New Cake

Helloo Everyone! So Im back from vacation and ready to blog! There are no new cake pictures since I was away BUT, I have some pictures of new cake flavors I have been trying out. Ok so when I was on vacation I received my NYC Wine and Food Festival Sweet package (which by the way is sold out!) So Crazy Iam again so honored to be apart of it. So the package was basically about whats going to happen that day and the are providing me with a chef jacket courtesy of chef wear yayyy thanks guys! I also have to send in 2 cake flavor option and they will then choose one for me to do. The 2 Im going to show you pictures of is first the s'more cupcake which is a cinnamon cupcake chocolate ganache and topped with a homemade yes homemade marshmallow which is then torched Y-U-M

Now the second is an apple pie cupcake with a caramel buttercream topped with a crispy apple.

They were both so awesome we also tried out some other recipes but, these are not the chosen ones. I will for sure post which one was chosen yay! oh and by the way all these cupcakes were sold in my restaurant and the money made from them will go to breast cancer. Im off to brain storm some more! Stay cool and dont forget to EAT CAKE!

Hot Cakes

So last weekend was pretty darn crazy. It really wasn't "A Piece Of Cake"! Everything went smooth though. Everyone was more then happy with their cakes! So on the list was a Toy Story cake, Buick Skylark car cake, 3 tier birthday cake and a tweety cake. I was so crazy saturday morning because basically they were all due at the same time ofcourse. So I failed to take a picture of the Buick Skylark which was ridiculously awesome and the tweety cake. Luckily the lady that ordered the car cake has ordered from me before and this was her 3rd cake. So I e-mailed her for some pics so hopefully those will be up soon! Everyone was actually a repeat customer this week...wooo. Im doing something right. ooh yeah! So I wanna talk about the Toy Story cake. The lady that ordered it has reffered me too sooo many people and this was her 2nd cake. Wanna seeee:

It was at the lowes Theatre in the city. I had to take an elevator to the 4th floor. let me tell YOU! it was the longest elevator ride in my life! The cake was so heavy my arms were pretty close to falling off. Then ofcourse the elevator was full and this lady... who knows what state she thought she was in, but she was wearing a bubble jacket and it was like 90 degrees outside. Not only that but she had her back right up against me and the cake like we werent even there! Luckily the dad of the boy the cake was for was in fact in the elvator and he was holding her back! And cherry on the cake there was a little boy in the elevator ofcourse fascinated by the Toy Story cake. See how loooong I was in there for. So yeah little boy decides to touch the horse and broke the leg. Yay for me that was pretty much not fixable. Thanks kid! So finally off the elevator into a room that smelled like salty buttery popcorn mMmM. My arms were at rest and the cake was successfully delivered. A little boy in the room decided he wanted to pick rex right up from the cake and start playing with him. It didnt even phase me I got 3hrs of sleep the night before. So the lady was like that is not a toy its sugar! So I put rex right back down. Good thing he was made well, because he was unharmed yay!

So Im off now to work on a wedding cake I have for this weekend. Have a greath 4th of July PEEPS! I will leave you with the tweety plaque I hand painted. I mentioned Im an artist right hehe. Sweet cake dreams!

Baked Cake

Hey yall. So last week was quite, but it was basically the calm before this weeks storm. Im swimming in cake orders its nuts. I LOVE it though! Ok so last week I made a baked alaska for my best friend for her cousins birthday. When she ordered the cake we had a 4 hour conversation about. yes...4 hours. My phone died! My best friend killed my phone. I mean her questions were all understandable if I had no idea what baked alaska was I'd be asking a million questions about it too. So anyways the baked alaska was a yellow cake with mint chocolate chip ice cream HOMEMADE oh yeah! and torched meringue on the outside..heavenly!! It also had a picture of her cousin and the two guys from Twilight very cute! She cut and pasted her cousin into the picture pretty awesome. She doesnt know it but if I have to do anything like that for another cake order - shes doing it! I could never do that. Along with that baked alaska I made another one to sell in my parents restaurant. It was the vanilla cake mint choc chip and then a layer of vanilla choc chip and then yeah another layer of mint choc chip icecream then that torched meringue (so hungry right now) here wanna see it:

We sold it in the restaurant by the slice and on the specials we said that all the money would go to helping the animals that were affected by the oil spill. It went in 2 days! and some customers gave extra money..so sweet. In july we will also start to make desserts and donate the money to breast cancer as we do every year. Now for a NYC Wine and Food Festival update. Tickets went on sale yesterday and I heard a lot of the events are selling out VERY quick. Check out the site people pleaseee! http://www.nycwineandfoodfestival.com/

Ok im off now the timer just went off and I think my chocolate cakes are ready!

Cake Oven

Hey everyone!! WHAT a weekend. Being busy is fun and challenging. And I LOVE a challenge. So before I started working like crazy I decided to have some fun and head to the beer garden in astoria (Studio Square) sooo much fun such a beautiful night and I found out they can make an awesone margarita woo! I also brang my yummy in your tummy red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. MOUTH WATERINGGG. The boyfriend could NOT stop eating them wanna see them!?!?!?

Ok now that your hungry. I wanna talk about the oven shaped cake I did this weekend. Like I said it was my first one and It was a fun one! I deff cooked up some lovely cake. These kinds of cakes are awesome because you can just keep adding little things. Like I added the oven mitts and the pot holder and the spoons

So cute! So im very excited about an order I received yesterday for a Toy Story cake. Ive been waiting for it! Cannot wait to blog about it some more next week. ok NYC Wine and Food Festival update: on the personalities page with my bio and pic they mixed up 2 of the letters in my last name womp. But its fixed now yayyy! I hear the tickets are selling like hot cakes ahhhhh so awesome!

I just want to mention before I leave you how much I love cake BUT! I also love a juicyyy well made burgerrrrr! And I am sooooo ridiculously excited about 5 Napkin Burger opening up in astoria this week. I will for sure be all over that! Till next time sweet dreams (Cake Dreams)

Oven Cake

So late night for me tonight. I have some red velvet and vanilla cakes in the oven and vanilla buttercream going in the cuisinart. Smells so sweet in here! ok I wanna tell you about one of the many cakes Im doing this weekend. Its a cake thats going to be in the shape of an oven! Excitedddd. Its my first one. Its going to be pink and have a pot on top with undies and a bra hanging out! Its for a bridal shower. I love making cakes that have much detail and are just a fun process. I will for sure post pics after its delivered on saturday.

Now a festival update: The other night I had a pow wow with my parents, the boyfriend and my sister and her boyfriend. We all sat down to talk about what we are going to make for the wine and food festival! (Im getting a welcome packet about the festival in early july!) ok so whoa! everyone had so many ideas it was crazy! It made me so happy. My brain over flows everyday with ideas I cannot explainn it!! I have to tell you we came up with some sweet treats. We are going to test them after I come back from Miami in july. Should be fun! Plus we get to eat lots of yummy cake yay. Now since im going to citifield again tomorrow I will leave you with this Mets cake!

Cake Come True

So tonight my parents and my sister and her boyfriend are over. But at 10:15 I got a tweet that the Food Network NYC and Wine Food Festival was up. WHOAAA I was so excited I ran from the kitchen where me and the boyfriend were making arroz con pollo bites and guacamole to get the laptop! Started it up and there it was http://www.nycwineandfoodfestival.com/2010/personality_detail.php?id=76 Thats where Im featured my picture and my bio! yay! so excited I could cry! well...maybe I did cry just a bit..its a big moment for me can you blame me!?!?! But seriously please check it out Im participating in the Sweets Event that is hosted by Duff Goldman and Sandra Lee OoOoO YEAAA! Also check out the other awesome events! I cant contain myself right now its a pretty crazy night. I hope you will check it out. Im off to celebrate. Goodnight Sweet Dreams! (Cake Dreams)

Cake Date

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So I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend! Ive been working, but no complaints here! This weekend was mostly about updating my website and working on my logo. The logo is in the works. I created it myself so its my design. Iam now just waiting for the web designer to complete it on the computer so I can use it for my website, t-shirts you know fun things like that yay super excited cant wait to post it and show it to everyone! I FINALLY was able to put new pics on my website yay check it out http://makingthatcake.com/

I also took some pictures down. I felt it was getting a little over whelming, but I still have the other pics stored no worries! Want a little peek of some of the new pictures?!?!? ok here is one:

Cute right? I think so! Ok so last but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST....The NYC Wine and Food Festivals website is scheduled to go up tomorrow yayyy!!! If it does I will for sure be posting the Link where they have info about me! oh yeah! Ok go enjoy some BBQ on this beautiful day! Its an off day for me, but tomorrow Im back to cake business!

Cake Dreams

Ok so in my last post I completly forgot to mention the Food Network NYC Wine and Food Festival website will launch June 1st. I will post the link so hopefully you lovely people will look me up! Ok so Ive finished all my cakes for this week! Everyone was more then happy with there cakes I love it when I get happy exciteddd clapping reactions! makes my heart smile! So successful week in cakes..OH YEAH!! I wanna tell you though about a cake I had a few weeks ago it was TWO CUTE..It was mad for some awesome poeple that come to my parents restaurant (Mario's Restaurant) everyweek! The guys niece is having twins so I did a Noah's Arc cake. Two of every animal so adorable. The whales were my favorite!

I was walking to the restaurant with the cake and people were stopping me to say how beautiful it was. I was happy it was getting attention, but my arms were about to break off it was so heavy! I heard later it was a hit at the baby shower! YAY! ok so Festival update!! Had my picture taken yesterday for the festivals website. So awesome. Had a great photographer..made me look awesome..well atleast I think I look awesome haha. Now all that is left to do is finish up my bio and I send everything in...So excited I cannot contain myself wooo. Im gonna leave you with one possibility for the festivals website. Till next time!

Eat Cake!

Hey Everyone! Its me Angela from Making That Cake. And well this is my first post ever! well its my first blog ever!! This blog will be about my cake ventures and my preparation for the 2010 Food Network NYC Wine and Food Festival! woo! So RIDICULOUSLY excited about that! I heard today that so many chefs were trying to get into the festival. Im so honored to have been chosen. I received the invitation on Tuesday May 4...I almost fell off my chair. I quickly faxed my reply back that I would be attaending. HECK YESSS! I also got word a few days ago that I needed to have my picture professionaly taken and have my bio written...my bio...written...at 23 WOW. All this has to be sent in by the 24th and on top of that I have a LOAD of cakes due for the weekend...one I just finished this morning wanna see?!?!??!

So much fun to make. And I only had one day to do it due to late notice which meant 3 hours to sleep for me

fun times...but I LOVE IT! Ok so now I have a topsy turvey cake a graduation cap, and a birthday cake for

tomorrow. So early day for me! I will let you know how it goes. Please keep reading for my ventures and more news about the food and wine festival. If you have anything you want to read more about e-mail me and I will write write write! Off to the cake world now!