The NEW Alice in Wonderland

The NEW Alice in Wonderland is no kittens and rainbows movie.  The movie's artsy interpretation of the Lewis Carrol novel is visually stunning, no wonder young adults are swooning (not to mention Johnny Depp is in it!).  This cake was created for a sweet sixteen based on the design by Michelle Sugar Art in the UK.

Cobalt Cosmos

Some clients you just connect with right away, Cassie and her mom Annette were those types of clients!  Cassie wanted something bold and modern to fit her ultra modern venue, The MEZZ in downtown Orlando.  She loved the fresh and sharp color contrast of white and cobalt, and I couldn't agree more!  She also wanted to incorporate some bling for flair!  She ended up finding 4 gorgeous brooches that we used as centers of the cosmo inspired flowers.  We made little sugar jeweled centers for the cosmo buds to compliment the larger flowers.

The Inspiration

The Sketch

I wanted to design to use clean cobalt ribbon for lines to reinforce the modern style she wanted for the reception. Lastly, I used silver dragees around the flowers to bring in more bling, but also making the buttercream look more full (and not so naked)

The Cake

The cosmos were made with a parrot tulip cutter, and heavy veiner.  The brooches, which had see-through areas between the diamonds were backed with white fondant, which became invisible in the final product.  A wire anchored from the backing of the brooch, stabilized the placement of the flowers.  We achieved the blue with a sapphire edible luster dust over already blue gumpaste.  All that being said, we had to remake them three times before getting this final flower.... but it was all worth it when we received this email from the bride the following day (*squeal!)*):

"Jennyfer!!!! Everything was beyond perfect. The cakes looked and tasted amazing. Thank you so much for helping us!"

Bohemian Elegance

David and Alaina came to our design consultation with their dream cake already in hand! They found this photo from The Knot and loved how it was different, not like any other cake.  They wanted something original, something that would fit with the vibrant personality of their venue, and most of all something that was elegant.

(This amazing cake was made by Nine Cakes in Brooklyn, NY)

We made a couple of design choices to personalize the cake.  Their reception was at The Grand Bohemian Hotel, a modern artsy hotel in downtown Orlando. We pulled in some of the hotels colors of cranberry, eggplant, and lots of metallics to give the cake a more sophisticated feel.  The couple also liked the idea of having the florals in a cascade pattern on the cake.  Aside from design, it was really important to them that the cake be buttercream, no problem!

The Cake

Here is the sweet couple sharing their first bite!

Photos by the brilliant Castaldo Studios

Valentine's Day Cupcakes at The Sugar Suite!

Get your "Suitie" a dozen rose cupcakes for Valentine's Day! 
On February 14th from 10:00AM - 2:00PM, The Sugar Suite will be hosting a Valentine's Day Cupcake Day!
~All of our flavors will be piped with a pink buttercream rose in the following flavors

*New* Amaretto

DiSaronno Amaretto cake with Madagascar-Bourbon vanilla bean buttercream and our new cherry filling!

Champagne

Champagne cake with raspberry buttercream

Chocolate Covered Strawberry 

Chocolate cake with strawberry buttercream and chocolate ganache

*Delivery is available, restrictions apply*

CLICK HERE to order

Orlando Weddings Bridal Council Member

We were recently asked to participate in a council of Central Florida wedding professional organized by Orlando Weddings Magazine called the Orlando Bridal Council. This innagural group of Orlando’s finest includes Kerline Docteur with Joie de Vie Weddings and Events, Warren Dietel with Puff ‘n Stuff Catering, DJ Carl Williams, Susie Weiss of Wonderful Weddings, and Amy Morelli of 2UCollection and so many more talented people! We gathered in October to talk about trends, share opinions (a task I am excellent at!), talk about Orlando Weddings and to share what we think brides want!!! Hopefully we succeeded, and the current issue or Orlando Weddings hits shelves this week!

SO grateful to be amongst some of these excellent professionals!

Up House Kids Birthday Cake!

This sweet first birthday theme was"Evan is growing UP!" How creative!

The mom, who is my regular client and pastry chef by trade, put every details of this party together! It was her original idea to use real balloons on the cake! Genius!

We normally have a policy against plastic things.... HOWEVER, we were happy to make an exception for these adorable balloon clusters! What a creative and cohesive idea!

Special thanks to Jacob Bates for his beautiful images!

Personalized Wedding Cake Ornaments

We are proud to announce something we've been working on for a while,

Personalized Wedding Cake Ornaments! If your cake was designed by us or not, we can make a mini version to hang on your tree.

Ornaments are made of polymer clay and take 3-5 days for completion. Shipping & handling is available for clients outside of the Orlando area. Currently, the wedding cake ornaments, as the original cakes, are priced based on the complexity of design. Email Jennyfer@thesugarsuite.com for a quote on your cake!

All wedding cake ornaments are hand made by our cake artist, Erin Green. Erin has a background in fine art with a Bachelors degree from UCF in Studio Art, specializing in model making and sculpture.

We make these all year long (great first anniversary gift), but wanted to give a special shout out at the time of year when everyone's Christmas Trees are up! We are also making mini models for shadow boxes. Instead of a 3-D item, we can make a relief (in between 2D and 3D) to be placed in shadow boxes and displayed with an invitation or other sentimental wedding items.