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.

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.

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!

Laughing for the Cure

Pink bags lined the tables while bright pink and silver balloons floated behind the silent auction items. Tuesday evening we were all wearing our pink ribbons in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The silent auction was followed by an animated live auction where thousands of dollars were raised in support of  breast cancer treatment. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard helped auction his #9 football jersey in person, posing for photos with high bidders. In fact, the winning bidders returned his jersey to the emcee in order to have people re-bid and raise even more money for the Komen Foundation!

The evening was a success – we had the opportunity to meet many new people while supporting such an important cause. Each guest took home one of our Komen Pink Ribbon cookies – we hope you enjoyed them!

Springtime Butterflies for a cause

Katelyn Joy Derstine was a 20 year-old vibrant girl from Sarasota, Florida who was active in her school and community. A tragic accident took her life, but her spirit lives on through a foundation set up in her name: Katelyn Joy Derstine Scholarship Fund.

The “Fly High Award”, established by her mother, was inspired by Katelyn’s fondness for butterflies, and is presented to young women who demonstrate academic excellence and a life-long dedication to selflessness.

These butterfly cookies are based on a drawing created by Katelyn:

Dear Mary, Wow! … I received the custom butterfly cookies last week and they are absolutely spectacular, delicious and amazingly just like Katelyn’s butterfly! I … cannot wait to call you for an event to make some more butterfly cookies! … thank you for your support and generous, compassionate gesture.
Warm Regards & Fly High
Bambi Famous Kaine

Baby Shower Cookies

Take a look at a couple of our latest projects: baby shower cookies!
These adorable onesie cookies were the hit of the party:

Baby Boy Onesies

These cookies were sent to a baby shower in New York City – we love the clever tie-in to the state’s “I (heart) NY” slogan!

We’re so excited to be receiving orders for our cookies from all over the country!

Get in touch with us for your next baby or wedding shower. We’ll design cookies that will look and taste fabulous!

A Great Corporate Holiday Gift!

Are you looking for a creative, innovative holiday gift for your customers, coworkers and friends? Searching for an idea that will capture your clients’ attention withpout spending a fortune?

Send cookies!

Let Beaches Pastry design boxes of cookies for you to give out at the holidays. We can create a personalized box of cookies reflecting your company’s industry, such as these clever fireplace mantle cookies given last year by a concrete fabrication business:

Fireplace Mantle Cookies

Have your company’s logo added to a cookie:

Cookies with Company Logo

Send some beach fun to your northern customers, friends and family members with this selection of cookies:

Tropical Fun Cookies

Even in these challenging economic times it’s important to acknowledge and thank your customers for their support. Send them a gift they’ll appreciate – one that tastes great!

We look forward to designing a custom holiday gift box of cookies for your customers. In fact, we can package and ship your cookies, taking the stress of business-related holiday gift giving off your plate.

How’s that for a bit of holiday cheer?

Ordering cookies for your corporate account

Customers, in many industries, are promoting their businesses by offering custom-made cookies to their employees, clients and business partners. With an accompanying note, a box of decorated cookies is an appreciated gift and creative marketing tool.

Here’s how to order:
Contact Beaches Pastry via our website and we’ll be happy to discuss ideas to compliment your business. With an inventory of hundreds of cookie cutters, we can use our imaginations to personalize a cookie (cookies) for you.

We made it easy at the holidays for one local customer who owns an architectural cast stone business. Cookies with the designs of their most popular fireplace mantles were decoratively boxed and delivered to their business, ready to be hand-delivered by employees. Feedback from this creative holiday gift was tremendous!

Another business thanked employees during appreciation week with lemon-scented sugar, rich chocolate and fragrant spice cookies in springtime designs. This was a lovely way to let people know what a great job they’re doing!

Send a box of decorated cookies to your employees, business partners and top accounts and enjoy the thank-yous you will most certainly receive!