rose Cake .



This three tiered buttercream cake serves 175 people with each tier measuring five inches tall. Fresh flowers adorn the top as well as a small bunch on the side.

We delivered this cake to an outdoor reception on The Porch at the Beverly Yacht Club, in Marion, Massachusetts. The cake flavor included our most popular altnerating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake.

Disney Fairy Cake

We love making this tiered cake for little girls birthdays! What little girl doesn't love fairies, flowers and woodland creatures!



This two tiered fondant cake, covered in a mossy green tinted base has blades of grass placed individually on the base of each tier in variegated tones of green. Five petal pale pink daisies and green sugarpaste leaves along with dark chocolate mushroom add a bit of whimsy to this fun birthday cake.




The cake flavor includes devilish chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream filling with fondant covering.

Gerbera Daisy & Chocolate Wedding Cake @ Independence Harbor, Assonet Massachuetts

One of my favorite venues is the flawless and perfectly kept gardens of Independence Harbor in Assonet Massachusetts. This particular wedding, held on a blustery afternoon in October included gorgeous fresh gerbera daisy blossoms by Nancy and her talented staff at A Wareham Florist. Bright yellows, fushias, oranges and reds were showstopping on this white buttercream cake with tiny hand piped five petal daisy accents. The dark chocolate colored band at the base of each tier is completely edible and hand rolled from dark chocolate sugarpaste and then polished to a satin finish. Piped over the chocolate band is a small base of ivory pearls.



The chilly day was foiled by a fresh fruit cake: vanilla butter cake soaked in vanilla bean syrup with fresh strawberries and buttercream filling.



Here is the original sketch:

Ghoolish Treats: Halloween Cookies Treats & Gifts

The perfect solution to SPOOK you Halloween trick or treaters or give to children's school classmates. Our ghoolish halloween cookies are beautiful and deicious!

A vanilla sugar cookie topped with a hand decorated bat or moon in poured fondant icing!


Bat and Moon Hand Decorated Cookie with edible glitter moon light:






Halloween Pumpkin with chocolate stem:


Cookies are available by special order or at Marion General Store through Saturday Halloween Night October 31st. Each is wrapped in a clear cellophane bag with white satin ribbon tie and priced at $3.50 each.

First Birthday: Minnie Mouse Cake @ Pocasset, Massachusetts

My niece turned one a few weeks ago, she's the only little one in the family so her 1st birthday party was a big deal and she was the princess at the party. Minnie Mouse was the theme and her two tiered cake featured pinks, black, white, and even included seasonal zinnias. Minnie Mouses ears adorned the top along with a big "1".



Here is Makayla's First 1st Birthday Smash Cake!


Here is Makayla decked out in her new Minnie Mouse "couture"!



Her cake included two tiers: one chocolate one vanilla with vanilla buttercream filling all covered in fondant.

Wedding Favors: Cake Truffles

About a six months ago one of our brides asked us to start thinking about creating an incredibly special favor for her wedding reception guests. The bride told us how she has been a bridesmaid in 15 diferent weddings and she was tired of the same old favor set at each place setting. But she also kept talking about these cake truffles she had heard about.

After some contemplation I called Carly at 8:00am on Monday morning with an idea: a box of cake truffles in each each guests' room along with a small bottle of Neige Ice Cider.



I had a few sample boxes sent from a supplier and made them up today, these are not in Carly's colors (brown and blue) but don't they look cute!



We'll have the cake truffles for sale at the holidays as gift boxes with an assortment of four varieties with 15 total truffles per box. They come in a variety of flavors: Three Brothers Hazelnut Chocolate, Raspberry White Chocolate, Lemon Twist, Raspberry Chambord, Cookies & Cream, Brute Chocolate Truffle

Autumn Pleats Wedding Cake @ Cape Cod Private Residence

An intimiate gathering at a breathtaking Classic Cape Cod Home in Dennis, Massachusetts was the backdrop for this fall themed wedding. The bride's dress complete with horizontal pleats was the inspiration for the cake. Not many people are concerned with the back of the cake, but I learned at the end of our consultation that the bride had removed the silver buttoms from her great grandmothers wedding gown to be used as closures on her own- from that moment on - the back of the cake became a priority.



The back of the cake features small silver dusted pearls running from top to bottom. The topper: an arrangement of classic fall blooms in autumnal shades.
Small groupings of flowers create a balanced display, along with tiny white tea roses which were mainstays in the bride's and bridesmaid's bouquets.



The silver tray, one from the mother-of-the bride was a beautiful accent to the cake display.

Cake flavors included: Vanilla Butter Cake with Oreos and Cream filling and Pistachio Cake with Raspberry Buttercream

Anniversary CupCake Display and Cake

We delivered this small cupcake stand and small cake to an anniversary party in Westport, Massachusetts.

The 40 cupcakes were decorated in edible organic nasturshiam blossoms in bright orange, shades of yellow, burgundy, and fushia reds.



Bittersweet Farm is a gorgeous site for small weddings and anniversary gatherings in Westport, Massachusetts and made a great backdrop for our rustic and seasonal floral cupcake design.

Calla Lillies & Vine Wedding Cake @ Marion Road, Rochester, Massachusetts

We created this four tier buttercream wedding cake for a casual outdoor wedding at a private residence in Rochester, Massachusetts.

A chocolate vine with tiny dark chocolate five-petal flowers, with a pearl center, covered the vine along with dark hunter green leaves. A piped buttercream border in varying sizes created a border at the base of each tier & over one dozen white handmade sugarpaste calla lillies cascaded over the top tier.



This design is slightly casual while the calla lillies create a more formal edge.

The cake flavors included vanilla butter cake with raspberry marmalade and devilish chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.

Fun & Whimsical Wedding Cake

The three tiered buttercreaam designed was hand piped with black swirls, dots, and fun design. Sugarpaste pearls were placed as a border at the base of each tier and a black and white sugarpaste handmade monogram was placed on the side of the top tier.


This hot pink fushia, black, and pearl wedding cake was created for a small wedding ceremony in Taunton, Massachusetts.

This design could easily be translated into a variety of color schemes, or even shades of white and cream for a whimsical addition to a wedding reception.

The cake flavor included vanilla butter cake with buttercream frosting.

Jewel Toned Wedding Cake @ Indian Pond Country Club, Kingston, Massachusetts

I have officially found my favorite wedding & event venue on the South Shore: Indian Pond Country Club @ 60 Country Club Road in Kingston, Massachusetts.

This place is a stunner, we drove the pine-lined drive which opened up to a gorgeous clubhouse and the only word my assistant and I uttered was: "Wow!".

Shades of ivory and small details like raised panel walls, two elaborate mahogany bars, and a high chair rail make the ballroom something reminiscent of Newport, Rhode Island-- however the view of the rolling greens and tall pine trees remind you that you actually are standing on the South Coast of Massachusetts.

The flowers by my new find: Bella Flora by Alexis out of Bridgewater, Massachusetts were breathtaking jewel tones all in seasonal blossoms!



The cake: an ivory four-tier buttercream cake with small piping details: swirl, five petal flowers and scroll work. The decor: seasonal blooms in dark orange, reds, purples, magenta pink, chartreuse green. The blooms: dahlias, zinnias, dendrobium orchids, green spider mums, & spray roses.



A small detail which "made" the whole setup was the hand guilded two-tiered gold board on which the cake sat. This gold pulled from the gold chairs in the ballroom and the gold rimmed chargers set at each guests place setting!

The cake flavor to match the jewel toned wedding: vanilla butter cake with layers of raspberry marmalade and apricot marmalade.

Wedding CupCakes @ Teaticket Path, Falmouth, Massachusetts

We created this floral, seven-tier cupcake display for a simply elegant rustic wedding at a home in Falmouth, Massachusetts.




The fall-themed wedding, held at a classic Cape Cod home overlooking a small inlet on Cape Cod, featured classic New England blooms including hydrangeas, zinnias, mums, mallow flowers, and black eyes susans. All of these blossoms were used scattered here and there on the cupcake tiers. The cupcakes were simply decorated with a sprinkling of edible glitter.

A total of 175 cupcakes covered the cupcake stand and included our new ultimate vanilla butter cake, devilish chocolate cake, red velvet cake all with assorted chocolate and vanilla buttercream.

The Artisan Kitchen @ Boston Flower Show 2010

Join us for the "Garden of Cakes" at the 2010 Boston Flower Show.

Our gorgeous floral, garden inspired cake will be on display at the "cake gallery" along with 11 other cakes from other Massachusetts cake designers.

Pages are flying off of our sketch books as we design different cakes for the event! We'll have to post some sketches later on!


Check Out Our Cake on Boston Flower & Garden Show Facebook Page Click HERE

The Boston Flower & Garden Show will take place at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston from March 24-28.

Lobster Bake Cake @ Falmouth Yacht Club

We created this lobster bake cake for a recent wedding at the Falmouth Yacht Club in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.




In order to create a realistic Cape Cod Clam Bake we hand sculpted ears of corn, three dimensional quahog and clam shells, razor clams, and muscles from sugar paste. Seaweed was also sculpted in all shades of green and sugar sand was added as well.



In order to make this a true Massachusetts cake the cake flavor was Boston Cream: Vanilla Cake layered with Chocolate Ganache Buttercream and Vanilla Pastry Cream!

We delivered the cake to the reception at the Falmouth Yacht Club in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Here is what they had to say about the cake:

Dear Meredith,
Thank you so much for the amazing lobster cake. It was perfect (and delicious), and everybody loved it!!!
Cheers,
-Chris

Victory Garden Cake

We created this classic vegetable garden themed buttercream cake for a 50th birthday. Complete with sugarpaste eggplant, split rail fence, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, a little cake and sugar "dirt", shovel spade, and wheel barrow, this garden was complete!

The "50" plaque brought in the accent colors of charcoal and metallic gold.




We consider this type of decor to be "flat art" and is created by hand and takes many hours of sculpting by our two talented artists!

The cake flavor included alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla with oreos and cream filling and was delivered to a home in Acushnet, Massachusetts.

The Artisan Kitchen @ Sid Wainer & Sons Gourmet Outlet

We are pleased to have teamed with the premiere purveyor of gourmet foods in New England, Sid Wainer & Sons.

Our breads, handmade pies, & tea cakes are now available at Sid Wainer & Sons in New Bedford Massachusetts

You can find our Artisanal Loaves, Sandwich Breads, Pies, Quiche, Cookies, Tea Breads and other assorted baked goods delivered Friday and Saturday to the Gourmet Outlet:

2301 Purchase St
New Bedford, MA 02746-1686
(508) 999-3665

We did a sampling and demonstration of our products a few weeks ago and here are a few shots...

Wedding Cake & CupCakes @ Lusitano's, Fall River, MA

We created two cupcakes stands and a two tiered fondant cake for a wedding at Lusitano's in Fall River, MA.

The color scheme included a gorgeous deep eggplant, silver, and pearl white. A modern theme with touches of traditional flowers were on the table for this display. We used handmade gumpaste calla lillies, and organic edible mallow blossoms and pansies as toppers on the cupcakes for keep the purple and white color scheme.

The two tiered cake featured a modern swirl and polka dot pattern in silver, eggplant purple, and pearl white.

Bridal Shower Cake: Contemporary Wedding Gown

We created this simple round buttercream flat art cake for a bridal shower in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

The bridal shower invitation featured a pale celadon green background color with a pale pink ribbon rose and modern pen line drawing of a wedding gown. The bride asked us to create a cake to match and here it is.

The cake flavor included vanilla butter cake with passion fruit and coconut filling with vanilla buttercream frosting and filling.

Check Us Out On: Obama Foodorama

As many of our fans know, we travel to Martha's Vineyard Island each Tuesday to the Tisbury Wharf Farmers Market from 10am-3pm...


Click Here to read about The Artisan Kitchen and other MV Foodies who created "Presidential Eats" for the First Family's trip to Martha's Vineyard this August.

Martha's Vineyard is a small island community off the coast of Massachusetts which welcomes many tourists, celebrities, and multiple presidents who all enjoy the gorgeous dunes, beaches, eats, and sights! Visit us on MV Island til Mid-September, then we'll see you in 2010.

Video: Duxbury Farmers Market

The Artisan Kitchen @ Duxbury Farmers Market

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Click Here to watch a video about The Artisan Kitchen and all of the other vendors at the Duxbury Farmers Market!

Happy Plane Day: Hawaiian Luau Cake

We created this two tiered fondant cake to celebrate "Sydney's Plane Day" Party!
The theme this year: Tropical Hawaiian Luau. For the top tier we created a coconut-inspired seashell top, and for the bottom tier- a grass skirt with a bow accent. The topper included five gorgeous handmade sugarpaste hibiscus each dusted to match the magenta, yellow and orange color scheme.



The cake flavor was a delicious Devilish Chocolate Cake with a Toasted Coconut-Mounds inspired filling.

Sculpted Cake: Model T Engine Cake

We created this car engine cake for an 80th Birthday this weekend. The cake replica of a Ford Model T Engine was sculpted in full size to match the original engine. The best part of the story: the customers brought the actual engine to the bakery rather than supplying us with photos. It was such fun perfecting the lettering, cylinders, and other engine parts.



A fan was sculpted from sugarpaste, and then sugar bolts & screws were added - just like the real thing.

The spark plugs to the engine were sculpted out of gumpaste with a flame on top to represent candles.

Our final product measured 20" long by 16" wide and 16" tall.

The car engine cake was delivered to a party in Acushnet, Massachusetts.

Purple Peacock & Bright Hibiscus Cake

We created this two tier fondant, square, asymetrical cake for a birthday party this weekend in Marion, Massachusetts.

We created the peacock out of sugarpaste who's tail flowed from the top tier down the side of each cake. Bright pink and orange hibiscus flowers were placed in small groupings on each cake along with ivy, which trailed down the back edge of the cake.

The cake flavor included alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake with a vanilla buttercream filling.

Baby Shower CupCakes: Onesies

The onesie theme has been a staple invitation theme this year for baby showers and here we have our NEW Onesie CupCakes! We can create these tiny gumpaste toppers in any color and with a variety of decorations. Onesie cookies are a great addition to the order for favors or even a small cake with a onesie decoration as with our giraffe cake see HERE



The cupcakes included vanilla butter, red velvet and devilish chocolate with a variety of chocolate and vanilla buttercream.

We delivered these custom colored onesie baby shower cupcakes to the Marion General Store in Marion, Massachusetts.

Baby Shower Cake: Lambs & Ivy Team Safari

We created this "Lambs & Ivy Team Safari" cake based off of a Baby's R' Us line of bedding, furniture, and clothes. The lion which we created out of sugarpaste and sat on the ledge of the cake. We found the picture of the lion on this lamp below.



Blue and brown color schemes have become very popular for baby showers and create an elegant look, we really enjoy creating cakes around browns and blues.

The cake flavor was alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla, and was delivered to a home in Attleboro Massachusetts.

We received this note from Melinda:

Meredith:

The cake was perfect and so were the cookies. I was so proud to have provided them. One thing would be good – next time include your cards so interested people can take one.

Melinda

Baby Shower Cake: Safari Monkey

This monkey cake was made especially for a baby shower in Boston, Massachusetts. The brown and blue shower was accented with a moneky theme.

This cake was used as a centerpiece for the main shower dessert: cupcakes.
The idea was based on our popular giraffe baby shower cake which can be seen HERE



The cake flavor included devilish chocolate with vanilla buttercream and cupcakes included vanilla butter or devilish chocolate with assorted vanilla and chocolate ganache buttercream.

Tiered Bridal Shower Cake: Gerbera Daisy Cake

We created this three tiered buttercream cake for a "his & hers" bridal shower in Fall River Massachusetts.

The buttercream cake featured handmade sugarpaste gerbera daisies in white with both pale blue and royal blue centers along with daisy vines and stems "growing" up the sides of each tier.

This fun and whimsical cake design is great for baby showers with tiny booties on the top of the cake, for birthdays frosted in bright pink with custom brightly colored daisies or for weddings with white daisies with pale yellow centers topped with a silver monogram.



The cake flavor included alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake with our signature bakery icing.

Seashore Themed Cake

We created these cakes for a party at The Bay Club in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

Dual parties for three teenagers with a theme of the sea shore with pale seafoams, shades of blue and ocean greens were on the table for the color scheme. We created a round three tiered whimsical wave cake design with a pale seafoam background and dark "tiffany blue" wave pattern around the circumference of each tier. The topper included three real starfish each representative of the three girls.

The second cake is a mod circle design also in ocean and sea colors to match the decor and floral centerpieces at the event.


These two cakes show the diversity of color and shape and how similar yet different cakes in the same color scheme can be.

A Novel Idea! Skeleton Justice: It's Dr. Baden's Birthday

Mrs. Baden came into the bakery about a month ago with she and Dr. Baden's new novel Skeleton Justice and asked us to recreate the book out of cake. What fun! Here is the final product.






I recieved a signed copy as a gift as well, and what a thrilling read! You can buy Dr. and Mrs. Baden's book HERE on Amazon

Wedding Cupcake Display @ Tabor Academy

We delivered this simple cupcake display yesterday to a wedding at Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts. The color scheme was set in shades of pale pinks, and the bride had requested a simple cupcake display with only scattered flowers. Azaleas were her flower of choice and each had a sugarpaste pearl center.

The cupcake stand was custom trimmed in a pale pink grosgrain ribbon to match the decor of the event. We can customize any cupcake stand in any ribbon color or have the stands painted to match the decor of the event.



The cupcakes included vanilla butter and devilish chocolate with vanilla buttercream.