Artisan Bake Shop

2012-01-30T08:35:00.000-05:00

Kids!Cupcakes!Class! @ Artisan Bake Shop
ArtisanBake Shop   265 Walnut Plain Road   Rochester,MA 02770

Our most popular event!   Kids or Teen Classes! $27.00 per child
-One-hourclass includes one dozen cupcakes that your kids decorate with fun coloredbuttercream and learn how to make lots of decorations from fondant and then we boxup the dozen and you take them home!
-Upto 8 children per class, space is limited, you are welcome to stay with yourchild, but our shop is very small.

-Decoratingis both structured and free-time, pre-made decorations available for the littlekids too!

-Onedozen cupcakes: flavors are fun and kid friendly. No nuts!

Kids! Ages 5-12: School Vacation Dates:

1.Monday February 20, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm 2.Monday February 20, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm

or
3.Tuesday February 21, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm                      4.Tuesday February 21, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm
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5.Monday April 16, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm                             6.MondayApril 16, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm
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7.Tuesday April 17, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm                             8.TuesdayApril 17, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm
Teen! Ages 13-18: School Vacation Dates:

9.Tuesday February 21, 2012. 11:00am-Noon

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10.Tuesday April 17, 2012. 11:00am-Noon

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Kids!Cupcakes!Class! ONE FORM PERCHILD! $27.00per child per class

Pleasecall/email ahead to ensure dates/times are available, space is limited. Then we’ll give you more information on howto sign up! Phone: 508-763-4905 or artisanbakeshop@gmail.com

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Kids! Ages 5-12: School Vacation Dates: (check datewith date which is applicable) $27/ 1-hour class.

OMonday February 20, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm                   OMondayFebruary 20, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm
OTuesday February 21, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm                   OTuesdayFebruary 21, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm
OMonday April 16, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm                                 OMonday April 16, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm

OTuesday April 17, 2012. 1:00pm-2:00pm OTuesday April 17, 2012. 3:30pm-4:30pm

Teen! Ages 13-18: School Vacation Dates: $27/1-hour class.

OTuesday February 21, 2012. 11:00am-Noon OTuesday April 17, 2012. 11:00am-Noon

$27.00 per child per class. Paid: YES NO Check ___#______ Cash ____

Mailing Address & ClassLocation: Please call/email ahead toensure dates/times are available, space is limited. Then we’ll give you more information on howto sign up! Phone: 508-763-4905 or artisanbakeshop@gmail.com

ArtisanBake Shop 265 Walnut Plain Road Rochester, MA02770

2012-01-26T08:09:00.000-05:00

The Ins and Outs of Cake

There’s really not hard to make good cake. Ok, I’m not going to lie- all of our scratch recipes are always being tested and improved upon. But its not like our recipes are a mystery. So then why does every grocery store and big boy Boston bakery make a mediocre cake (cake part- and sometimes the decorating ;-) )

The cake and frosting, when it’s really good, takes much better ingredients and YES lots more time! This means less profit and more expensive cake all the way around.

The Life of Cake

Most people think: how hard is it to make a cake for a wedding or big party?! I make box cupcakes all the time. But put it into this prospective: restaurants have menus and each person receives a different meal, but with cake: 1 cakes serves EVERYONE from the 3 year old to the NYC Foodie Connoisseur who eats at Le Bernadin two times per week! Now, because of the complexity we have to prepare this over 3 days. Also, once the cake part is stacked, syruped and buttercreamed, it will not be seen nor heard from again until it is sliced 24-48 hours later. THEN it travels up to several hundred miles to be left with a stranger who may or may not properly handle it in the several hours before they may or may not serve it properly or promptly. Finally, after all of this, the cake will be eaten by everyone other than the people responsible for making sure it tasted good.

How can you possibly have any semblance of quality control in a situation like that?

“Fine” Art

The truth is that for most bakeries, they simply can’t. Great cake, just like most things of high quality, intricacy and detail, is also incredibly fragile. This fragility applies not only to the physical structure and appearance of the cake, but also to the cake’s taste and texture.

So what’s a baker to do? There are two main options:

1. Keep making the absolute best and most uncompromisingly awesome cake you can, while also expecting that there are things out of your control.

o This is the route that we’ve chosen to take. We make the absolute best looking and tasting cake we can and accept the consequences. Of course this does not mean that we are reckless in our decisions. When we build a cake, it’s going to stand up. And when we bake a cake it’s going to taste good. HOWEVER, what it does mean is that our cakes are not idiot proof. If you don’t transport the cake with care, it will break. And just as important, if you don’t follow our handling and serving instructions, your cake wont’ taste as good.

2. Put out a mediocre product that your customer can’t screw up.

o Want your cake to stay moist forever? –>Load it up with oil. Want the buttercream to always stay soft and sweet -even if you refrigerate it? –>Don’t make it with butter.

Unfortunately, both of these options are compromises between relying on your customers intelligence to achieve consistency, and watering (oiling) down your product to do the same. For this, and many reasons, we strive harder than any other company I know to educate our customers about what goes into making a good cake, and what the pitfalls may be.

What do you mean “Dry” Cake?

The most common complaint we (and almost every bakery) gets is that a customer’s cake is “dry”. This is also the most tragic compliant, because, as it is almost entirely devoid of meaning, there’s almost no way for us to know what you’re trying to tell us, or how to take corrective action. You might as well just say that you didn’t like it, because from a troubleshooting standpoint it provides the same degree of detail. This is because the term “dry” is a comparison operator, and often as a customer you have not much to compare it to.

“Dry” meaning: I was actually expecting this to taste deep-fat-fried.

If you were to compare our cake to a cake that you buy at Costco it will indeed be “dry.” In fact, that’s the entire point. We make high quality food, and one of the traits of high quality food is that it’s not greasy. Greasy food will always be perceived as more moist than well cooked food that has natural moisture (of the H20 variety).

Thus, when a customer tells us that they don’t like the cake because it isn’t: gooey, silky, slick, wet, or mushy; what they actually mean is that the cake wasn’t as greasy as they had expected, because none of those words should ever be used to described well-made cake.

“Dry” meaning: HEY Guess WHAT?!

There is cake in my buttercream!

There is another type of customer we’ve encountered is the person who really likes our cupcakes but loathes our cakes. For the longest time we were truly baffled by this complaint. Why on earth would you think that our cupcakes are moist and delicious (which are made from our excess cake batter, have far greater air exposure, and are often on the shelf longer) but complain about the cake being dry? It’s the same stuff as the cupcakes, only fresher! Yet we have almost never gotten a complaint about dry cupcakes, only dry cakes. As it turns out, the difference has nothing to do with cake. People just like frosting, and when they don’t get as much as they want it tastes dry to them. This complaint applies to things beyond bakeries as well. I once saw someone write a bad review about dry BBQ. What?

“Dry” meaning: Cold, hard and crumbly.

We make our cake with butter. We also make our buttercream with butter. While it seems like a no brainer, very few bakeries do this, and the reason they don’t is because EVERYONE insists on refrigerating their cakes. When you refrigerate butter, unlike oil or fat, butter gets hard. When butter gets hard it seals away it’s moisture and all you taste are the dry, floury, grainy parts of your cake. A good way to check if your cake is too cold is if your buttercream is hard. It should be light and whippy, if not just give it more time to come back to room temperature before chowing down.
“Dry” meaning: The waitstaff sliced up the cake 3 hours ago.

This type of dry is technically known as “stale.” Most people think that staleness is a factor of elapsed time since baking. Despite the numerous “baked fresh daily” signs polluting Dunkin’ Doughnuts coffee shops, time plays no factor in staleness or freshness. Rather, what is actually important is air exposure.

Remember that time your kid forgot to retie the bread bag and you found it two hours later completely stale? It was stale because it received A LOT of air exposure in a short time. Similarly, that same loaf of bread, if it sits sealed away in that plastic bag will likely still get just as hard after about 2-3 weeks. In this case the bread has received a little air exposure, but over the corse of a long time. Equal amounts of air exposure = equal amounts of staleness.

In fact, if you could create some type of super-duper, evaporation proof, air containment case you could theoretically keep a baked good from never going stale –although it would probably get moldy long before you had the chance to check it for staleness. In any case, once your cake is sliced, you have about 15-30 minutes to stick it in your mouth before it starts getting noticeably stale.

“Dry” meaning: Over-baked.

If this happens then it’s totally our fault. However, this would never happen, as each layer of cake goes through at least two if not three sets of hands before completion AND they get brushed with vanilla bean sugar syrup for extra flavor and moistness. If it looks, feels, or tastes over-baked, or appears to have gotten too much air exposure, it is thrown out- no matter what. Also, when we put our cakes together, we cut each layer in half, and trim off the tops. The remnants from every single layer of cake gets tasted as its assembled to make sure that it’s perfect. If not, we re-bake it.

“Dry” meaning: THERE ARE NO OTHER MEANINGS.

If you think your cake is dry it is because of one of the afore mentioned reasons. You were either disappointed with the fat/oil content, didn’t get enough buttercream (fat content again), ate it cold, had too much air exposure, or it was over baked. Those are the only things. There are no other things.

Well, actually, there are a few more things.

What it boils down to is fat. When people complain about cake being dry they’re almost always complaining about a lack of fat, or some type of mishandling caused by the constraints of not loading the cake up with fat. But what goes unmentioned is that there is a whole lot more to cake than simply fat. There is flavor, and texture, and structure, and aroma, and beauty. No one ever complains about these other things. They only complain about not getting their fat. Which is sad. Because in response so many bakeries and grocery stores have chosen to just jack up the quantity of fat in their cakes in hopes of alleviating all their problems. This appeases customers, idiot proofs your product, and stops a lot of the complaints, but it also means that all the other things that make cake truly enjoyable get buried beneath gobs of grease, and in the end fewer and fewer people get to enjoy really good cake.

No matter what: Get some cake.

adapted from: Amanda Oakleaf Cakes

2012-01-18T09:36:00.002-05:00

We won the WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards 2012!

This means we are in the top 5% of Wedding Pros nationwide! The WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards� recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards' are determined solely by the reviews from over 1.2 million newlyweds.

Pinch Me! Thank you so much to our Bride's for Voting and to our 2012-2013 Brides - we can't wait to meet you and design your cake, cupcakes and desserts for your wedding day!

Winter Holiday Menu Has Arrived!

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2011-11-09T17:32:00.001-05:00

Thanksgiving Pie Time!

John Burke Photo Shoot

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John Burke shoots...Artisan Bake Shop!

http://www.johnburkephotography.com/

We had a photo shoot by John Burke Photography about a year ago - he is best known for photographing people with fabulous color schemes. It was a blast -- take a look at us in action!

2011-10-16T14:23:00.002-04:00

Wedding Cake Tastings

The perfect combination of taste, style and service.

I believe that your wedding cake should be the centerpiece of your wedding day, & should be a part of your wedding brand. The cake, cupcakes or desserts, need to fit your style, your taste, and your budget.

Inspiration comes in from all facets of your wedding day. Sometimes it is a piece of your dress, sometimes a flower that will be in your bouquet or boutonierre, inpiration can even come from a a topper found on a craft website like Etsy.com, other times it is a fun picture you found in a magazine or online. No matter what, your wedding cake should be YOU!

You are welcome to book a one and one-half hour consultations with me and bring up to three guests. This time allows me to learn a little bit about your wedding day: the linen colors, your style, likes (and dislikes). We walk through your ideas, even pages of cakes from past weddings, sketches I've done through the years and start to sketch. Sometimes it is cake #1.....sometimes it is cake #20.

After we find a sketch or group of desserts that work for you and your fiance, then we move onto tasting. Our tastings include 6-15 different flavors of our housemade frosting and mousselines along with 3-5 different cake flavors. All of our cakes are made from scratch and our filling and frostings are brightly flavored with only the finest fruits, chocolate, liquers, and vanilla.

You and your fiance will be sent home with a complete sketch worksheet, pricing breakdown and finally our book the date sheet. Congratulations on your engagement and I hope you stop in to see you very soon!

2011-09-30T09:27:00.003-04:00

Lobster Pot Cake!

Perfect for a rehearsal dinner, engagement party or groom's cake!

Or WICKED AWESOME wedding cake

Denis and Ashley are getting married in Maine this weekend and we created this lobster pot cake for their rehearsal dinner- complete with boiling water, steam and flames. Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream filling (very closely resembling Maine's signature dessert: whoopie pies) were the chosen flavors- but can you imagine this in a vanilla cake with custard and chocolate buttercream filling - just like Boston Cream Pie- delish!

2011-09-24T08:03:00.003-04:00

See our cupcakes on:

Check out Artisan Bake Shop's Starfish Cupcakes on www.weddingbycolor.com !

Thank you, Almost Mrs. R for the post!

http://www.weddingbycolor.com/almostmrsr/milestones/176575

Gluten-Free Cakes & Alternatives

2011-09-05T09:40:00.002-04:00

Gluten intolerance are on the rise these last few years and we have lots of brides and customers looking for gluten-free cakes or alternatives to cakes!

We most definitely make gluten free wedding cakes, or just a small cake for the bride or groom to munch on, even simply a dozen cupcakes for family or friends who will not be able to enjoy our traditional cake. Although our gluten free chocolate cake is mighty tasty, not all guests will understand its different texture and flavor. So, we've been busily coming up with alternatives and here is one of them:

This GIANT tiered rice crispie cake is the perfect solution! It can be decorated to fit the event and wedding decor: a spray red rose and tiny orange buds are seen here! Rice Crispie cakes can serve anywhere from 30, as seen above, to four-tiered wonders to serve 150!

Cupcakes are also a great solution! This wedding cupcake tree included gluten-free and traditional cupcakes on one stand and the custom printed flavor card on the table indicated which specific decorations were gluten-free cupcakes and which were traditional cupcakes! So: seashell=gluten-free and starfish=traditional.

If you have a questions about our gluten-free solutions give us a ring 508-763-4905 or email us artisanbakeshop@gmail.com .

Spend vs. Save

2011-09-01T17:34:00.000-04:00

A customer will stop in and say:

"I want a sculpted 3D car cake for my son's 3rd birthday."

When we say, "$375-$600 to serve 20 people" usually we get a GASP!

Most people think we are trying to take you for all you're worth. But we're not, I promise. It's like going to the BMW dealership with a $10,000 budget. It just doesn't add up. It takes lots and lots of time- usually 6-12 hours to complete a car cake!

We want to help you AND work within your budget, because EVERYONE has a budget and THAT IS OK!

Here are three examples of the same Lightning McQueen themed cakes:

Hand Made Applique: This cake uses a 2D flat sugarpaste, handmade Lightning McQueen who sits flat on the cake, cost for this cake: 8" serves 14-16 people: $44.

Sugar Car on Cake: This cake uses a 3D sugarpaste (completely edible), handmade Lightning McQueen who sits in 3D on top of a cake, complete with racing flag base, cost for this cake: 8" serves 14-16 people: $68.

Full Sculpted Cake: We take rectangular cakes and hand sculpt them into the 3D Lightning McQueen, so the car is the CAKE! Cost for this cake: serves 20 people: $350

Your best bet is: Be Honest About Your Budget! We can usually work something out so that you get the theme or design you are looking for within that price range!

Traveling with a Tiered/Sculpted or Fancy Cake?

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2011 Cake, Cupcake, Vintage Cake Pricing

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Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes, Cake Challenge--- How much would that cake COST?!?!?

2011-08-02T11:16:00.000-04:00

When you walk into a bakery how are you supposed to know what to expect for pricing?

And what is a reasonable budget when you order a cake?

With all of the cake shows on TV these days we've noticed that all of YOU know exactly what we CAN MAKE out of cake!

We love watching too- cakes being created for drama and for well....good TV!

The problem: All of these shows omit some really significant parts of the process:

-Time: the advance notice that the client gives the bakery -

-Labor: how much time it takes us to bake, prepare, engineer, and finally decorate

-Material costs: the artist who is talented enough to create the masterpiece, the ingredients: fondant, butter, sugar, etc!

All of these pieces of the puzzle translate into the prices of these works of art. No wonder you don't know what to expect!

In the industry we're a bit more knowledgeable and aware about pricing that's out there. To put things in perspective for you, here are some points of reference--at Carlo's Bakery (Buddy Valastro's Cake Boss) a consultation costs $100, which includes cake samples and refreshments. This $100 is then deducted from the cake order total once you order.

Cake Boss's pricing for wedding and specialty cakes, with basic buttercream, starts at $8.00 per person. For more complex cake designs (things you've seen featured on TV or in a magazine), cost is closer to $12.00 to $18.00 per person. Adding unique design requests and creative artwork to the cake order then increases the price from there. We've heard that they use a cake mix for their red velvet cake too-- YUCK!!

Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes (Charm City Cakes) provides the following pricing: "Wedding and tiered cakes start at $7 a serving. We find that most of our clients choose designs that start at about $15 per serving. There is a 50 serving minimum on wedding and tiered cakes. Minimum price for 3D [and] sculptural cakes $1,000." Delivery is priced at $175/hr.

We want to share these things with you not to discourage, but to educate you about our industry!

WAIT THERE'S GOOD NEWS TOO!! You don't have to spend all of that money, and you don't have to drive to Baltimore, MD or Hoboken, NJ!!

At Artisan Bake Shop our 3D and Sculpted sugar figures start at $25.00 and our 3D Sculpted Cakes start at $150.00!!

Wedding Cakes start at any AMAZING $3.75. Delivery for cakes start at the CHEAP price of $25. Pretty reasonable, no? Our prices include complimentary consultations, excellent service, and attention to details and oh yeah -- THEY TASTE AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK!

We're able to offer competitive pricing by offering "standard" designs and commonly requested themes at rates lower than completely custom cakes would be priced. Custom, and very special designs may be subject to individual pricing. Please call us (508-763-4905) or email artisanbakeshop@gmail.com to talk further! We'd love to hear from you and talk about your specific cake ideas more!

Gluten Free, Vegan, & Dairy Free Wedding Cakes

2011-08-01T10:24:00.000-04:00

Our wedding cake designs range from classic fresh flower cakes with buttercream to stunning contemporary showstoppers with draping and sugar flowers. But it's always what's on the inside that is most important.

Accomodating special diets such:

-vegan
-nut-free
-gluten-free
-dairy-free
-egg-free

is a priority for me. I believe that your allergy should not get in the way of a dream wedding cake.

Please call or email us with any questions regarding our specialty diet wedding cakes. We can also accomodate cupcakes, birthday cakes, anniversary cakes,

Delivery Area Served

2011-07-26T14:46:00.001-04:00

Over the years we are pleased to have worked with many wedding and event venues in New England, our servive area extends from South Shore, South Coast, Boston and Cape Cod Massachusetts to Providence, Newport, Bristol Rhode Island.

Professional, timely, and courteous delivery and setup is an integral part of our business.

Below if a sampling of venues that we are happy to have served:

Belle Mer, Goat Island, Newport, RI
New Bedford Country Club, New Bedford, MA

Cork Wine Bar and Tapas, New Bedford, MA

Marion Music Hall, Marion, MA

Independence Harbor, Assonet, MA

Saphire Event Group, Saphire Estate, Sharon, MA
Waterfront Grille Restaurant, Downtown New Bedford Waterfront, MA

Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
Fall River Country Club, Fall River, MA

Cultural Center, Fall River, MA

Kittansett Club, Marion, MA
Overbrook House, Buzzard's Bay, Cape Cod, MA
Sky Room, New Bedford, MA

The Captain Hemon Smith House, Cape Cod, Nauset Harbor Cove, Eastham, MA

Coonamessett Inn, Cape Cod, Falmouth, MA

Wood’s Hole Golf Club, Woods Hole, MA

Brookside Country & Golf Club, Cape Cod Bourne, MA

Waypoint Wedding and Event Center, White's Hospitality, Downtown New Bedford, MA

Falmouth Yacht Club, Falmouth, MA

New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA

Hawthorne Country Club, Dartmouth, MA

Lafayette House, Foxboro, MA

Southers Marsh Golf Club, Carver, MA

New Bedford Yacht Club, South Dartmouth, MA

Shining Tides, Mattapoisett, MA

Beverly Yacht Club, Marion, MA

Venus di Milo, Swansea, MA

White Cliffs, Plymouth, MA

Pine Hills Golf Club, Plymouth, MA

Indian Pond Country Club, Kingston, MA

Jones River Trading Company, Kingston, MA

Ocean Cliff Mansion, Newport, RI

Seaport Inn Wedding and Function Hall, Fairhaven, MA

Chateau, Norton, MA

Holiday Inn, Tauton, MA

Eastover Hiller Farm, Rochester, MA

Fall River Country Club, Fall River, MA

Salerno's Wedding and Events, Wareham Onset, MA

Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI

Jacky's Galaxie Restaurant-Sushi, Warren, RI

Bay Club, Mattapoisett, MA
Boston Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Stone Bridge Farm, Acushnet, MA

Acoaxet Club, Westport, MA

Bittersweet Farm, Westport, MA

Century House, Acushnet, MA

Taste of SouthCoast Event: THIS SUNDAY

2011-05-18T09:14:00.000-04:00

Join us @ Taste of SouthCoast as we unveil our BIG CHANGES!

This Sunday, May 22, Noon-4pm. Custom House Square, Downtown New Bedford.

Red Sox Cake Mania!

2011-04-26T12:47:00.008-04:00

Red Sox Baseball Hat Cake with Cupcakes on our cupcake stand:

This baseball hat topped one of our cupcake stands for a recent birthday party! The hat looks worn and broken in as the birthday boy's real hat does!

The cupcakes included Red Sox Jersey decoration (all edible) along with Red Sox Baseballs with a Signature Boston "B".

Olivia the Pig Meets Willy Wonka!

2011-04-21T16:11:00.000-04:00

The fabulous children's cartoon: Olivia the Pig meets our Willy Wonka Style Candy Cake in orange and yellow! Buttercream is a great choice for children's cakes as it is approachable to little ones.

Baby Booties & Stripes Baby Shower Cake

2011-04-19T10:50:00.000-04:00

We created this baby shower cake to welcome a new baby boy! Chocolate brown, baby blue, yellow and green completed the color scheme with baby booties, a vine of whimsical daisy flowers, variegated stripes and yellow polka dots.
We delivered this cake to Warwick, Rhode Island and received this wonderful note from the mommy-to-be:

Hi, Meredith...

I just wanted to let you know that the cake was fantastic! Again, you did a terrific job from beginning to end and I truly appreciate all your hard work. I've already started recommending Artisan Kitchen to friends and family and look forward to my next big event to order another one of your delicious cakes.

Thanks again for everything!
N.

Easter & Passover Specials

2011-04-14T15:15:00.002-04:00

EASTER 2011
Pick-Up: Sat. April 23, 2011 10am-4pm

Items on the menu, below, can be ordered thru Friday April 22nd, 2011.

Special Orders Which ARE NOT on the Menu Can be Ordered until Wednesday, April 20,
6:00pm

Our storefront will stock items on the menu on Friday & Saturday.

Lemon Tart: 9” Sweet & tangy lemon curd custard with whipped cream and candied lemon peel. Srvs 10. $25

Banana-Berry Tart: 9” filled with custard, fresh raspberries, blueberries & bananas. Topped with whipped cream and banana chips. Srvs 10. $25

Easter Cupcakes: 12 asst. vanilla & chocolate cupcakes w/vanilla buttercream & fanciful easter décor. $27 Individual Gift Box Cupcake with bunny décor $3

Chocoate Mousse Cups: for Passover, Dark chocolate mousse with whipped cream. Srvs 1 $3 ea.

Mini Pastries: Premium Select Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Mini Eclairs, Asst. Petit Fours, Lemon Tarts, Coconut Macaroons. 30 pieces.

Strawberry Charlotte: Ring of ladyfingers layered w/Bavarian mousse & fresh strawberries. 7” Cake. Srvs 9-12 $30

Chocolate Mousse Pie: Dark chocolate mousse in ganache-glazed chocolate crust, w/whipped cream & chocolate shavings, Serves 8. $17

Carrot Cake: 7” round double layer with fresh carrots, pineapple, coconut & toasted nuts with frosted in cream cheese icing. Srvs 12. $30

9” Pies: Wild Blueberry $14.75 Key Lime $17

9” Quiche: $14.75
Bacon- Parmesan Asparagus-Cheddar GoatCheese-Herb

Breads: Rustic Ciabatta Rolls (1 dz mini) $4.00
Buttermilk Rolls (1 dz mini) $4.00
Snowflake Sandwich Roll $3.50/6

Personalized Easter Egg Sugar: 5” egg cookie with assorted sprinkles. Cello bag with ribbon tie. $1.75

Ocean Teal Shower Cake

2011-04-13T09:57:00.004-04:00

Nautical themes are always IN on the South Coast and our hand-cast seashells, starfish, and sand dollars are a favorite. In ocean teal with a ruffled buttercream base tiny hydrangea blossoms and sugar "sand" complete the design.

Easter Menu 2011

2011-03-28T16:11:00.011-04:00

Easter 2011
Order Available for Pick-Up:
Saturday April 23, 2011 10am-4pm

Special Orders Which ARE NOT on the Menu Close
Wednesday, April 20, 6:00pm

Items on the menu, below, can be ordered thru Friday April 22nd, 2011.
Our storefront will stock items on the menu on Friday & Saturday.

TARTS
Lemon: 9” Sweet & tangy lemon custard with whipped cream & candied lemon peel. Serves 10. $25.00

Banana-Berry: 9” tart with a creamy custard filling, fresh raspberries, bananas, and blueberries. Topped with whipped cream, fresh berries and banana chips $25.00

CUPCAKES:12 Easter Cupcakes: Assorted vanilla & chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream & fanciful easter décor. $27.00

Individual Boxed Cupcake: Great gift for a child! $3.00 each. With Bunny Decoration. Choose:
1) Chocolate Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream
2) Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream

Chocolate Mousse Cups: for Passover. Dark chocolate mousse in cups with whipped cream and chocolate coin decor $3 each

Mini Pastry Tray: $32Premium Select Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Mini Eclairs, Asst. Petit Fours, Lemon Tarts, Coconut Macaroons. 30 pieces.

Strawberry Charlotte: A ring of ladyfingers layered with Bavarian mousse and fresh strawberries. 7” Cake. Serves 9-12. $30

Chocolate Mousse Pie: Dark chocolate mousse in a ganache glazed chocolate crust, with whipped cream and chocolate shavings,
Serves 8. $17

Carrot Cake: 7” round double layer with fresh carrots, pineapple, coconut & toasted nuts with cream cheese icing. Serves 12-16. $30

9” Pies:
Wild Blueberry $14.75 Key Lime $17

9” Quiche: $14.75 ea.
Bacon Parmesan Asparagus & Cheddar Goat Cheese & Herb

Rolls: Rustic Ciabatta Rolls (1dz mini) $3
Buttermilk Rolls (1 dz mini) $3
Snowflake Rolls (6 sandwich size) $7

Tiered Butercream Cake: Blue Hydrangea Petals

2011-03-25T12:04:00.002-04:00

This two-tiered buttcream cake is an example of our smallest tiered cake (5" & 7" stacked) and incorporates a hydrangea petal design in blue with leaf green accents. A pretty design for an afternoon bridal shower tea, garden birthday party or classic seaside luncheon.

Showers of Cupcakes!

2011-03-23T09:02:00.007-04:00

April Showers bring....weddings & babies! Bridal and Baby Showers are in full bloom and today we're showcasing a variety of designs appropriate for the bride-to-be or momm-to-be!

Super Duber Super Mario Video Game Cake

2011-03-21T16:16:00.007-04:00

This two tiered birthday cake features Super Mario Brothers! And includes all of the details of the original Super Mario game (I can hear the music playing now!!) The characters from the video game include: Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, Mushroom, and more! We have completed video game cake before but this one brings in so many fabulous Mario and Luigi Game details!

Pale Pink Daisy with Chocolate Center on Cupcakes

2011-03-20T07:30:00.003-04:00

This classic cupcake would be a perfect cupcake design for a baby shower, bridal shower, birthday tea party for a little girl, or simple any girlie event!

Single gerbera daisies in pale pink with a dark chocolate brown center on vanilla buttercream frosting in our signature swirl pattern (think Pink Cake Box style!!)

Engagement Cupcakes!

2011-03-17T07:18:00.003-04:00

Celebrate an engagement, anniversary, or bridal shower with these custom cupcakes! The couple's wedding date, engagement date or anniversary date is custom inscribed in any color scheme!

Pink Princess Crown Cupcakes!

2011-03-16T10:16:00.002-04:00

Custom Pink Princess Crowns adorn this cupcakes for a little princess but blue crowns for a little prince are always a possibility!

Monogram Cupcakes!

2011-03-10T07:09:00.002-05:00

Celebrating cupcake week! I'll be posting a new design at least once a day throughout the week, these monogram impression cupcakes are one of my favorite designs.

Fourth Birthday Train Cake

2011-02-22T07:28:00.003-05:00

This train themed cake was created for a 4th Birthday Party! A sky blue fondant wrapping creates the backdrop with lime green hills as the geometric train chugs as the along!

Blue, Green, and Lime Green Lily Pulitzer Style Cake

2011-02-16T08:35:00.002-05:00

Our Lily Pulitzer Cake is a popular and fun design for any birthday celebration, its color scheme can be matched to fit any celebration.

A few favorite color schemes are:
*gold, silver, & black
*tiffany blue, ivory & pink
*red, yellow, blue
*wedgewood blue, brown, & pale blue
*sage green,pale pink, & hot pink
*royal purple, aubergine, and chartreuse
*kelly green, sky blue, and teal

We matched this invitation for this Lily Pulitzer Design:

A Royal Blue "1" along with dots in pale sage green, sage green, and baby blue completed the design:

Kids!Cupcakes! Class for Chloe Harding Fund

2011-02-07T17:08:00.002-05:00

The Artisan Kitchen Supports:
Chloe Harding Fund http://www.chloehardingfund.com/

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Harrison & Lindsey Harding and their four-month old daughter Chloe Harding, who has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. Our in-house artist, Jody Church, Aunt to Chloe is a longtime and very special member of our staff and we couldn’t think of a better way to support The Artisan Kitchen Family than donating directly from our Kids!Cupcakes! Classes to the Chloe Harding Fund.

Our Kids!Cupcakes! classes celebrate children and their artistic abilities, and we would like to give the children of our community the opportunity to support one of their own! Ten dollars from every from each child's registration fee will be donated directly to the Chloe Harding Fund at Mayflower Bank.

Kids! CupCakes!:
*Offered during April & February Vacation! Frost and decorate cupcakes with icing flowers, monograms and piped figures. One- 1 ½ hour class. Ages 6-14!

*Each child receives one dozen cupcakes to decorate while at the class and then take home to share with their family, apron, & chef hat to take home as well! One cupcake to snack on along with juice (apple/cranberry), milk, or water.

*Fun decorations, sprinkles, and fondant provided to decorate with!

*Class includes structured time where we will demonstrate different decorating techniques as well as free decorating time, and a snack period.

*Parents are welcome to stay and help kids decorate cupcakes!

Class Dates:
*Kids! CupCakes! (ages 7-14 only, please!): 1)Sunday February 20 Noon-1:30pm*
OR 2)Tuesday February 22 Noon-1:30pm*
OR 3)Tuesday February 22 3pm-4:30pm*
OR 4)Sunday April 17 Noon-1:30pm*
OR 3)Tuesday April 19 Noon-1:30pm*
OR 3)Tuesday April 19 3pm-4:30pm*

Click the image below to download the signup form:

Form must be received one week before the class!

*Kids! CupCakes!: $25.00 per child ($10.00 will be donated directly to Chloe Harding Fund @ Mayflower Bank).
Please Make Check Payable to: The Artisan Kitchen

Valentine’s Day 2011

2011-02-04T17:28:00.006-05:00

Available February 10-February 13

Shop Hours:
OPEN Valentine's Day 10am-6pm!!
Wednesday- Friday, 10am-6pm Saturday 10am-4pm Sunday 10am-2pm
Flourless Chocolate Cake: 5” covered in dark chocolate ganache. $5.00

Cupcakes: $2.00 each or $21.00 per full dozen. Pink buttercream icing with a variety of festive Valentine’s Day décor!
Cupcake Flavors: choose from
1)Red velvet with cream cheese icing 2) Chocolate with pink vanilla buttercream
3) Chocolate with chocolate buttercream 4) Vanilla with pink vanilla buttercream
5)Vanilla with chocolate buttercream

Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes: Vanilla or Chocolate Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream. Hot Fudge drizzle, sprinkles and cherry!! $2.00 each

Valentine’s Day Cake: 6” Single Layer, Serves 4. $15

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries:
Sold by the pound:
½ pound box $7.00 1# box $12.00

½ Pound Box Choose Either:
½# box Dark Chocolate Dipped with dark chocolate stripes
½# box White Chocolate Dipped with white chocolate stripes

1 Pound Box Choose From:
1 pound box of Dark Chocolate Dipped with dark chocolate stripes
1 pound box of White Chocolate Dipped with white chocolate stripes
1 pound box of mix of Dark Chocolate Dipped with dark chocolate stripes & White
Chocolate Dipped with white chocolate stripes

Chocolate Mousse Cup: Callebaut chocolate mousse with real whipped cream. Naturally gluten-free. $3.00

Raspberry Mousse Cup: Fresh raspberry silky mousse with real whipped cream. Naturally gluten-free. $3.00

2011-01-28T08:38:00.006-05:00

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Polka Dot Cupcakes!

2011-01-27T08:34:00.001-05:00

We created these adorable cupcakes for a first birthday party! 1st birthday cupcakes are always some of our favorite designs. These pink frosted cupcakes with sugarpaste polka dots in blue, purple, green, and pink are the perfect and simply whimsical addition to any kids party!

Booking Weddings in 2011 and 2012!

2011-01-14T08:12:00.002-05:00

We're busy with our brides for wedding cakes, cupcakes, and wedding desserts in 2011 & 2012! Sketching wedding cakes, and watching faces light up when THEIR cake is designed in full!

Our consultations are complimentary and include a one-hour appointment where we: taste, sketch, and offer a full and complete pricing breakdown.

Call us: 508-763-4905 or Email us: theartisankitchen@gmail.com

Cupcakes: Snowmen, Snowflakes, & Mittens!

2011-01-10T10:37:00.003-05:00

Make your next party a winter-themed showstopper!

Our cupcakes decorated with snowmen, snowflakes, and mittens are beautiful, delicious and perfect for any event.

Wonka Gone Buttercream!

2011-01-06T10:57:00.003-05:00

Our candy themed Wonka cakes based on the party theme: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are so popular for girls and boys alike.

If you have a smaller gathering- less than 20- or a tight budget- we highly recommend our single tier Wonka Cake in Buttercream.

Think bold colors (as shown below) or we love a theme pink, purple, and yellow with Smarties and Gumballs! No matter what- we're like kids in a candy store shopping for the candy to decorate these candy themed cakes.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-03T09:41:00.003-05:00

A huge thank you to our friends, family and fantastic clients who make us who we are. We wouldn't be here without you! We wish everyone a healthy, happy and safe and most importantly SWEET New Year!

Think Spring!

2010-12-29T13:48:00.002-05:00

It's cold and wintery here on the South Coast of Massachusetts but we're thinking SPRING!!

Gerbera daisies and a pale green frosting adorn this round buttercream cake along with a string of pearls.

Season's Greetings!

2010-12-28T13:43:00.002-05:00

Wishing our friends, family, customers, a wonderful holiday season!

Holiday Cupcakes!

2010-12-22T08:07:00.001-05:00

Our selection of holiday cupcakes! Handmade sugarpaste decorations include: christmas lights, ice skates, evergreen trees, mittens, and snowmen.

Juicy Couture Baby Shower Cake

2010-12-08T08:27:00.003-05:00

One of our brides from a few years ago is now expecting her first child, and here is the shower cake that her sister and Mom ordered for this fashionista mom-to-be!

PS: A photo of her wedding cake from New Bedford Country Club is below!

Gingerbread Kits NOW AVAILABLE!

2010-11-30T08:58:00.005-05:00

Small House $18
6"x5"x4"

Large House $36
9"x9 1/2"x6"

Sleigh $18
8"x8"x5"

Each Kits Includes: Pre-Assembled House, Bag of Ready to Use Icing, and CANDY!!

Candy Includes but is not limited to: Necco Wafers, Dots, Starlight Mints, Spearmint Trees, Gumdrops, Smarties, Twizzlers! Large House Includes: 1# 4oz candy Small House & Sleigh Includes: 10 oz candy.

Toy Story Themed Cakes

2010-11-26T17:27:00.005-05:00

Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and the Toy Story gang (including the red, white and blue plane) have joined our photo album of cakes!!

You may have noticed that our cakes now come with a standard and very polished satin or grosgrain ribbon trim (we even have couture ribbons -- amazing!)on our NEW! standard elegant and gorgeous white cake boards, setting us apart from conventional gold-foil (and quite scary 80's style) cake boards!

Wedding Cake: Fondant Tiers with Pearls

2010-11-26T09:18:00.002-05:00

Elegant ivory fondant covered in sugar pearls. Very pale, pastel tones of pink and teal dust some of the pearls for depth and interest. A perfect design for a seashore affair or a black tie ball.

Thanksgiving: Pies & Sweets

2010-11-23T18:18:00.001-05:00

Wednesday November 24th OPEN 10am-6pm! Lots of pies, tea cakes, bread for sandwiches and more. Spend over $20.00 and we'll throw in a sweet surprise!!

Thanksgiving Menu 2010

2010-11-17T14:32:00.001-05:00

Don't forget to order your Thanksgiving pies including our decadent and staff favorite....

Double Chocolate Mousse Pie!!

Thanksgiving MENU can be found by clikcing HERE

Starfish & Waves Birthday Cake: Marion, Massachusetts

2010-10-28T15:54:00.003-04:00

The Artisan Kitchen created this tiered fondant cake for a birthday- based off of our starfish cake seen HERE http://theartisankitchen.com/cakes.htm

We created two fondant tiers in a pale teal tone along with bright teal waves and real starfish. The birthday celebration inscription includes all of the celebrated guests names. A happy birthday topper along with starfish complete the design.

This cake was delivered from our bakery to a private residence in Marion, Massachusetts.

Wedding Cake: Buttercream Tiers with Real Lillies and White Scrolls, Private Residence, Lakeville Massachusetts

2010-10-21T12:31:00.003-04:00

We created this wedding cake for a wonderul client, Lauren, a three tiered vanilla buttercream cake with simple white piping, tiny hyacinth flowers and fresh giant lillies.

Wedding Cake: Square Buttercream Tiers with Fushia Hot Pink Ribbon, Scrollword and Silver Detail

2010-10-14T16:40:00.002-04:00

This three tiered buttercream wedding cake features three square tiers with a hot pink fushia ribbon at the base of each tier. Scrollwork in our signature loop and dot design had details of handpainted silver. A topper crystal monogram finishes the design.

We delivered this wedding cake to Hawthorne Country Club in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Baby Shower Cake: Sculpted Noah's Ark Cake

2010-10-13T18:46:00.002-04:00

This sculpted baby shower cake featurea a Noah's Ark theme. Animals fill the hand-sculpted ark cake...Pandas, Elephants, Giraffes, Tigers, and a few Slitering Snakes complete the bunch marching (well riding) two-by-two on with Noah.

Grooms Cake: Miami Dophins Whimsical

2010-10-11T06:40:00.002-04:00

We created this cake for a recent Boston wedding. Miami Dolphins was the theme, and the cake included a custom handmade Miami Dolphins logo, a sculpted bride and groom and a splashing football complete with sugar waves!

We delivered this cake to the Fairmont Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts

Cake Flavors Included: Carrot cake and lemon cake

Thanksgiving Menu & Halloween Menus Now Available

2010-10-03T10:56:00.002-04:00

Check out our holiday specials for Thanksgiving and Halloween

CLICK HERE http://theartisankitchen.com/holiday.htm

HALLOWEEN
Cake Flavors: Creepy Red Velvet, Vanilla Butter, Devilish Chocolate, or Alternating Layers of
Chocolate and Vanilla
Icing: Vanilla Buttercream
Premium Filling: Raspberry, Chocolate Ganache Buttercream, Peanut Butter, or Fresh Strawberries,
Baileys Irish Cream
6 Cake - Serves 8-10 $30.00 Premium Filling: Add $4.00
7 Cake - Serves 14-16 $36.00 Premium Filling: Add $6.00
8 Cake - Serves 16-18 $45.00 Premium Filling: Add $10.00
10 Cake - Serves 22-26 $69.00 Premium Filling: Add $10.00
Halloween CupCakes CupCake Flavors: Devilish Chocolate, Vanilla Butter or Creepy Red Velvet with
Lime Green Vanilla Buttercream
Décor Includes:
- RIP Tombstones - Dark Chocolate Spiders Sugar Witches Hats Sugar Pumpkins Sugar Ghosts -
One Dozen Assortment of Flavors and Décor: $36
Sold Each- $3.25
Spider

THANKSGIVING
Specials:
•CupCake Tray: One dozen cupcakes with handmade autumn decor. Assorted vanilla, pumpkin carrot & chocolate cupcakes. $30.

•7" Pumpkin-Carrot Torte: Cream Cheese Icing with chocolate acorns & sugar leaves $27

Thanksgiving Pies 9" Classic Deep Dish Pies:
•Honey Pumpkin Pie: $14.75
•Deep Dish Apple Pie: $14.75
•Wild Blueberry Pie: $14.75

9" Seasonal Pies:
•Southern Pecan Pie: $17.
•Housemade Mince: $17.
•Double Chocolate Mousse Pie: Chocolate crust with a thin layer of ganache, dark chocolate mousse, real whipped cream, & chocolate shavings - $17.

9" Crumb Pies (bottom crust with fruit topped with oatmeal crumble):
•Apple Crumb Pie: $14.75
•Apple & Local Cranberry Crumb Pie: $14.75
•Blueberry Crumb Pie: $14.75

Baby Shower Cake: Top Cake and Bow

2010-10-01T19:03:00.002-04:00

We recently created a three tiered shower cake, here is the top tier and bow. I just love the inscribed banner and how the bow complements and balances the design.

This would be a nice design for boys in blue or green and could insclude a few sugar baby blocks to create a more masculine design.

Wedding Cake Table Card

2010-09-30T14:55:00.002-04:00

Each of our wedding cakes comes complete with a custom printed card which sits on the table next to your cake, it lists the flavor of the cake just to let your guests know what they are about to enjoy!

Our cakes on www.nakedauthors.com

2010-09-29T16:02:00.003-04:00

Just happened to be browsing the internet for Guiness themed cakes for a client and found our cakes on another blog! Hey, thanks for the compliment!

http://www.nakedauthors.com/2008/03/45-rpm.html

Hand Painted Cakes: By Jody Church

2010-09-28T12:57:00.004-04:00

We have a talented artist on staff who can recreate any realistic scene on sugar

CupCakes: Fun 5 Petal Whimsical Flowers & Polka Dots

2010-09-17T10:54:00.001-04:00

We recently created this fun assortment of whimiscal and pastel cupcakes for a birthdat party!

Sugar Polka Dots & Pastel Whimisical Flowers top each cupcake! I love the contrast of the colored vanilla buttercream frosting along with the chocolate buttercream.

Tiered Butercream Cake: Kayak and Wave Cake with Woodgrain Happy Birthday Sign in Chocolate

2010-09-09T16:02:00.004-04:00

We created this two tiered buttercream cake for a celebration recently, a sugarpaste yellow kayak highlights the tiers- complete with paddle along with a chocolate woodgrain sign which is inscribed with a birthday wish. I particularly like the perfectly-to-scale life jacket which Jody created!

Sydney's Plane Day Cake: Pirates

2010-09-06T13:29:00.006-04:00

We are so lucky to work with such great clients and Karen and Sydney are no exception!

Every special occasion and holiday in their house is celebrated with one of our cakes (usually chocolate cake- specifically!)

The latest creation was for Sydney's Plane Day celebration and this years' theme: Pirates! The cake flavor: Jack Sparrow Chocolate Cake (thanks for the idea, Karen!)

Dear Meredith, THANKS once again for such another wonderful cake! EVERYONE especailly Sydney loved the cake you made!! The decor was fabulous, I could not believe you put the hem line on his head kerchief!!!!!!!!Talk about details!! Sydney's favorite part-------HIS EAR!!! Yes, she could not wait to rip his ear off the cake and eat it!!! Your old Kindergarten teacher was very proud of you as she was basking in chocolate heaven!! Thanks again. We cant wait for October for Syds birthday cake. Talk soon, Karen, Mike and Sydney

Here are a few other creations for Sydney, Mike and Karen fantastic soirees!

Sculpted Cake: Spiderman in Black

2010-09-06T07:03:00.007-04:00

We created this sculpted black spiderman cake: mask and shoulders. Black fondant and hand piped buttercream spider web design on the bodice along with Spiderman's signature eye mask design complete the design.

Round Buttercream Birthday Cake: Elmo on Pink Buttercream Cake

2010-09-03T19:13:00.002-04:00

I just love the simplicity of this round buttercream cake with a sugarpaste Elmo in flat art. So cute in pinks & oranges for a little girl.

Teal & Starfish @ Whaling Museum, New Bedford Waterfront, Massachusetts

2010-09-02T16:48:00.004-04:00

photo courtesy of Lauren Methia Photography

This three tiered white buttercraeam cake with teal grosgrain ribbon at base includes simple decor of real starfish and tiny pearl bubble dots, the center tier includes a piped buttercream border of classic ocean waves.

We delivered this vanilla butter cake with chocolate ganache filling to the gorgeous Whaling Museum on the historic waterfront in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Wedding Cake: Buttercream Tiers with Classic Snail Shell Border, White Chocolate Sea Shells & Yellow Blooms

2010-08-31T11:18:00.003-04:00

Classic top and bottom curled snail shell border in buttercream on each tier create an elegant Cape Cod Seashore Cake. White Chocolate seashells dused in light pearl dust scattered around the tiers and also create a simple topper.

Cake Flavors included vanilla butter cake with candied lemon buttercream and fresh raspberries.

This cake served 75 guests at an intimate wedding on Cape Cod in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Ned's Point Lighthouse- An Oldie But Goodie

2010-08-29T13:40:00.004-04:00

Every once in a while I pull out a photo from the depths of the files for a bit of nostalgia- like this cake from 2005!

Here is a three tiered buttercream cake topped with a sugarpaste Ned's Point Lighthouse. Each of the 3 tiers is decorated in blue waves with white caps a bit of sugar 'sand' and even sugar rocks and white chocolate seashells.

Sculpted Cake: Number "10" for Tenth Birthday

2010-08-25T06:36:00.003-04:00

We created this number "10" sculpted tenth birthday cake for a recent order. A "1" and "0" handsculpted out of cake - nope we don't use a pan in these shapes- were created with funky bright colors: electric pink, electric green, electric blue and electric purple.

These cakes can be created in an numerical secquence and number combination for 40th, 30th, 50th, 70th, or even 100th birthday celebrations! We have color schemes for men, women and children and any theme.

Tiffany Tea Blue Wedding Cake with Basketweave

2010-08-19T17:25:00.004-04:00

We created this three tiered wedding cake for a small wedding of 70 guests at the Beachmoor Restaurant in Bourne, Massachusetts on Buzzard's Bay.

Classic fondant basketweave design, on a square cake, in fondant on the center tier. Top and bottom tiers consist of round fondant covered cakes adorned with a thick sugarpaste ribbon in Tiffany Teal Blue. Sugarpaste roses in white and Tiffany teal blue along with white. A crystal heart topper was custom made for the couple inscribed with the couple's name and wedding date.

We based this design off of two photos as seen below:

Finding Nemo Birthday Cake

2010-08-13T11:45:00.003-04:00

We created this cake from an inspiration picture!

Finding Nemo is a popular children's birthday party theme and this kid's birthday cake is quite special!

Two fondant covered tiers decorated with sugar coral, barnacles and other ocean treasures all in bold colors cover the outside. Finding Nemo figurines purchased from Theme Park Shopper make a great statement! Nemo, Dory, Marlin, Gill, Nigel, Jacques, Deb, Bubbles, Gurgle, Peach and Bloat join with the other cast members around the perimeter.

Falmouth Farmers Market

2010-08-12T18:46:00.004-04:00

Come and visit us at one of our Farmers Markets -- click here for our 2010 Farmers' Market Schedule --

But....shop EARLY...because this video shows what happen in 2 hours at a Farmers' Market...we get WIPED OUT!

First Birthday Sesame Street Cake

2010-08-09T12:18:00.007-04:00

We recently created this Sesame Street cake which features 2D cutouts of Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, and Cookie Monster along with a big "1" cutout topper!

Primary colors: bright kelly green, royal blue, and true red, along with signature Sesame Street yellow-gold create a classic color scheme for a classic 1st birthday celebration cake.

We delivered this cake to Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

Adelweiss & Swiss Alps Cake

2010-08-09T06:32:00.002-04:00

We created this Round Buttercream Cake for a recent special birthday for a Swiss doctor and incorporated a little bit of Switzerland into the design: handmade Adelweiss Flowers along with a ring of the Alps around the base of the cake.

We delivered this cake to Rachel's Lakeside in Dartmouth Massachusetts.

Chanel Fashionista Cake with Clutch and Ballet Flat

2010-08-03T09:53:00.002-04:00

We created this two tiered Chanel cake for a little fashionista's birthday!
Chanel logo print along with a sophistacted pink Chanel clutch and Chanel ballet flat decorate the top of the cake- all created by hand and completely edible.

Centerpiece Cakes & Bride's Cake

2010-07-26T13:17:00.004-04:00

We created these centerpiece two tiered center piece table cakes along with a three tiered bride's cake for Tiffany and Shawn a few months ago.

The color palette: violet tones, white balmy sea blue and seafoam greens- a hint of Victorian falir and a touch of the coast!

Tiffany really loved a bit of whimsy in the design including stripes and whimsical roses and a few sugar curls of gumpaste!

Pearls and fondant quilting covered a tier of her cake as well!

Two different table center piece designs were chosen each placed on alternating tables and the three tiered cake was placed on the sweetheart table for the bride and groom to enjoy.

Martini & Cocktail Themed Bridal Shower

2010-07-26T12:26:00.004-04:00

We created this blue, green, seafoam, and tiffany blue themed cocktail martini shower cake for a fun bridal shower!

Interlaced martini glasses create the top design along with olives and limes. Tiny martini glasses decorate the sides of the cake as well!

Flared & Funky Whimsical Engagement Party Cake

2010-07-24T11:41:00.003-04:00

We created this tone on tone flared fondant tiered cake for a recent engagement party. White fondant covers the tiers and overlay sugarpaste is hand painted in luster pearl. Bold jewel toned whimsical five petal flowers add a little bit of fun to the design.

Three Tiered Buttercream 30th Birthday Cake: Hot Raspberry Roses, Black Polka Dots and Black Ribbon

2010-07-22T13:31:00.002-04:00

We created this three tiered buttercream cake for a recent 30th birthday party. Three white buttercream tiers are decorated with black polka dots and a grosgrain ribbon at the base of each tier.

Sugar roses in a Hot Raspberry Fushia sit above the ledge of the tiers perched in black wires. A "30" monogram topper finishes off the design.

We delivered this custom cake to the Highlander in Acushnet, Massachusetts

Round Buttercream Birthday Cake: Bear in Sailor Suit with Red Purse

2010-07-21T18:13:00.001-04:00

We created this birthday cake with a sugarpaste 3-D bear wearing a sailor suit with a red purse to match!

Handpainted Dragon and Phoenix Cake

2010-07-21T06:20:00.002-04:00

We created this round buttercream cake with a handpainted Phoenix and Dragon for a recent birthday celebration!

Cowboy Wild West Themed Round Buttercream Birthday Cake

2010-07-20T10:29:00.003-04:00

We created this cowboy wild west birthday cake for a little boy's birthday party recently.

A cowboy boot, cactus, sheriff stars, and a cowboy hat - all edible - decorate the cake along with a green tumbleweed border. Giddee-Up!

Flared & Funky Whimsical Sweet 16 Cake

2010-07-19T13:41:00.004-04:00

We created this Sweet 16 cake for a party in Connecticut.

Two fondant flared and funky tiers, one yellow and the other in blue are decorated in stripes and polka dots all in hot pink, electric orange, and kelly green.

Gerbera daisy also top off this fun, funky and whimsical cake design. A sugar "16" rounds off the top tier along with shooting pearls and a banner on the cake board with a "Happy Birthday" inscription.

Teal 40th Sea Shell Birthday Cake

2010-07-18T18:07:00.004-04:00

We created this two tiered buttercream cake for Happy 40th! Over The Hill Birthday with a seashore, nautical seashell theme. Teal buttercream tiers are detailed with silver sugar pearls, white chocolate seashells tiny blue sugar starfish and sugar sand.

Simple, Modern Teal and Pink Wedding Cake @ Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

2010-07-17T07:03:00.003-04:00

We created this wedding cake for a small private wedding ceremony in Martha's Vineyard- believe it or not the cake made it all the way to the island on the ferry!

We liked the simple yet modern design so much that we created a cake for our shop that sits in our store!

Three single layer tiers of fondant covered cakes stacked atop one another, trimmed in grosgrain layered ribbons in teal and hot pink. And scattered whimsical roses adda modern touch to the ledges.

Cake flavors included: carrot cake with hazelnut buttercream, chocolate cake with bailey's irish cream buttercream, and vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream filling and crunchy Pailleté Feuilletine filling (just like a Nestle Crunch Bar!)

Mod Polka Dots: Graduation Cake

2010-07-16T09:45:00.003-04:00

We created this round butercream Graduation cake with Mod Polka Dots in Maroon, Gray, Black and White for a school color themed high school graduation party. The mod 60's design was based off of our Mod Brown and Blue CupCakes which we created for a wedding about 4 years ago.

Here is the original Mod Brown and Blue CupCake Display:

Buttercream Flat Art: Little Girl's Pink Fairy Cake

2010-07-15T17:09:00.005-04:00

We created this cute buttercream flat art design from an "inspiration" business card for moms!

Sugarpaste cut-outs of the fairy, shamrocks, and clouds top a round buttercream cake!

Below, is the inspiration....

Mini Pastry Platter: Cake Truffles, Petit Fours, Chocolate Covered Strawberries

2010-07-14T15:29:00.002-04:00

Hydrangea & Daisy with Wedding Dress Detail @ Great Hill Wedding - Stone Estate: Marion, Massachusetts

2010-07-13T16:50:00.004-04:00

We created this cupcake stand with a topper cake for a large wedding at Stone Estate, Great Hill in Marion, Massachusetts.

A topper cake with dress detail and dark navy blue bow tops our extra large stand along with blue sugar hydrangea and white daisies in varying sizes. Below sit 220 cupcakes adorned with a sprinkling of classic white daisies with yellow centers.

Flavors included: flourless chocolate cupcakes and carrot cake cupcakes

Harley Davidson Motorcycle Graduation Cake

2010-07-12T16:51:00.005-04:00

This two tiered Harley Davidson was created for a special graduation party in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

A blue tiered buttercream cake incorporates sugarpaste flames and a Harley Davisdon inspired logo along with a special "Congratualations" and graduation message. Atop the cake sits a completeley edible sugar blue Harley Davidson motorcycle modeled after the graduates ride.

Wedding Cupcakes @ Jones River Trading, Kingston, Massachusetts

2010-07-12T08:04:00.002-04:00

We recently created this Wedding CupCake Stand recently for a wedding in Kingston, Massachusetts at the Jones River Trading Company boat house with a wonderful river view. The location features rowing skulls in the rafters from the Olympic games and is really an interesting venue.

The theme: a classix New England wedding of blue hydrangea and starfish. The cupcake stand was topped with a classic Nantucket basket filled with fresh hydrangea and tiny white finger starfish on picks. The cupcakes featured three designs: white pearlized sugar starfish, a sprinklign of sugar sand and finally a single blue hydrangea blossom.

Our Favorite Things!

2010-07-09T10:41:00.004-04:00

So today let's stray from the norm of cakes and pastries & well--think about a few of our favorite things!

I have to start by first extending my praise to high school classmate of mine, Lauren Methia of Lauren Methia Photography whose photographs blew me away at a recent Bridal Shower and Wedding that I attended she shot- absolutely amazing work! I highly recommend her for any event- wedding, shower, family portaiture--you can find her at www.laurenmethia.com

Another of our favorite things... Persimmon Restaurant in Bristol, Rhode Island! Find owners Champe and Lisa Speidel serving local and very very special fare at their cozy and friendly restaurant. I bumped into Champe, the owner, at a speaking engagement at Johnson and Wales University College of Culinary Arts-- we were both speaking to a class of Juniors and Seniors.

You can contact Persimmon in Bristol, Ri:

www.persimmonbristol.com
Champe and Lisa Speidel
401.254.7474
persimmonbristol@yahoo.com

Specialty Dessert Cake

2010-07-07T17:49:00.002-04:00

Our Specialty Dessert Cakes are quite a favorite here at The Artisan Kitchen. This concoction:

The Chocolate Hazelnut Mocha is available in a 7" Single Layer, serves 8-10, $28.00
7" Double Layer, serves 12-14, $34.00

Tiered Fondant Cake: Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Cake

2010-06-28T06:23:00.004-04:00

This tiered flared fondant birthday cake was created with a Littlest Pet Shop Theme!

Fondant Cake: Navy Blue and Yellow - Anchor & Rope

2010-06-19T11:47:00.003-04:00

This round fondant cake was created to match an invitation to a 50th birthday party in Marion, Massachusetts.

A Navy Blue anchor and sugar rope complete the design along with classic sailor stripes.

Fender Stratocaster Guitar Cake

2010-06-18T07:37:00.002-04:00

We created this fondant covered, round buttercream cake for a birthday. A red fender stratocaster guitar (we call this type of decor design Flat Art) was hand formed out of sugarpaste and is completely edible!

July 4th Specials

2010-06-15T06:55:00.004-04:00

Check Out Our July 4th Specials...CLICK HERE

http://theartisankitchen.blogspot.com/p/july-4th-specials.html

Chocolate Mousse Pie

Strawberry Charlotte

Wedding Cake: Buttercream Tiers with Real & White Chocolate Seashells, Silvershell Beach, Marion Massachusetts

2010-06-14T10:33:00.004-04:00

Every once in a while we pick out an oldie-but-goodie photo- this happens to be a scan of a photo- i apologize for the blur! This wedding cake, from 2004, features four tiers of ivory buttercream with real and white chocolate seashells. A champagne ribbon wraps the bottom of each tier along with a crowning of ruskus leaves on the table.

This round buttercream wedding cake is very tall and slender which gives it a contemporary feel.

This cake was for a wedding at Silvershell Beach in Marion, Massachusetts.

Wedding Cake: Buttercream Tiers with Sugar Calla Lilly & Wedgewood Blue Berries @ Pinehills Golf Club, Plymouth, Massachusetts

2010-06-13T12:10:00.002-04:00

We created this three tiered buttercream cake for a wedding at Pinehills in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

White buttercream tiers are accented with sugar pearl borders. Clusters of calla lillies, white with yellow centers, adorn the tiers along with a large display of calla lillies as a topper. Vines of hand painted sugarpaste blue berries, to match the bridesmaid dresses and accents of linens on the tables add texture and create movement to complete the design.

Orange Weddings Everywhere! Dartmouth, Assonet, Onset Massachusetts!

2010-06-04T20:11:00.005-04:00

We thought...silly bakers we are....that amethyst purple with ivory and green, charteuse green with blues, and finally yellow and pewter were the "Wedding Colors of 2010" but boy have there been a ton of orange weddings here at the Artisan Kitchen!

Coral Orange and Fushia Hot Pink.....

Silver with Dark Red, Orange, and Champagne....

Orange, Red, and Yellow in fresh edible organic REAL flower blossoms...

Wedding Cake: Stargazer Pink Lillies & Silver Ribbon at Onset, Massachusetts

2010-06-01T10:54:00.004-04:00

We created this three tiered round buttercream cake with a gazebo topper, chosen and decorated by the bride for a wedding in Onset, Massachusetts at the recepetion hall Salerno's.

Silver ribbon chosen by the bride and descending large bunches of fresh Stargazer Lilly blossoms were requested.