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Bridal Extravaganza at LaCaille

We had a great time at the Bridal Extravaganza at LaCaille this past Saturday. I loved talking to all the fun, beautiful brides that were there.
I will be offering FREE Cake Consultations with taste testing for the next month two or three times a week.  Please email me to set up a time. I would love to meet with you!

I would like to let you know, I will be away from my phone and email until Tuesday July 26th, so please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I get back in town.

Love to hear from you!
turia@sugarkissescakes.com is the best way to get ahold of me.

Gotta love black and white cakes. 

When you put just a splash of color on a cake like this it gives the cake a great pop! I love putting things on cakes that add drama.  This bright green ribbon does the trick.

Messy Buttercream

January and February are busy consultation months.  This cake had been the #1 most popular design thus far for 2011. 

I call this style, "Messy Butercream".  It's simple. Elegant. Soft and beautiful.  If you want a buttercream cake, I would suggest doing something like this instead of the smooth finish that looks like fondant.  If you are not going to use fondant for your cake.. you might as well make it look completely different.  Plus, it adds a beautiful texture as well as gives a modern twist to a traditional style of cake.

Cake Competition at the Spring Home and Garden Festival

COMPETITION DAY at the South Towne Home and Garden Festival Spring Show 

 

I'm so happy today is over! I had a great time competing tonight.  I didn't win, but it was a lot of fun.  There were 3 of us competing against each other.  We had 2 HOURS to decorate an entire cake, with nothing done before hand.  It went by sooooooo fast! I could have done a better job with a little more time. I didn't get everything done I had planned, but I was overall happy with the final piece.  I named the cake "Relaxing after a day working in the yard".  Every side of the cake was a different room in a house with the top tier being a big bathroom with a girl relaxing in a bubble bath.

It was fun, but I don't think I'll be doing any of those Extreme Cake Challenges on Food Network any time soon! :)

This is the "Mud Room" Side of my house

This is the stairway.. The pictures on the wall are the 3 judges

This isn't a great picture, but this was my favorite "room" The family room with the striped walls.  The TV in the back is the show that the emcee is on. (Fresh from the kitchen on Channel 2)

The very large ugly flower is a "secret item" they gave us at the beginning of the competition and we had to incorporate it in the cake. 

I had spider mums! Really?? Have you seen the size of spider mums?  About the height of my tub! 

So I broke it down as small as I could and threw it in a vase. It's still too big.

Mud room again, but you can see some of the other sides at the same time.

This is the back of the cake or the backyard.  

This is the side I ran out of time on.  It was supposed to have a cobblestone path.. more grass and flowers, and it would have been nice if I put the path aligned with the door.  

Oh well.

Not the best picture, but here's the lady in her bubble bath.

A better homes and garden magazine and the Salt Lake Tribune (sponsor of the show) on the floor

Vintage Chic

This is probably one of my favorite cakes I've made this year.  I get inspiration from many things when I'm designing cakes.  Don't you think these flowers look like the cute hair bows that are out there?  That's what they reminded me of. 

This was a super cool, super modern design I couldn't wait to try out.  

and yes..... it took hours to complete! 

I'm loving the yellow, white and grey color combination right now.  

Dalia

Dalia was the beautiful bride that I made this cake for.  I love the blue and black together.  This is a great example of mixing designs on each tier.  

EXCITING NEWS!!!!
April 16th.  Bridal Show!!!!


This is no ordinary bridal show for us at Sugar Kisses Cakes nor is it for YOU the bride!!!!

I have GREAT news for you!!

One lucky couple will have a chance to WIN A FREE WEDDING CAKE!

For all the details, go to blog.thebrideandgroom.com

or to my facebook page.

Mallary

This cake was done for the beautiful, spunky, darling Mallary.  When she first met with me she said she wanted something plain and simple........ well...... when you are in wedding planning mode and have months to plan your perfect day.... things change.

We ended up getting a custom made template of her invitations to place on her cake. The font for the monogram is also the same font used in the menu's and invites.  I'm so glad she decided to change to something more custom because it is the small details like this that make your wedding cake more memorable and special.

Utah Bride and Groom Magazine

 This incredible magazine has been out now for about a month.  Any bride or people who love all things wedding will love this magazine. It highlights our beautiful state and the talent within it! All local weddings, local vendors and amazing venues all right here in our back yard.

I was lucky enough to be asked to do a cake for a special photo shoot that landed the cover on this magazine this year.

photos courtesy of Ashley Raubach Photography

Sock Monkey

I know we are in the heart of brides wanting to plan their wedding cake, but I had to post this fun cake I did this week.  Although this cake was for a darling little 1 year old, it could also be a great grooms cake.  Not that your hubby to be is a die-hard sock monkey fan, but it's a perfect example of what a grooms cake could be.
Grooms cakes are so much fun either at your wedding reception or even at the rehearsal dinner.  If you haven't heard of a grooms cake, it's a cake that is usually based on something your fiance loves.  Traditionally it was a chocolate layered cake since wedding cakes were usually just the plain ol vanilla.. but as you all know, weddings are no longer that "traditional".  Weddings cakes today have much more spunk than the normal chocolate grooms cake and vanilla wedding cake.  Grooms cakes now are sculpted and designed with the grooms interests in mind.  From baseballs to transformers, fishing to wakeboarding, a grooms cake will be a crowd pleaser as well as a thoughtful gift (and great surprise) for the love of your life.

Can you Have Modern and Vintage in the Same Cake?

Maybe it's my inner goth speaking here, but I LOVE black wedding cakes.  They are dramatic and  make a bold statement. At first site you know it's a different kind of cake so your guests rush over to look at it.  

As you can see with this cake, black can be very elegant.  A feminine touch with lace, swirls and delicate flowers gives this cake the perfect balance of modern and elegant. 

My favorite thing about this cake (besides working with this darling bride) was her desire to have something important to her on her cake.  The lace was from her mothers wedding dress.  This is a perfect example of how you can incorporate family heirlooms or a bit your own "vintage" pieces into your wedding. Having your own "vintage" incorporated into your wedding whether on your cake or other area's of your wedding day adds meaning as well as style to your special day.  It will be those special touches that you will remember for years to come.

Bridal Extravaganza- The Grand America

We just had an amazing fun time at the Bridal Extravaganza this past Saturday.  It was wonderful to meet with so many great brides.  I can't wait to start up cake consultations and begin designing away at all the great cakes for 2011!

I usually have limited availability for free cake consultations, but because of the huge interest from the show, I will be doing consultations for the next 2 months on a weekly basis.  You can email me at turia@sugarkissescakes.com to set up a time to meet.  I do book most of my cakes for the whole year in January, so if you are interested in having me do your cake, now would be the time to reserve your wedding day.

Funky Christmas

 Image Credit:  Rebekah Westover Photography

We are nearing Christmas and I wanted to share with you a funky cake I did last year around Christmas time.  This cake was so much fun to make.  It takes a creative and super fun bride and groom to pull off having a wedding cake like this one.  These guys rocked! They had the vision and I was one of the lucky vendors to be apart of making that vision come to life.
There is not much to say about this cake.. the multi colored "spikes" coming out of the cake add even more dimension to this topsy turvy style cake.  The black and green are bold colors that help make the patterns on each tier stand out and just shout "fun"when you look at it.

Buttercream Beauty

Image Credit:  Swensen Photography

For those of you who are fondant haters, I have good news for you! Buttercream is making a comeback!
As a cake decorator, I have to admit I prefer fondant over buttercream just because of the versatility and amount of creativity you can have with fondant, but that being said, buttercream cakes can be very elegant and modern.
Buttercream can have a modern look to it by using texture in the frosting.  With this cake, we frosted it with a mango creme cheese icing nice and thick (that's the trick to have great looking textured cakes), then we angled a knife and swooped the frosting down on a diagonal.  At the reception, the florist went to work with all the flowers on and around the cake.  This cake was the main centerpiece of the reception.  It was in the middle of the room on a huge table full of flowers.  It turned out beautiful.  Thank you Jamie for letting me be apart of your wedding.  I had so much fun working with you.

Symbolic Wedding Cakes

This is one of my favorite cakes of the year.  This bride and groom were so amazing to work with.  They had booked me over a year in advance so we had plenty of time to make their cake just how they wanted it.  I love the clean lines and the black and white.  It gives this cake a ultra modern, cool look.  What I loved most about this cake is the design.  The couple loves tattoo's and they have a dear friend who is a tattoo artist.  Their friend created this design with the couple in mind, we then made a custom stencil and hand painted it onto the cake.
Whenever you can put personal touches to the different elements of your wedding, it makes more memorable and special.

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes

Brides are still wanting cupcakes incorporated into their wedding reception.  I recently did this fun cupcake wedding for an adorable couple.  
The lime green and black color palette was a great combination and looked so cute with the sugar gerb daisies on the cake and cupcakes.

Let It Snow

                                              
                                                 Image Credit:  Dustin Izatt Photography

In lieu of all the snow we've been getting the last couple weeks, I thought I'd share with you this cake today.  If you want a winter wonderland themed wedding, this is a great type of cake for your reception.  The use of flaked coconut gives the cake a fun texture that resembles snow.  It's also a great alternative for those of you who might not like the look or taste of fondant.  Spray the cake with a little edible glitter and you have a beautiful winter themed cake.

Simple Elegance

This cute bride called herself "marzipan girl" in all of our email communications.  "Marzipan Girl"/Christian was a wonderful bride to work with.  She had a few last minute "kinks" in where her reception would be held that were beyond her control and she handled everything with grace and maturity.  I'm sure many others would have become bridezilla if they had to change venues on such short notice.  

As for the cake, she had very specific orders on how she wanted the cake to taste like... bet you can't guess she wanted marzipan instead of fondant :)

Marzipan is much like fondant but made from almond paste.  It's not quite as sweet and has a beautiful ivory color.  I loved this cake.  The ivory with just a touch of the purple in the flowers gave this a simplistic modern beauty.  With any type of art.. sometimes the more simple, the better.  

This cake followed that rule perfectly.

Thanks Christian for letting me be apart of your wedding.