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Vodka Bottle Made in Berkley, MI

Valerie — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:27:32 +0000

Party Cakes, Inc. created a larger-than-life sized bottle of Vodka with glasses and olives to showcase their talents at the Second Annual Vodka Vodka event sponsored by Metro Times at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on January 28, 2011. The free tastings featured Chocolate cake truffles infused with Raspberry vodka and Vanilla cake truffles infused with Vanilla vodka. Proceeds from the invitation-only party benefitted Forgotten Harvest.

Party Cakes, Inc. brand Vodka bottle and glasses

Glasses and olives!

Fun With Fondant at Party Cakes in Berkley

Valerie — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:55:04 +0000

Learning to make punch flowers

Here are the photos from the first fondant class held at Party Cakes on Saturday, January 8, 2011. Eight 12-year-old girls learned that it’s not as easy as it looks. Cable shows like The Cake Boss or Ace of Cakes only show the highlights of decorating their cakes. These girls got dirty and had fun learning how to cut out fondant flowers, cover a little cake with a sheet of fondant, trim it and finish it with butter cream icing. Then they applied their freshly formed flowers and designs to what they wanted and each walked out with their own 4″ cake…2 1/2 hours later.

Welcome students!

Cutting out the designs

Watching and learning

More designs

Adding to the garden!

All hands helping!

Full sheet tray of flowers and shapes

Next step: Base ice the cake with butter cream icing

Dad gets into the fun!

Roll out the fondant and cover that cake

Finish the bottom edge with a butter cream border

Shirley Weichel, Party Cakes head decorator, helps Isabel with her cake

Adding design and color with a touch of butter cream icing

Teacher demonstrates fondant snowflakes and airbrushing techniques

Isabel's completed masterpiece!

The class was a huge success and I would definitely do it again. Everyone learned something, including the teacher.

If you want more information on how to arrange a class of your own, please call Party Cakes at 248-541-2253 and speak with Valerie Jackett.

Baby Shower Cakes with the “WOW” Factor

Valerie — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:33:24 +0000

You’re having a baby! And you want the cake to be extra special. Party Cakes can do that! These tiered cakes show off two very different designs. Each non-traditional cake could be designed with your budget in mind but these moms-to-be wanted a more dramatic effect.

Baby Camo in Blue

This cake shows a camouflage design in blue topped with a “package” cake on top finished with a fondant bow. The baby blocks that spell out the name are made from cereal treats covered in fondant. Hours of work with spectacular results.

Clothesline Tiered cake

The baby clothesline is a fun design that incorporates all the colors for baby and not just pink and blue. What is truly unique about this cake is the baby on top: created with fondant, hand painted and wrapped in a blanket! Here is a close-up photo:

Fondant Baby 3-D

Party Cakes in Berkley, MI can design a cake just for your event. Bring us a photo of an idea and we’ll design a cake with your budget in mind.

Wedding Cakes for July in Michigan

Valerie — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:34:01 +0000

Summer themed cakes can be exciting, fun and creative if you chose the right decorator. Party Cakes in Berkley specializes in custom-designed cakes for your wedding, or any themed event. Browse the following ideas that were brought to life by Valerie Jackett, owner of Party Cakes.

White Chocolate on white butter cream icing with navy roping

From anchors to palm trees, the brides want it all and with their own personal touches. Sometimes I even get a say in the design!

On the beach

Elegance was the final word for this next design with 100′s of tiny fondant flowers all over the three tiers. Here is a close-up view:

Fondant flowers on tiers

Of course this would look entirely different if I would have based iced the cake in a pastel color OR the flowers were created in a BOLD color. Maybe in the fall….

Michigan Wedding Cakes for June

Valerie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:53:04 +0000

Every bride is unique and their wedding cake is no exception. Here are some of the unique wedding cake designs that Party Cakes created this past month. This first photo is from a cake that was delivered to the 71st floor of the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.

Hand Details are Delicate

The next two photos are similar but different. With the change of a ribbon and no flowers on the cake, the look is totally unique.

Amy's Cake

Silver Ribbon Band with flowers

This groom designed his cake without any input from his bride. And it was beautiful with every detail.

Princess and Prince Charming

Just like the display in the store

I have no control over the colors!

This final wedding cake design started with an email from a groom writing from New York. The cake design was completed in the spring and delivered on June 25, 2010.

Red Ribbon and Black Details

These photos represent some of the wedding cakes that were created by Party Cakes in June. I have posted just a few of the more memorable ones. For more information, please call us at 248-541-CAKE (2253) to schedule your personal consultation for your wedding cake design.

Michigan Bakery Creates 3-D Cakes

Valerie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:28:35 +0000

Some customers want to create a cake for themselves. Others, it’s for their kids. But this customer created this cake for his dad! Thank you Paul for being such a great customer and allowing us to create your dad’s car in cake form. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to the next celebration. Can’t wait to see what you have in mind next!

It's Dad's Car in cake form!

Stacked four layers high and constructed like a wedding cake with dowels and support boards, this popcorn box will serve 30-40 hungry children easily. Yes, that’s real popcorn overflowing from the top! Party Cakes likes to use real food items whenever possible.

Pass the Popcorn

This cake can stand on it’s own–literally! The wheels are oreos covered with fondant icing but everything else is sculpted butter cream. You CAN eat every bit of this car!

Forgotten Harvest “Harvey” meets Party Cakes

Valerie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:03:43 +0000

In May, 2010, Party Cakes was asked to create a very special display cake for Forgotten Harvest, a Michigan charity specializing in distribution of free food throughout the Detroit area. The event was a birthday party for Forgotten Harvest. “Harvey” was their first delivery vehicle and the working photo is a cartoon-type van with eyes for headlights and the grill work is his smile. With such a great image to work with, it was a labor of love to create Harvey. Using four quarter sheet cakes, Harvey was carved down to the van’s shape. His wheels were Oreo cookies covered with black fondant. All the detail work was done with fondant icing including covering the board with “grass”, the road and the flowers along the way. Harvey could feed 100 people but they never cut into him at the party. Nobody wanted to because he was just too cute!

Harvey Meets Party Cakes

Michigan Cakes with the WOW factor

Valerie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:46:42 +0000

When a customer wants a unique design, it the job of the decorator to bring it to life. And when the customer brings a photo that “suggests” the type of design they would like, it is more of a challenge. Here at Party Cakes, we strive to hit the mark every time a customer challenges us. Here are a few examples of the “WOW” cakes our customers have asked us to create over the past few weeks. If you would like a personal consultation and want the “WOW” factor for your next event, please contact Party Cakes at 248-541-2253 and make an appointment with one of our design experts.

Two boxes are twice as nice

It's a Boy!

Vote 4 The Best Contest for Michigan Wedding Cakes

Valerie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:16:46 +0000

Amy's Special

Greetings Friends!

Once again, Party Cakes has been nominated in the category of BEST WEDDING CAKES in WDIV’s Summer Contest “Vote 4 The Best” in metro Detroit.

Here is the link you’ll need to get started to vote for Party Cakes in the Wedding category under CAKES.

www.clickondetroit.com/4thebest

Once you reach this page, select “Sign up” or “Log in”. It’s easy, simple and no spam will attack you.
REMEMBER: Select the WEDDING category, and then select CAKES.

You can vote with each email address you have. Also, you can forward this blog link to all your friends on Facebook or Twitter and ask them to vote for us as well.

SHOW US YOU VOTED BY LEAVING A COMMENT AND WE’LL GIVE YOU FREE TRUFFLES! STOP INTO THE STORE SOON FOR YOUR FREE GIFT!

Michigan Cakes for Kids

Valerie — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:14:20 +0000

Why should tiered cakes be only reserved for weddings? Not at Party Cakes! We can create tiered cakes for any occasion including a child’s birthday. Adeline was very happy to see her butterflies on her cake and mom was glad that everything matched: the cake, the table decorations, the room decorations and even the cupcakes that she gave away to her guests, each with a matching pink or green sugar butterfly.

Happy Birthday Adeline

If you want to design a special birthday cake for someone, call us at 248-541-CAKE (2253) and one of our specialists will be happy to help you. Please allow two weeks for detailed designs.

Skating on Cupcakes

This design is made entirely of cupcakes! Everyone had their own serving and mom didn’t have to bring a knife to the party at the roller rink. The “pull apart cupcake cake” can be shaped into just about anything. It’s great for boys or girls. Check out the next photo!

Blast Off with these Cupcakes!

Any design. Any shape. We can do that! Call us at 248-541-2253 to discuss your next party.