Shanghaied Panda! (Wedding Cake) - [Crazies]

Posted by Chubbypanda at 5/19/2007 11:57:00 PM

Quick update for everyone, particularly those of you still waiting for the next article in my Dim Sum Series.

I got swamped with work after my post on Monday. I was actually up until after midnight almost every night this week working on assignments for the office. Then, early this morning, Cat and I caught a flight up to San Jose so we could meet with our friends at Margaret's French Bakery for a cake tasting and to finalize our wedding cake arrangements. I'm very excited with what we came up with. I can't wait to show you pictures of our cakes after our wedding.

To give you an idea of what Margaret and her son Joey, aka The Oni are capable of, here are a few pictures of recent cakes they've made.


(Photo courtesy of Margaret's French Bakery.)


Everything is edible! The ribbons are made of fondant!


(Photo courtesy of Margaret's French Bakery.)


Margaret loves using fresh flowers in her cakes. I think they really add to the presentation. The bunting effect on the cakes is achieved using fondant again.


(Photo courtesy of Margaret's French Bakery.)


The Oni heading out to make a delivery. Doesn't he look like a sexy baking stud muffin in his chef whites?

See more of Margaret's cakes on their LiveJournal, the Cake Blog. For the sake of full disclosure, I should mention that The Oni and I have been friends for over 13 years, and I worked at Margaret's bakery when I was in high school.

Cat and I are going to take it easy tomorrow and fly back on Monday. I'll try to resume my regular posting schedule then, with more dim sum, SoCal, and NorCal reviews. I've also got some more recipes to post. The next two months are going to be tough at the office, though, so I might be a bit more erratic than I'd like.

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7 comments:

  1. tigerfish said... 5/20/2007 09:23:00 PM

    I wanna see pix of your cake.
    Oh that cake of "gifts and ribbons"...it looked so real...I feel like unwrapping each and every of those boxes :D  

  2. Kathy said... 5/21/2007 03:14:00 AM

    oh man, you're going to have the coolest wedding cake ever!
    ...now i want to get married, just to have a wedding cake, hehe! :)  

  3. Chubbypanda said... 5/24/2007 01:58:00 AM

    Tigerfish,

    The wedding is in July, so you'll have to wait. But I'll make sure we get some nice cake pictures taken.

    Kathy,

    Somehow not a surprising sentiment from you. =)

    - Chubbypanda  

  4. susan said... 5/24/2007 12:15:00 PM

    wow i love love the very top gift box cake! very creative. your wedding is gonna be culinarily off the hook huh? :D can't wait~  

  5. Chubbypanda said... 5/30/2007 11:02:00 AM

    Susan,

    Not that off the hook, but I think the cake will look nice. =)

    - Chubbypanda  

  6. BoLA said... 5/31/2007 11:38:00 AM

    oOoo... did I ever tell you, Congratulations???

    If not, yay! I didn't get where you proposed to Cat - have to read your archived posts once the craziness of school coming to an end, me writing final exams is finally over! *sigh*

    Anywho... wanted to ask you - any good last minute dinner recommendations for a birthday tonite in Irvine/OC? (Bf's bday is today) Danke! Danke! PLEASE email me at bestofla@gmail.com!!!  

  7. joanh said... 6/21/2007 07:26:00 AM

    wow! definitely looking forward to seeing your cake! i love the boxes one.

    you worked at a bakery in high school?? that is pretty cool.  

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