Summer Fun

There is nothing like a fresh sea breeze and a cool dip in the ocean to beat a warm summers day. At Dessert Works we captured these two simple pleasures in unique and unexpected ways.

          



Surfing into retirement



Blissful best wishes





 



 











Happy 4th of July!

In celebration of our nation we decided to showcase our best Americana themed cakes, enjoy!

"Oh say can you see . . ." how awesome stars and stripes make a cake look.

A Miss Betsy Ross cake makes a fashionable addition to any party. 

A tasteful celebration of service and country come together in beautiful harmony, like "purple mountain majesty and amber waves of grain."

Don't forget, Dessert Works will be closed from July 1st - July 9th 

 

Pigs

As strangle as it may seem, we've created 2 different pig birthday cakes recently that distinguish the different parts of the pig for butchering.

 On this cake, the pig was created out of rolled chocolate applique.

Whereas this cake was actually cut out in the shape of a pig.

Legos

If you have been following our blog for awhile, you may have seen this Lego cake that we created last year. Today, we have another Lego cake to share with you. It's not as over-the-top as the first because different techniques were used, but we think it's just as cool!

This cake was frosted in yellow buttercream frosting. Rolled chocolate applique dots were added to the top to make the cake look like a Lego, and a rolled chocolate applique Lego man finished the cake!

Christening Cake

Madison's Christening cake was extra special, so it is our Featured Friday cake today!

This cake was frosted in pink buttercream frosting and decorated with rolled chocolate applique of ducks, bottles, onesies and crosses. It was then topped with hand sculpted rolled chocolate blocks and a teddy bear.

Celtics

We often create birthday cakes with Boston sports logos, since Boston sports are so popular here. But today's Featured Friday cake came out especially awesome!

This cake was frosted in vanilla buttercream and decorated with a rolled chocolate applique Celtics logo. It was then finished with a rolled chocolate disc wishing Kevin a Happy Birthday and some curly ribbons to coordinate.

Rue (of Winnie the Pooh!)

Deklan celebrated his 1st birthday with a Dessert Works custom Rue birthday cake!

The scene on the cake was created out of buttercream and Rue was hand sculpted out of rolled chocolate. The cake was then finished with shooting birthday balloons!

The cow jumped over the moon

"Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the fork ran away with the Spoon."

This classic English nursery rhyme was the perfect inspiration for this baby shower cake.

Baby Shower Inscription

We see many different cake inscriptions for baby showers, but this one is one of the cutest! We've created the cake in many different color combinations too, and it always comes out adorable!

A cute button nose, a sweet little smile...

A baby girl's coming in just a short while!

The bottom tier of this cake is frosted in vanilla buttercream, and has a brown rolled chocolate band and pink & blue rolled chocolate applique polka dots. The top tier is frosted in blue vanilla buttercream, and has a scalloped, brown, rolled chocolate band, with a brown, rolled chocolate bow on top.

Penguins

Today's Featured Friday cake was a custom design for Rudy & Elsie.

The penguins, Eiffel Tower and band around the bottom were all made out of rolled chocolate.

Ladybugs

Mackenzie had a ladybug themed 1st birthday party, and we created a custom, 2 tier cake to match the invitations to her party!

The cake was frosted in pink buttercream frosting and decorated with pink and white rolled chocolate stripes and blue rolled chocolate applique flowers. Adorable, hand-sculpted, 3D, rolled chocolate ladybugs finished the cake!

Modern Mitzvah

In September, Alli celebrated her Bat Mitzvah with this fun, modern 2 tier cake!

The bottom tier was frosted in sky blue buttercream frosting, and decorated with lavender and hot pink rolled chocolate stripes. The top tier was frosted in periwinkle buttercream frosting and decorated with sky blue and light green rolled chocolate rings and dots. The cake was then finished with some hot pink, 6 point Jewish shooting stars.

Baby Shower

This fun baby shower cake was inspired by the invitation to the baby shower!

The cake was frosting in a pale pink buttercream frosting, and then decorated with a dark pink rolled chocolate band, dark pink and tan rolled chocolate polka dots, and a custom rolled chocolate, dark pink and tan silhouette of a pregnant mom-to-be!

Bruins Groom's cake

Recently, Allison & Derek ordered their wedding cake and groom's cake from us! Derek loves hockey, particularly the Boston Bruins, so Alison had us create this groom's cake for him as a surprise!

On top of their wedding cake, they also had a hockey themed bride and groom topper!

With these cakes together, we were able to give them a more traditional wedding cake and still incorporate Derek's love of hockey with a fun groom's cake!

Congratulations you two! Wishing you all the best in your married life together!

Gambling in Vegas

We created Alex & Suly's wedding cake for them, but we also created their shower cake.

The shower cake had a Vegas theme, with a customized sign to resemble the famous Vegas sign, rolled chocolate playing cards and chips.

Nautical

Since we shared a beach themed wedding cake on Wednesday, we thought we'd share a nautical themed shower cake for Featured Friday today.

This cake was frosted in a deep ocean blue buttercream, and accented with handmade chocolate rope, anchors and life preservers, along with a few white chocolate seashells.

Shoes!

Sylvia, like a lot of women, has a LOVE of shoes! So her husband ordered this custom cake to celebrate her birthday!

This simple but elegant cake had our cascading lace design in black and a custom pair of hand sculpted, rolled chocolate shoes on top! Be sure to click on the photos to make them larger and see all the fabulous details in those shoes!

Minnie Mouse

Most of our Featured Friday cakes so far have been cakes for adults, but we make many fantastic cakes for kids too! Like this Minnie Mouse cake...

...decorated with rolled chocolate dots and Minnie Mouse applique, for Asmita's 2nd birthday!

Army Vehicle

Today for Featured Friday, we have an extremely detailed creation. We recently created a custom cake as a surprise for someone who drove one of these army vehicles that function both in the water and on land. The vehicle itself was created completely out of rolled chocolate to replicate the actual vehicle that he drove.

immy Choos

We get requests to create all kinds of things out of rolled chocolate, even shoes...

And Tabby celebrated her 25th birthday with a delicious pair of rolled chocolate Jimmy Choos!