SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE!

I’m not really good with change and I do understand that it’s necessary to keep up with the times and just to infuse some life into different situations, as the expression goes “Everything Must Change!” SO, we are redoing the Snooky’s website, of course I’m having trepidations but I’m diving head on. I trust you Janie, I trust you.

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A Simple Little Cake!

Sometimes in life it's the simple things that give us the most pleasure, running in the rain in the summer when it's hot, connecting with someone well appreciated from your past, and whatever imaginable for you. The cake above is one of our simpler masterpieces, decorated in buttercream alone, and not fondant as usual, it conveys a pleasurable scene of dolphins, the friendly mammals of the waters. Little Anwen wanted a dolphin jumping out of the water with a smile on its face with a sunset in the background and that's what we created for her. The cake was all chocolate with chocolate buttercream and we added vanilla buttercream on top hand piped and then manipulated with a palette knife to depict the colors of the water and sky.

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Doctor Who and His Tardis

Don't we all wish we had a #Tardis or some other time travel machine, heck I would transport myself back just three years prior and take a vacation somewhere in Central or South America before Zika existed, Zika is apparently really scary to me. Lands undiscovered and times that I think I would fit into would all be at my access, I'm sure there are some #backtoschool kids who would love to just relive their summer again. This being my second time making a Tardis, the first cake was a #3Dcake, it's an earlier blog post, but the cake above was made to be only two-dimensional. Made out of chocolate cake and filled with a raspberry preserve filling and then frosted with a vanilla buttercream. All of the covering and detail work is done in fondant. Call us to order one 212 665-0990.

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When Last Minute Orders Are complicated.

I have found that there are few last minute orders that are really complicated that we turn down, many of them for celebrities, they seem to always need a cake for a talent the next day, but there are times we take on the challenge especially when they are unique. Take for example the cake above, it was ordered by a realty firm for a client they were trying to win an account from, it was to be three buildings that replicated the actual buildings done by a construction company, the realty agency wanted exclusive rights to rent or sell the units hence the courting with the cake. We only had two and a half days to make this cake and it was really a lot of work, I've found sometimes it's best just to not think about the task and just plow through it, this is how we got through finishing this cake on time. By the way, we never like turning down a cake for a celebrity but frankly a lot of times it just impossible to do.

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Golden Cupcakes for the Class of 2016 at Columbia University!

May and June are graduation season and as we get more and more orders for graduation themed cakes such as caps, stacks of law books, the adaptation of #Dr.Seuss'sThePlacesYouWillGo, and other graduation theme suggestions, we reflect on what our dreams were when we first entered the work place. I wanted to open a restaurant, and I did which is actually how I got into the cake business, it's was a spin-off from my restaurant which was also called Snooky's located here in NYC in Central Harlem, boy was that a lot of work I literally had no life being an owner and manager of a restaurant. Anyway we push on here and make another graduation cake for a young person starting their life in the workforce but the cupcakes above were easy peezy!

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To The Graduating Class of 2016!

Be bold, be fearless and most of all, be you! This cake was made for some MSA Columbia University seniors this past weekend. In a world where celebrities are put on pedastules and an education almost seems absolete in our society to achieving success it's refreshing and reassuring that career choices other than ones that are in the film or TV or should I say in the entertainment industry are still desirable to some.

Made with chocolate cake and filled with fresh strawberries and cream and then frosted with vanilla buttercream and covered with a gold fondant, #Columbiauniversity colors are white and light blue so we made the cap in the school's blue and the design around the cake in white and then added flowers in the same colors. Call us to order one for your school of choice!

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Get in Shape for Summer.

It's that time of year again, time to get into shape if you haven't maintained it. All spring and summer long I see #Soulcycle tee shirts, hoodies, and locations around the city it must be the IT place for spin classes. Anyway, this cake was made for a SoulCycle enthusiast and we thought it was perfect for this time of the year when we are trying to get in shape or take our workout routine to the next level. Made out of fondant and gumpaste which is covering a lemon cake with passion fruit buttercream.

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Here's To The Blue and White of NYC!

We made a simple police badge cake for an officer who became Sargent, ordered by his girlfriend who I suspiciously believe is an opera singer who was performing the same night of the cake's presentation. Decorated all in #buttercream, the badge was done with a white chocolate which we then painted silver to look like a real #nypdpolicebadge. We do not get many requests at Snooky's Custom Cakes to do cakes made entirely of buttercream so when we get them I make sure to post them.

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Chanel Bag Cake

The #Chanelbag, always in style, season after season, and not just the real thing but also when it's made into a cake, I wonder if #CocoChanel knew that her designs would become so iconic. The bag above was made from chocolate cake that was then frosted with vanilla buttercream and then covered in fondant and then painted with a gold edible paint, looks like the real think doesn't it? Call to order one 212 665-0990.

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SUPER BOWL 50!!!

It's that time again #superbowlsunday which has become a national unofficially holiday in the United States and along with its celebrations there's #food, salty food, sweet food and many of those food items are symbolic of the game that taking place, hence the football helmet cake that's above. Just for the #superbowl you can order one and have your team's logo and colors on the cake and be the hostess with the mostess!  Call and order one 646 706-6604.

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First Cake of the New Year!

For #thefirstofthenewyear we were requested to make an #EloiseatthePlaza cake with a #3Dfigurine on top out of #modelingchocolate, first time making the chocolate and first time working with it, I think we did a great job considering. We made Eloise looking as though she was about to climb off the cake to show off her rambuntcious side as is depicted by her slightly turned torso. I would definitely use modeling chocolate again when making a figurine because it holds much better than fondant and it tastes really really good! Cake was a yellow cake filled and frosted with chocolate buttercream and then covered in #chocolatefondant.

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STAR WARS

It's ALL things #Starwars right now. Here at Snooky's we will be busy making #ATATWALKER cakes, #Stormtroppers on cakes, and everything else that's in the new movie. I CAN"T WAIT TO SEE IT!!! I just need to get tickets now and avoid EVERYONE who's seeing it on open day, that means that I have to stay cocooned in my house.

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An Engagement Cake

For an engagement party we made this cake for the bride and groom to be. Hearts on the top tier are the background that contrasts the silhouette couple that is placed in front of it. We added a beautiful swirl motif on the bottom tier that adds a finishing elegant touch to the cake. Cake was a chocolate cake with a Bourbon filling layered with fresh strawberries, it was delicious! 

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Hairless Cat Cake

A #hairlesscat I really don't have much to say except I've never seen an animal that usually has hair without, what kind of breed are they? A client wanted one and we made it for her. Chocolate cake filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream and then covered in fondant.

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At At Walker!!!

We made a simplified #AtAtWalker for a customer's son's birthday, she initially wanted a 3D cake like the one we made a little over a year ago but we need two weeks to pull that one off. Made with yellow cake and frosted in vanilla buttercream which was then covered in fondant of which we painted in a silver color. I suppose with the next #Starwars film release we will be doing a lot of Star Wars cakes, but please, if ordering one of the robots, space ships, and other militia vehicles please order it a month in advance we need the time.

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Ryan Serhant of the Million Dollar Listing is Now the the #1 Broker in NYC!

#TheRyanSerhantTeam is now number one teams in sales in #NYC for real estate. This cake was ordered by his fiance Amelia to commemorate the team being number one, and we all thought Freddrick was number one, apparently not! Anyway, I really like Ryan, he seems like a stand-up sort of a guy. Congratulations Ryan!!! And I will keep watching you on #MillionDollarListing.

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Making Cakes On The Fly!

We were asked last minute if we could make a shoe cake in 3D for the next day which is near impossible considering it takes about three days for a shoe to set when made out of gumpaste see our website for shoe cake examples, www.Snookysoven.com, but we told the client we could do something less complicated that would still have a 3D element with pop appeal that could be executed in a short amount of time. Above is what we designed for the client. They loved it and told us that the party girl was wearing the same shoe we had designed for the cake that very same day, hummm, all I can do is scratch my head. Job do so we went back to our ordinary (lol ( because a cake designer's day is anything but ordinary)) day of making cakes at Snooky's.
The End!

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Luigi of Mario Bros.

Luigi of #MarioBros sits on top of a two tiered fondant cake made of a #funfetticake. We added clouds around the tiers and wrote the inscription in script and as well as a cutout for the name keeping the design simple and in budget.

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Taking an Idea and Tweaking It!

When the client requested we make the cake that is below for a fortieth anniversary party we cringed, however they did request that the colors of the flowers be lavender and purple and that they did not have to graduate in color and that the flower could be different, we ran with it. The top cake pictured was made for the client sans bow, actually we did include a bow that's where she stopped our creative license but we snapped a picture before placing the bow on top, we just thought it was over worked with it because it was simply beautiful without it.

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A Cake Fit for a Princess!

The princess cake, adorned with edible jewels in the crown and topped with the princess' age (she turned five). We added a draping piece of fondant on the bottom tier and then affixed bows on the draped gatherings. This cake turned out to be three tiers of fanciful delight and little Adriana screamed with laughter  when it was presented to her.

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