A Cake to Honor the Groom

One look at this cake and you know it’s for the Groom. After all, who else but the groom would want a cake shaped like a pint of beer? The cake should taste like chocolate, but look like beer. No problem, right?

Well, at Beaches Pastry, that’s not a strange request.  In fact, we find these requests challenging and pretty cool. After all, cake is our medium.

You husband-to-be plays soccer? We’ve got a cake for that!



Your daughter likes to shop?  We’ve got a cake for that!



Your brother smokes cigars? Well, you get the picture…




Call us. We’ll help design a cool cake. Really.
(904) 242-8166 or http://www.beachespastry.com.

It’s Great to be ONE!

Happy birthday to Cason, who celebrated his first birthday in style last weekend with family and friends. Following a jungle friends theme, we sculpted an elephant cake to share, and a red balloon cake to smash.

 

Vanilla butter cake was filled with layers of velvety chocolate buttercream and iced with blue-tinted vanilla buttercream. A layer of red-hued rolled fondant decorated the elephant’s balloon, which was the birthday boy’s own cake to smash.

 At one year old, life doesn’t get much better than that!

 We received the following e-mail from Mom:

“Thank you for helping out for my son’s first birthday celebration. I loved the design of the cake, but more so, it was delicious! Thank you again!”

Vegan Delights

Beaches Pastry has a new selection of vegan cakes, and they taste wonderful! Whether you choose a vegan lifestyle or live with food allergies, Beaches Pastry is now able to satisfy your sweet tooth.

For years we have baked for customers who are diabetic, have specific food allergies or follow low-carb diets. We’re proud to announce our entrance into vegan baking, and are thrilled with the delicious results.

Whether you want your entire cake to be vegan, or a separate vegan cake to accompany your order, we’ll be happy to work with you.

Contact Beaches Pastry to learn how we can turn your ideas into reality!

Happy Sweet 16

A girl celebrates her Sweet 16th birthday only once – and wants it to be memorable. With that  plan, Deana and Hannah approached Beaches Pastry to make a spectacular birthday cake incorporating many of Hannah’s favorite things:

different shades of purple
crystals and bling
carrot cake and chocolate cake
rolled fondant and bows

We sketched ideas at our first meeting, which resulted in a cake design that Hannah loved.

 

Taking cues from her favorite flavors, we created a 3 layer cake: the bottom layer was carrot cake, made with pineapple, walnuts, coconut and raisins and filled with orange scented cream cheese frosting. The middle and top cakes were chocolate cake with layers of Nutella hazelnut spread and white chocolate buttercream.

Happy Birthday Hannah! Beaches Pastry wishes you a year filled with laughter and love.

A stylish wedding cake

The cake for Amanda and Matt’s recent wedding reflects Amanda’s stylish taste with small, simple patterns and the use of tone-on-tone coloring on the cake’s exterior. White roses and light green orchid blossoms add a hint of color and grace to this lovely cake.

Each cake was different, allowing guests to sample more than one flavor. Dark chocolate cake was filled with white chocolate mousse, rich vanilla cake was filled with raspberry mousse, and vanilla cake was filled with dark chocolate mousse.

Amanda’s mother sent me an e-mail recently:

“Mary – the wedding cake was beautiful and tasted wonderful. … Thanks again for being a part of Amanda’s wedding and for making her day special.”

Who knew all of those delicious flavors were hidden under layers of Italian Meringue Buttercream?!

The Lexus Sedan Cake

The Lexus GS 350 Sedan Groom’s Cake was a hit!

Lexus GS 350 Sedan

We received this letter from the newlyweds not long ago:

“Thank you soo much for the amazing cake. Not only did it look great but it tasted incredible.
Thanks for helping our special day even more special.”

We wish you many years of joy and happiness. Call us on your first anniversary for another celebration cake!

Congratulations Adam and Andi

By the time this is posted, Adam and Andi will be married. We wish them many years of happiness and joy.

Today, we’re finishing up this cake for tonight’s rehearsal dinner – a replica of Adam’s car – a Lexus GS 350 sedan. Here are a few photos of the cake as it progresses from a large rectangle to a sculpted sedan.

The rectangle of cake layers is carefully carved to form the outer shape of the car.

Rolled fondant, colored black to match Adam’s car, has been smoothed over the carved cake. Details, such as the front grille and headlights, are also made from rolled fondant and glued to the car’s exterior.

Today we’ll add windows, doors and rear trim, then deliver it to the party this afternoon. I’d better get back to work!

White Chocolate Lover’s Delight

Indulge in your white chocolate dreams with this yummy cake.

Layers of citrus cake are filled with raspberry jam and white chocolate lemon curd buttercream – creating a creamy, dreamy cake worthy of a celebration!

Bands of white chocolate wrap the cake, which is topped with white chocolate curls.

Call some friends together and welcome the arrival of spring!

Retail Therapy

Satisfy your need for Neiman Marcus and Betsey Johnson (or whatever stores bring you joy!) with this fabulous Shopping Bag Cake.

Shopping Bag Cake

Rich layers of red velvet cake were filled with tangy cream cheese frosting, then sculpted and decorated to resemble shopping bags. A hand-painted butterfly, a Neiman Marcus symbol,  adorns the cakes.

You can get your fix for shopping and for sweets met at the same time!

Gve us a call at (904) 242-8166 to place your order. We’ll talk to you soon!

Stripes are hip!

We’ve helped our customers celebrate a couple of milestone birthdays in the past week with these fabulous cakes:

30th Birthday Celebration

Chocolate cake was brushed with Kahlua syrup and filled with chocolate ganache and cappuccino buttercream. The cake’s exterior was covered in rolled fondant, matching the party’s theme and color scheme.

40th Birthday Surprise

This elegant cake hilighted variations of the flavor vanilla. Rich vanilla butter cake was brushed with vanilla bean syrup and filled with Italian Meringue buttercream. The rolled fondant exterior matched the party’s invitation.

Call Beaches Pastry to order one of our spectacular cakes for your next party or get-together.