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May 13, 2013 | Category: Specialty Cakes   Weddings  
image Top 10 Reasons to Get a Groom's Cake

More: Reasons to Say Yes to a Groom's Cake

Feb 6, 2013 | Category: Notes from the Bakery  
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We're feeling the love this week, as the Valentine's orders are pouring in. Each season, we take great joy in trying new recipes or bringing back favorite desserts from years past.

More: Themed Thursday: Count the Ways

Jan 16, 2013 | Category: Notes from the Bakery  
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Welcome to the first edition of Themed Thursdays, where we'll post some of our creations that fall within a specific theme...color scheme...you get the idea.

More: Themed Thursday: Feeling Sporty

Oct 16, 2012 | Category: General  
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Last winter, we had the pleasure of creating a giant-sized gingerbread house for QVC. They were advertising an upcoming home decor showcase, and called looking for one of our creations to photograph along with some of the items they were selling.

More: Home Sweet Gingerbread Home

Jul 25, 2012 | Category: Specialty Cakes  
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Throwing an ice-cream social or birthday party?

More: Inspired by Ice Cream

Jun 28, 2012 | Category: Weddings  
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The wedding cake. Next to the bride, it’s the second-most photographed element of the wedding. In many cases, it’s where fashion meets fondant (or buttercream!)—the stunning centerpiece of the reception.

While candy and cupcake stations, pastry tables and chocolate fountains enjoy prominence at many weddings, the wedding cake is still the most popular way couples like to end their wedding meals. Many hours go into customizing a design, choosing cake flavors, and picking a topper…not to mention the actual act of baking, icing, filling and decorating it.

So why, then, does the cake cutting—and eating—tend to occur so late in the reception?

More: Life's Short. Eat Dessert First.

May 14, 2012 | Category: Specialty Cakes   Weddings  
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If I had to use one word to describe the pace at our bakery over the past month, it'd be this:

holy-cannoli-we-are-so-crazy-busy-and-we-have-only-just-begun-wedding-season!

More: Groom's Cakes

Mar 6, 2012 | Category: General  
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More than a year of planning has gone into our latest big project, and we are beyond thrilled that our building at 8126 Germantown Avenue is about to become a piece of Philadelphia history.

More: A Mural is Growing

Jan 25, 2012 | Category: Weddings  
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Ah, Valentine's Day! It's the season of love for many people. But here in the bakery, as we chocolate-dip fresh strawberries and bake our heart-shaped cakes, this time of year feels only a little different for us. You see, each week we get to meet with more than 25 ecstatic brides- and grooms-to be as they come to taste cake flavors and wrap up final details for their beautiful weddings. For us, the season of love is actually year-round.

More: Love is in the Air

Dec 21, 2011 | Category: Notes from the Bakery   Recipes  
image Do I have flour in my hair? Probably! We are working around the clock to produce delicious holiday confections for our customers. I'm looking forward to sharing my reflections on this holiday season once things settle down here at the bakery. Until then, here's a fun, festive, ridiculously decadent and adorable recipe. Do it with the kids after the presents have been unwrapped and dinner has been enjoyed.

More: Recipe: Make your own snow this Christmas!

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