The Cakes for Red October

October was such a fun month! Halloween is one of our favorite holidays and we love when clients have really funky and imaginative ideas for cake. We had a mother-(or mummy)-to-be request a spooky baby shower cake complete with Jack-o-lanterns, bats and of course, mummies.

Here's Kaysie making the "mummy" out of modeling chocolate
Note the scrumptious pumpkin spice latte in the background from the wonderful Metropolitan Market (they make the lattes with REAL pumpkin puree om nom nom nom)

My little modeling chocolate pumpkin patch


All done!

As many of you know, we make a lot of wedding cakes but that's not all we do! Our friends down at F5 Networks made their one billionth (yes, billion with a B!) dollar this year and thought "what better way to celebrate than with cake!?!" We were honored that they chose The People's Cake to make cakes to send to all of their clients throughout Seattle. Congratulations to everyone at F5 Networks!

Who doesn't get excited when they see cake AND balloons?
It was amusing trying to get those balloons to cooperate on a windy day :)

We were seeing red at the bakery!

I was caught red handed (for several days)

Never a dull day at The People's Cake :)

Viva la Cake!

Gettin down at Urban Unveiled

Another wedding season come and gone...seriously, where has this year gone? I'm at the bakery one day where outside it's sunny and warm and then the next the leaves are turning beautiful shades of oranges and reds. I guess that's Seattle for you!

We had the pleasure again this year to participate in the annual Urban Unveiled wedding show at Benaroya Hall. The theme of this year was "Diamonds" (feel free to use jazz hands as an accompaniment when saying this). True Color Events turned Benaroya Hall into a chic couture cocktail longue that was literally dripping in diamonds. We had so much fun meeting all of the vendors and the engaged couples! Especially one particular bride who about cried when we told her that we do gluten free wedding cakes (Yes! We do gluten-free, vegan, nut-free, dairy-free, etc. If you have a food allergy you can have your cake and eat it too!) Best of luck to you all on your wedding planning! We at The People's Cake would love to be a part of your special day!

Check out some of the glitz and glam from Urban Unveiled 2011:

The lovely "Audrey" adorned with gumpaste roses, sugar bow and a little sparkle!

From left to right: "Maggie", "Chelsea", "Gwen", and "Gilda"

The fixins: Almond cake with Disorono syrup, blueberry compote and cream cheese frosting (the crack of the cake world) and chocolate and vanilla cakes with luscious dark chocolate ganache and vanilla buttercream

The gang! Chef Kaysie, former intern Mica, bakery assistant Beth, bakery manager Scott and of course Higgins :)

We had such a wonderful time this year and are looking forward to another amazing wedding season!

"Your diamond madame?"

Viva la cake!