Technique:

Ruffles

You can say I have a special place in my heart, and my cake toolbox, for ruffles.

Dispatches from Penny’s Kitchen

Where decadence meets ingenuity…

1/22/19 1/22/19

Cake Toppers and Following Your Instincts

The happiness of your life together as a married couple will not be lessened if you don't have silver plated monogrammed cake cutting instruments that you may never use again.

8/15/18 8/15/18

Thoughts on Technique- Ruffles

Fashion is one of my most favorite forms of inspiration, and ruffles and pleats come straight off the runway.

3/13/18 3/13/18

No Cake Pictures Please, Sherpa Series Volume 1

Consider me your wedding cake sherpa. Most likely, you haven’t done this before, and I have, over and over again.

2/23/18 2/23/18

Sugar Flowers vs. Real Flowers for Wedding Cakes

Unless organic flowers have been ordered, flowers are grown with pesticides. And those pesticides should not ever be touching your cake.

Penny Stankiewicz 3/17/14 Penny Stankiewicz 3/17/14

The Art of Floral Wedding Cakes

As Sugar Couture grew, I had more and more requests for these fragile beauties. People were impressed with their lifelike quality, delicate petals, and their impressive statement on the wedding cakes I made.

12/17/13 12/17/13

Wedding Cake Basics

Earlier this year I collaborated with Colin Cowie Weddings to come up with the definitive wedding cake info guide.

12/9/13 12/9/13

The Latest from Brides Magazine

As newly engaged couples are dreaming about all the possibilities, I'd suggest considering one of my favorite new trends in wedding cakes... hand painted cakes.

4/11/13 4/11/13

Wedding Cake 101

4/3/13 4/3/13

Gorgeous Brooklyn Winery Wedding

This February, as we were getting more predictions for the latest Super Storm, I worried that Gretchen’s wedding the next day at Brooklyn Winery might be affected.

9/27/12 9/27/12

Brides Style Shop at Kleinfeld's

Taking a peek at all the amazing inspiration at this year's Style Shop, hosted by Brides Magazine, I almost wish I were a bride again!

“Cakes can seem deceptively large or small in photos. It’s always a good idea to think of their presence in all 3 dimensions rather than just height and diameter. They always have so much more presence in person. And bigger isn’t always better.”

― Penny