Penny’s Journal
The story behind the cake-story…
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…
Thoughts on Technique- Ruffles
Fashion is one of my most favorite forms of inspiration, and ruffles and pleats come straight off the runway.
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.
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.
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.
Wedding Cake Basics
Earlier this year I collaborated with Colin Cowie Weddings to come up with the definitive wedding cake info guide.
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.
Peony Wedding Cakes
I adore peonies. The large, soft puffy blossoms are one of my favorite flowers to make from sugar paste.
My favorite kind of cake inspiration...
When clients come in for wedding cake consults, I beg them not to bring photos of other cakes.
“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