Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Something Red

This was a cake I designed for a special couple who was celebrating their 40th Anniversary.
Red is the symbolic colour that represents this anniversary year, so I decided to use the traditional red rose as the focal point of the design. I individually put together each rose, petal by petal, and dusted it with a ruby red colour.
The red velvet gathering on the bottom tier was used because I felt it captured two points: One being the focus on the colour red - and red velvet seemed to add class and tradition to the cake, and the second is the "bottom of a brides dress feel" that I felt it gave the cake, with the gatherings and subtle roses designs.
This cake was filled with my infamous frappe flavour - which is layers of lindtt chocolate cake, caramel frosting and infused with a creamy caramel (like that drizzle that they put ontop of carmel frappaccinos at Starbucks!)

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Winner - Cake Tasting Challenge

To all cake and cupcake eating enthusiasts, my cake has just won the Cake Tasting Challenge at this years Cake Show!
Which cake, you ask? My dee-lishious and ever-so-popular Red Velvet cake, also called ROUGE on my flavour list!

The Cake Show, hosted by The Bonnie Gordon School, was held this past Sunday, May 31, 2009 at the Artscape Wychwood Barns. It was a great event and all proceeds to The Stop Community Food Centre,www.thestop.org.

Check out, www.bonniegordoncakes.com, for more information on the school and to see my name as this years Cake Tasting Challenge recipient.

Check out, www.theweddingco.com/thedailynews/?p=2558, for a review of the show from Wedding Expert, Catherine Lash.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Real Life: Tanya's Shower

These are a couple designs that I created for my dear sister's bridal shower.

The first is a three-tiered cake with layers of chocolate cake, lindtt chocolate ganache, and creamy caramel filling. To decorate the cake I created three raspberry pink flowers that had a touch of gold to match the gold trimmed border.
I also added vanilla bean cupcakes for those non-chocolate enthusiasts and topped them with my favourite green roses.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Wedding Bells Ringing

Weddingbells magazine hosted their annual Trends event this year and they asked us to design the trendiest party favour of the year - a delicately design mini cake topped with an edible hand-painted sugar flower.



Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Sonya's Note

The evolution of cupcakes dates back to the 19th century when women started baking “small cakes” to save time from their hectic schedules. As simple as it may seem, this was a revolutionary moment in the history of baking.

As we progress through the years, cupcakes & cakes have become more sophisticated in both flavour and design. Apple, chai & green tea are some examples of frosting that I offer in my product line. Rich, yet subtle, these frostings are made with the finest ingredients of sugar, butter, and natural flavours, using absolutely no preservatives. But besides great taste, the real treat comes in the designs of product.

During my childhood, my mother had always made my birthday cakes. She would whip together all the ingredients from scratch and bake it, with high hopes that the centre of the cake wouldn’t sink (this was before Betty Crocker came out with those non-sinkable recipes). I remember always wanting to open the oven as it was baking, hoping to grasp a wisp of smell from this freshly baked cake, but remembering that it could come out looking like a volcano if I ever did. Once the cake was baked, my mother would mix together some frosting, smothering it all over the cake (no layering), and finish it off with pieces of candy resembling that of a happy face.

So here I am, offering cupcakes and cakes with the same great taste, but with an added sophisticated touch. Each of my cupcakes are perfectly swirled with buttercream frosting and garnished with toppings to give it the final ‘cherry on top’. Each of my cakes are individually customized to represent a little character of the person or event that it is made for.

Whether it is expressed through the selection of the colours, or the décor that is used, each cupcake or cake design has a little story to tell.

xoS