Sunday, July 18, 2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cake

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cake
It's not a Diary , It's a Cake.
I wanted this cake to look like it was made by a wimpy kid while exploring the actual humorous context of the book ... Imagine this clean white cake over which the birthday boy goes scribbling with a sharpie .... ! Hence, I came up with my own version of a Wimpy Kid Cake covered with an edible diary page adaptation of "Dog Days.

Note : The name of the birthday boy was intentionally smudged in this picture.


I had to modify some of the original text and ensure the cake was appropriate for a "bunch" of elementary kids... " I'll be famous one day, but for now, I am enjoying my 9th birthday". Greg actually celebrates his birthday in summer in the yellow book "Dog Days".


Four sides of the cake :

  • "Whatcya doin? Eatin chocolate. Where'd ya got it? A doggie dropped it."

  • "I'd like two value meals and a bottle of ... hello... hello"

  • "UNDER 48 Must be accompanied by an adult".

  • It's not a diary; it's a cake.

  • LODED DIPER
Cake Type : Themed 3-D - 20-25 servings

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Preschool Dragonfly Themed Graduation Cake

Preschool Dragonfly Themed Graduation Cake

Here's a long, intensive but fun thought & design process made short ... how to ensure a cake pictures graduation, the end of pre-schooling years, dragonflies ... and also tastes ooey-gooey good (in the mind and on the taste buds of discerning five year olds).

The challenge with this cake order was to it neither looked like a wedding cake, nor a typical college graduate cake. I wanted the cake to emphasize on elements depicting the tender age of five and their early learning experiences through colors and pictures. I decided to hence, eliminate the graduation cap and scroll, but keep the stack of books. Most preschooler books are slim colorful picture books. In my opinion, no other book could illustrate the preschool theme better than the all-time children favorite "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. In his book, however, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly ... not a dragonfly. Now that I was getting closer, I introduced the idea of frosting the dragonfly pages from Eric Carle's "The Very Quiet Cricket" on top of the book-cake stack. I eventually came up with this cake that pictures a box of children picture books featuring Eric Carle's art and one of his stories involving a dragonfly. As much as I love, respect and appreciate two-dimensional children art, I could still not resist the temptation to make some elements look realistic- (call it my Signature) . I ended up hand-crafting a few edible dragonflies flying out of the book and (sort-of) "congratulating" the Dragonfly-class.


I ensured all the fruits eaten by the caterpillar were two-dimensional (not 3-D figurines) to capture the art and style of Eric Carle . The white box is decorated with hand-made edible "stickers" of fruits (with the holes) eaten by the caterpillar from Monday through Friday.
The cake was a 3-layer chocolate-strawberry (made with real fresh strawberries)-chocolate cake to please both youngsters and adults. I also made assorted eggless caterpillar colored cupcakes (not pictured here) for children with allergies.

Open book design : extract from Eric Carle's "The Very Quiet Cricket". That's the page when the cricket meets a dragonfly ... " Good Evening" whirred a dragonfly gliding above the water . The little cricket wanted to answer ... " - in the book, nothing much happened. In the context of this cake, the dragonfly turned to "life" as 3-D edible dragonfly. I hand painted the pastel colored dragonfly hovering over the blue\teal colored water background just as is from the "The Very Quiet Cricket" dragonfly page ... I did not paint the little cricket and saved the "empty" spot for an edible 3-d dragonfly.

The book in orange binder is the "Good-Night Owl" by Pat Hutchins - which was a variation-theme of the play performed by the preschoolers on the graduation day. The purple book is Janin Cain's "The Way I feel" - a very thoughtful gift the teacher gave to the kids as part of her lessons about feelings and expressing them.

Caught on camera ...this picture was taken while I was piping the name of the graduates. You can see my original "cake-architecture" diagrams in the background.

I have to say, this cake merged the best out of me - my love of painting and my passion for cake decorating.
June 2010

Cake Type : Themed 3-D - 40-50 servings.
DeliSWeet Treats donated 100 % of the cake value
to the BCC Castle Project fund.

This was a Non-Profit venture By DeliSWeets Treats

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Rainbow Cupcakes

Rainbow Cupcakes for a Rainy Day
Carrot Cupcakes ( you can easily tell from orange tint of the fresh carrot dye on the cupcake liners) with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Not much to tell except for the fact that I managed to pull it together in about an hour just before stepping out for the event for which those cupcakes were made. It was the most humid & rainy day of the month of June. I thought a little bit of color would help brighten the day.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Press : Almost Too Pretty To Eat

DeliSweet Treat cupcakes quoted as "Almost too pretty to eat" by Public Radio Kitchen in their article "Happy Campers" on April-16-2010.
See full article at http://publicradiokitchen.org/2010/04/16/happy-campers/

Friday, May 7, 2010

Wonderful to Look at and Very Delicious

" Just to let you know how all of our guests were so impressed with the cake that you made. They thought it was so well done .... wonderful to look at and very delicious. We had no problem with getting it home. In particular, my daughter was so surprised and amazed by the cake. She just kept looking at it and saying Wow !

I was happy to support BCC and glad that we were able to celebrate my daughter's birthday with the cake you made. People were so impressed with the colors you used and with the attention to detail... the eye lashes and the bending blades of grass ... "

Kathy T.
May 05 2010

See the Cake :
http://delisweet-treats.blogspot.com/2010/05/rubber-ducky-cake.html

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Rubber Ducky Cake

Rubber Ducky Chocolate Cake for a Teen-to-be

Winner of the DeliSWeet Treats $75 Gift Certificate for Themed Cake - Boxborough Children Center Annual Auction 2010

Finally, a cake that had very little to do with meat eating creatures (i.e, T-Rex,or Sharks) ... for a change. Our young winner is a nature lover and has a collection of adorable rubber duckies of all sorts sizes and themes ( pirate duckies, baby duckies .. except for the one ducky that looks like her ) . DeliSWeet Treats created a 3-D blue-eyed all-chocolate rubber ducky cake surrounded by water lilies and adorable bugs for her 13th birthday.

Happy Birthday and Congratulations to the winner of the DeliSweet Treats Themed Cake

... and yes, the yellow ducky IS a cake ... not a rubber ducky.


Edible everything .... edible eyes, eye lashes, flowers and bugs ...


Cake Type : Themed 3-D - 40-50 servings
This was a Non-Profit venture By DeliSWeets Treats

Click to see Customer's testimonial : http://delisweet-treats.blogspot.com/2010/05/testimonial-rubber-ducky-cake.html

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Cupcake Camp Boston April 2010

Springtime Strawberry Cupcakes

DeliSweet Treats participated in the very first Cupcake Camp Boston 2010 with it's signature Springtime Fresh Strawberries Cupcake topped with Strawberry frosting and edible critters and flowers. Attendees who took a chance and a bite acknowledged they could taste the fresh strawberries in the cake and frosting right away.

DeliSWeet Treats promised 24 cupcakes but ended up donating 48 intricately decorated cupcakes ( i.e over $100 worth of cupcakes) to this event.



One of the attendees mentioned she had "never eaten ladybugs before and they taste great".



This was a Non-Profit venture By DeliSWeets Treats

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Spring Flower Cookie Pop Gift Basket

Spring Flower Cookie Pop Gift Basket

"Cookies for A Good Cause"

This order was slightly different and special special in many ways. I did them last after the 'Easter Egg cookies' had been delivered to ensure I could really focus on the overall Springtime theme. A Big Thank You to all the families who ordered DeliSweet Treats Cookies for Easter.





This was a non-profit venture by DeliSweet Treats .

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Easter Cookie Eco-Friendly Gift Boxes

Easter Cookie Eco-Friendly Designer Gift Boxes
"Cookies for A Good Cause"

A Big Thank You to all the families who ordered DeliSweet Treats Cookies for Easter. DeliSWeet Treats donated 100 % of all sales proceeds to a local non-profit organization.

Two-In-One Sizes


Five-In-One Size - Easter Eggs


Four-In-One Size - Cookie Pops


This was a non-profit venture by DeliSWeet Treats.

Easter Cookie Gift Basket

Easter Cookie Gift Basket
"Cookies for A Good Cause"

A big Thank You to all the families who ordered DeliSweet Treats Cookies for Easter.


This was a non-profit venture by DeliSWeet Treats.

Easter Egg Cookies and Cookie Pops

Easter Egg Cookies and Cookie Pops : Delivery Day
"Cookies for A Good Cause"

I made over 50 cookie and cookie pops that day - all ready to be delivered the same evening or the next morning. A Big Thank You to all the families who ordered DeliSweet Treats Cookies for Easter.

DeliSWeet Treats donated 100 % of all sales proceeds to a local non-profit organization.

Tulip Cookie Pops


Easter Cookies in Pink and Lavender


Cookie Pops in Pink & Lavender (Easter colors)


Easter Cookies in Pink


This was a non-profit venture by DeliSWeet Treats.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Easter Egg Cookies

Easter Egg Cookies - Beautifully Hand decorated

Pricing :
2 for $ 5. individually wrapped with ribbon.
5 for $ 10. individually wrapped with ribbon.
Order for $20 or more and receive your cookies in a Gift Basket
Order by March 28 to receive your cookies fresh by April 3rd

A non-profit venture by DeliSWeet Treats.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Cub Scout Blue and Gold 100th Anniversary Cake

Cub Scout Blue and Gold 100th Anniversary Cake

Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting .
It was a pleasure to make this cake for the Blue And Gold Dinner of Pack 26- Boxborough MA. I gave it my best ... as an appreciation and gratitude for all volunteers working hard to coach and prepare the next generation of young men. ( Chocolate cake with edible cake toppers and 'glittery gold' edible WeBeLos to match the theme of the event) -03/03/10.

Close Up . Cub Scouts Motto and edible Webelos emblem



Edible Cake Toppers : Akela(wolf) and Baalu (bear) .
All hand made by DelisWeet Treats.
The glittery "100" topper is made of milk chocolate.


Cake Type : Themed , tiered 3-D - 80-100 servings
This was a non-profit venture by DeliSWeet Treats.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Personalized Valentine Cookies

Highly Personalized Valentine Cookies

Inspired by recent fashion trends featuring the return of the paisley and psychedelic art.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Valentine Designer Cookies

Heart Shaped Designer Cookies

How could you say No to this ... 02/10

Eggless Valentine Cookies

Eggless Valentine Sugar Cookies

Brown\Chocolate, and Red and Pink. Those are 'eggless' sugar cookies ( for all those with allergies to eggs... Yes you can enjoy DeliSWeet sugar cookies, too ). 02/10

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Valentine Cupcakes

Valentine Cupcakes

Picture taken right before delivery .



Close ups for some the cupcakes. Cupid, Staff and Clef .



Valentine Cupcakes

Valentine Cupcakes and Serenades for the Heart

Final display at the event.
It all went very well with lots of great comments for both the taste and look. 02/10

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dinosaur Cookies

Dinosaur Cookies

Here comes a box of full of little creatures for all little boys and girls with a Jurassic appetite. 01/10

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Valentine Heart Cookies

Valentine Heart Shaped Cookies

Guess what ... we are already shipping our little heart-shaped treats.
Time to order yours .... 01/10