The Perfect Gift to Bring or Send for the Holidays

The Snowflake Cake

Decorated with fondant and adorned with hand painted silver snowflakes, it makes a beautiful presentation as a centerpiece. 

Feeds 15 people 

flavors include chocolate, yellow, red velvet and bourbon spiced pumpkin.

 $75 Snooky's Custom Cakes Call to order 212 665-0990

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Transforming a Logo into Cake

This client wanted their logo made into a cake for their Christmas party, to the right is the actual picture of the company's logo. This cake comprised of making jewels for the crown of the cake along with coins and a chain that ran along the brim and up the front of the crown. We used buttercream for some of the details of the cake but the majority is made in fondant. Logo are really fun to do especially when it's an actual thing as opposed to just fonts.

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She Wanted Red Bottom Shoes

This cake was made for our client's friend who really wanted a pair of Louboutin shoes and was waiting to be able to purchase a pair (they're expensive). Her friend, no her BFF wanted to make a special cake for her so she choose the theme of the cake and called us on a Monday for that weekend's delivery, normally we needed more time for such an order but she sounded desperate and asked very nicely for us to help her, so we did. Made of red velvet cake and frosted with cream cheese buttercream and then covered with fondant this cake took a little over two days to finish, you see it takes time for the shoe to be constructed and then it has to harden before we can handle it to put the details on it. Just say pretty please and your wish is our command, well sometimes.

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Money, money, money, money, money 

(Title from the O'jays Love of money)

A half eaten photo cake of the one hundred dollar bill. We made this cake for the New York Historical Society for the celebration of Benjamin Frankin's Birthday, so they ordered a cake with the 100 dollar bill on it which displays Benjamin Franklin. Simple right? Not really, it's hard finding a great image of money to blow up and have a solid image but Snooky's together with The NY Historical Society found one, yeah! And it was enjoyed by all from the email they send regarding it. "Cake was great - delicious and looked great.

Here is a half-eaten shot of it!

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words.

We've made a couple of cakes for this lady pictured who is a powerful PR person located here in NYC, her roster of client's include people such as Martha Stewart to Nicki Minaj and various large corporations. This was her birthday party at Le Cirque restaurant and the order was to affix an edible photo image of her on a sheet cake, so we did. We immediately noticed the animal print blouse she had on and replicated the look in the inscription with the same vibrancy and look but kept the rest of the cake simple with a black line that was piped around the top of the cake, the picture was the focal point and her leopard print blouse set the tone of the cake's decorations and it said a lot about her personality as well, my bet is she is playful, forceful and sexy, what do you think? A picture really is worth a thousand words.

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The Making Of A Mask For A Cake

Last week I had a client who wanted a mask as a cake, budget wise making the whole cake into mask wasn't doable but with a little thinking and creativity we made a sheet cake that was adorned with a mask fit for a woman turning 40 hence the inscription "Forty and Fabulous!" So we started with a frosted sheet cake and then started making the crown. Things need for the crown included:

Candy melts

disposable piping bag

Traceable image for the mask.

Yellow and black buttercream

yellow food coloring

gold spay edible paint

a number 2 and 31 piping tips

wax paper

cake board

Instructions:

Melt the candy melts in a bowl on medium heat in a microwave checking in 3 minute intervals for a smooth consistency. Once melted stir in yellow food coloring a little at a time to get a nice bright yellow, spoon the mixture into a piping bag and cut the tip of the bag (not too wide). Place your traceable image on a movable surface i.e. cake board and place a piece of wax paper on top of it. Then with your filled piping bag trace the lines that you see through the wax paper.

Let the image harden completely. Now mix yellow into your buttercream and with another piping bag cut the tip large enough so the the #1 piping tip can nestle in it, fill bag with yellow buttercream.

Once the image has hardened turn it over and place it on your cake board and peel the wax paper off. Now with your piping bag filled with yellow buttercream add lines for details that are in the traceable image.

Once you have achieved your desired detailing set in the refrigerator to harden buttercream for 10 minutes. When done using your stray gold paint spray the mask with even quick stokes and cover evenly then let set to dry about 5 minutes.

Carefully remove the mask from the cake board and place it on your cake (we centered it), then with a pipping bag with the #31 tip filled with black buttercream pipe strokes from the top of the mask spraying outwards to get the desired look you want for feathers the more you do the better it looks. To complete the mask pipe dots of black accents as can be seen from the finished cake around the eye and bridge of the nose of the mask. And voila! your done!

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I know it's Columbus day but I also know that many of you are thinking about your Halloween costume, right? I have two party invites so far,oh what to wear? I've always dreamed of being a thing like a carton of milk or like the Ham that Scout wears in "To Kill A Mocking Bird" Here maybe this cake of ours will inspire you, who is it? Sonic the Hedge Hog.  He would make a great costume with his big hands and feet and oh the beautiful colors he has you'll attract everyone, and who knows maybe you get the biggest treat of all!

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Snooky's Pumpkin Spiced Bourbon Cake

- a seasonal item -

 In celebration of the fall season we have brought back the pumpkin spiced bourbon cake. Blended with pumpkin, freshly ground exotic spices and infused with bourbon it goes deliciously well with our our cream cheese frosting [but we'll frost it with whatever you like].  This pumpkin delight will be available from October through the winter holidays. 

How About Some Pumpkin for your Cake!

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I watched a whole day marathon of the last season of the show Breaking Bad two Sundays ago. It was riveting, I only left my coach the whole day to get snacks and to use the bathroom during intermissions and between episodes. I'm still wondering how some of the characters developed into who they became, I guess I will just have to see the other seasons on Netflix to understand.
This cake was ordered ironically the Tuesday after I watched the marathon by two Netherlanders who were also watching the show back home but season two. Their stay was in NYC at the Waldorf Astoria which to my surprise is actually two different hotels housed under on roof, who knew! I and the client chatted about the series and it bizarre story lines (I won't give any of them away) for at least 5 minutes before placing the order for the cake, Breaking Bad is obviously a big hit abroad as well. Can't wait to see seasons one through four.

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Mind Craft

This cake was made for a young gamer who spends countless hours playing Mind Craft. As simple as the design may appear it was actually very tedious in that we had to make everything look like a tile (  pixel like patches) by gridding out fondant and then cutting it by hand, some of the squares where large but quite a few where small as can be seen with the eyes and mouths of the characters and made for a frustrating ride.

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Class is in Session!

Join Snooky's Team for a One day Cupcake Decorating Class.

On October 20th in the am Snooky's team will be instructing fondant techniques to create wild, beautiful and fun cupcakes. You decorate 1/2 dozen cupcakes and then take them home to enjoy. For more information go to   https://livingsocial.com/deals/796214


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It took three days to complete this ATAT Walker 3D cake and boy was it a monster! I was pulling my hair out, my assistant was pulling her hair out and then we pulled each other's hair out. The details of the guns at the head (that's what I'm calling it) were really tedious but we got them done. Stabilizing this cake was also a daunting task, it took real power tools to make it happen. And the delivery? I could cry thinking about it, someone had to hold it while staying in a crazy position in the back of a van while I drove less than 50 miles per hour. Oh and did I mention we had to deliver it from Manhattan to Suffolk Long Island. I cried then but I can laugh now. Lol!

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Louis Vuitton Shaped Cake SPECIAL PRICE THIS WEEK ONLY!! 4/15/13 - 4/21/13

This Louis Vuitton shaped cake is offered at $450 a $150 discount from its original price for this week only. In celebration of our anniversary for our 450th shaped cake we've created at Snooky's Custom Cakes. It makes a great diaper bag presentation for a baby shower, a fantastic cake for the fashionista, and  perfect for the Louis Vuitton bag collector's birthday. Cake serves fifty people and can be personalized with what ever inscription you like. This is our very special gift to you. 

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Aging Beautifully

  This cake was made this weekend for Steven a 60 year old ski enthusiast. One side of the cake depicted him skiing and the other showed him climbing up a mountain which is his spring and summer sport.
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