Category: Wedding

A Quick Thank you!

3/21/2014

Thank you to Novellas!

Just a quick thank you to Dawn at Novellas in New Paltz for allowing us to provide dessert to everyone at the Wedding Vendors of the Hudson valley meeting on Tuesday evening! Everything was fantastic and the space is beautiful! Be sure to check it out for your upcoming events!

In case you're wondering, the Wedding Vendors enjoyed a variety of Cake Devils sweets, including rainbow cookies, snickerdoodle cookies, soft molasses cookies, white chocolate & cranberry cookies during the event. They were also all given a cupcake in a box (some chocolate cake, some spiced Guinness cake) to take home... however, big surprise, none of them made it out the door! ;)

P.S. LOVE the fireplace!!

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Daisy Wedding Cake

9/19/2013

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The Story Behind The Daisy Wedding Cake

Want to know a little bit more about this cake? Well... here you go!

This beautiful wedding cake was created for a wonderful couple that got married at Harriman State Park this summer. The couple was from Long Island, however, the bride spent much time camping at this campsite with her family and thought it would be wonderful to have her wedding there.

When this bride contacted us, she asked us for a small 2 tier cake and a sheet cake to compensate for the rest of the servings. She sent us a couple of pictures of cakes that inspired her. We knew right away that she wanted a little bit of yellow flowers and a textured cake with an outdoor feel. We asked her for her budget and it made it easy for us to work up designs for her knowing what would fit into her budget. We told her that we could create a beautiful 3 tier cake for her... would she prefer this? This bride was ecstatic! She did not think that a 3 tier cake would fit into her budget. We asked some more questions and then provided her with this design idea and a quote. The bride was happy and the cake was booked! :)

What's inside this cake?
All 3 tiers of this cake were a delicious Red Velvet Cake with a raspberry filling and a smooth vanilla buttercream icing.

The Delivery
This 3 tier daisy wedding cake was delivered to Harriman Sate Park in Harriman, NY. We weren't sure what to expect as this was a unique wedding location. When we pulled up, we were amazed! The site was BEAUTIFUL! They had tents and a pavilion all set up and decorated. The couple had photos of their relationship and themselves displayed beautifully. When we arrived, the caterer was there along with the groom and the groomsmen. They all looked fantastic. The groom was anxious.. as expected! We set up the cake and were extremely impressed with this couple. They thought of everything... even how to keep the bugs off of the cake for this outdoor wedding.

A little canopy netting went a long way and it looked so pretty!!

Take note for future outdoor weddings... this was a great idea!

The Feedback
Below is a clip of the email that we received from the bride after the wedding:

Dear Stacy and Erica,

Thank you for everything. Hope you found the location easily enough, I know it is a bit tricky! The cake was absolutely beautiful and delicious! The decorations were perfect and just how I imagined it. I will spread the word about your amazing, professional business and how you made my wedding day so special. Thanks again!

We get such joy out of baking and decorating these cakes, but receiving little notes like this from our customers, just make our day! We're always so happy to know that our cake went over well!

From the bottom of our Little Cake Devil hearts, Thank you for your order!
Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica

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How Well Do You Know the Cake Devils?

3/7/2013

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All You Ever wanted to Know about Cake Devils & More!
March Newsletter

Hello Everyone!!
Spring is on it's way, though we hope everyone has been staying warm this winter. We have been busy little devils with lots of great NEWS to share! How well do you know the Cake Devils? Well, in case you missed it...

We hope you got a chance to tune in and hear us on WRCR with Richard Gandon of the Rockland Times and the Rockland Star last month. If not...it's not too late! You can still listen to our interview and learn a little more about us and what we do right on the news page of our website!

We also had a fantastic article published about us in the Hudson Valley Business Journal written by Catherine Portman-Laux talking about the 600 person event that we baked for in December.

Did you catch our interview on Royal Photobooth's Vendor Spotlight? We hope so! But if you didn't, take a moment to check it out now!

We are really excited to be exhibiting at the Rockland County Bridal Show Thursday, March 21st (postponed from 3/7 due to the weather so don't head over there tonight!) at the Crowne Plaza in Suffern, NY and at the Bethel Woods Wedding Expo on Saturday March 23rd at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, NY. We hope you stop by to see us, check out our work of course taste our devilishly delicious cake samples!

Until next time...we'll be in the kitchen!

Don't forget to like our Facebook page to stay up to date on the Cake Devils!
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Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica
www.CakeDevils.com
914-861-5666
www.facebook.com/CakeDevils

Sometimes we all need a Little Devil...

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Vendor Spotlight!

2/17/2013

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Cake Devils in the Vendor Spotlight!

Royal Photo Booth was kind enough to interview us for their vendor spotlight! Please take a moment to check out the great write up they gave us!

Cake Devils in the Vendor Spotlight!

While you're there, be sure to check out the great services they offer! Photo booths are a huge hit and so much fun for weddings and events!!

Thanks again to Laura and her team for taking the time to interview us!!!

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Holiday Newsletter

12/20/2012

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Holiday 2012

Really?? The holidays are here already??? Where does the time go?
Wow! It's been a whirlwind for the Cake Devils!!! We've been BUSY Little Devils!!! We have lots to be thankful for and lots to share with you. We'll try to keep this short and sweet, but it's not going to be easy! This Holiday Newsletter is jam packed!!!

First we want to talk about the Orange County Partnership Annual Event which took place at Anthony's Pier 9 the beginning of this month. What an amazing opportunity that was for us! We would like to extend a great big THANK YOU to everyone at the Partnership for the fantastic opportunity. We are so proud of the amazing replica of the Mediacom building that we made as the centerpiece for this incredible, almost 600 person event! We also want to extend great thanks to Mediacom for getting us the photos and blueprints of the building which allowed us to create the building to scale. In addition, we have to thank Ryerson Studio for the YouTube video of the model they created, which we watched thousands of times while constructing our replica! (Check out Mike DelPriore's video here.) This, by far, was our largest (and most intense) project yet! On the night of the event, everything went off without a hitch. We successfully delivered the Mediacom building (that was too big to fit through a door), a ton of cake, 32 pounds of sauces and 10 pounds of sugar shards. We had a fantastic evening, met some AMAZING and INCREDIBLE people, and watched with glee as almost 600 people enjoyed our Devils Food Cake with Chocolate Butter Cream, Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing and Baileys Irish Cream Cake with Baileys Buttercream. We're still ecstatic from the rave reviews! :D

Congratulations once again to Mediacom on winning the Golden Shovel Award!

As we came down from that sugar high, quite a few days were filled with spicy Gingerbread, rather than cake, especially for Cake Devil Stacy! As you may know, Cake Devil Stacy teaches Wilton Method Cake Decorating Classes at the Michaels in Ramsey. More information can be found here. In preparation for teaching a gingerbread house class, I created an entire gingerbread village and did a gingerbread house demo at the store! This was quite a different experience from doing cakes!

Then we received an invitation (ok, request for help) from a friend who is a member of the Artists In the Park for Cake Devils to join them as mentors at The Bear Mountain Inn as they created Gingerbread Houses to be raffled off for the holiday season. The day was a lot of fun and we met some wonderful people and made some great contacts!!! The Bear Mountain Inn recently reopened after 7 years, and it's absolutely beautiful. We highly recommend checking it out! The Artists are a group of really great people and did a fantastic job!! Check out their work:

With the holidays upon us, we hope that you are all as excited as we are for this festive season. It’s our first holiday season as Cake Devils and as we look back upon this past year, we are overwhelmed with joy by all of the support that we have received. From the start we have had many opportunities to provide the service and product that we love most...delicious and exquisite cakes! All year long, we have been fortunate to help you celebrate many birthdays, showers, weddings and other joyful occasions. The feedback we have received has been uplifting and amazing and we couldn't be more appreciative. Equally exciting were the events we were able to partake in, such as the People to People fair, the Wedding Wire Networking Event, Anthony's Pier 9 bridal show, and, we’re thrilled to have become active members of the Wedding Vendors of the Hudson Valley, just to name a few. These opportunities have allowed us to share our unique products and services and have provided us the chance to meet people who have been able to help us grow and develop our business. We cannot thank you enough...and we are really excited for the plans we have in the works for the new year. We have some big changes coming and some exciting things happening! We thank you for all you have shared with us this year.

Of course, this wouldn’t be our newsletter if we didn’t share some recent cakes with you!

With so much sadness in the news recently, it's more important than ever to count our blessings and make the most of everyday. We wish you and your loved ones all a joyous and peaceful holiday season and a wonderful new year. Take the time to enjoy life. Tell your family you love them. Hug them a little tighter this year. Celebrate the good times and always make sure there’s a cake involved! :D
From our kitchen to yours, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Newtown, CT.

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Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica
www.CakeDevils.com
914-861-5666
www.Facebook.com/CakeDevils

Sometimes we all need a Little Devil...

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November Newsletter

11/6/2012

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November 2012

Hello friends!

We hope everyone had a pleasant October and that you and your loved ones made it through Hurricane Sandy safely. Although we have had a bit of a rough week, we still managed to do a little baking for some small orders this weekend! And of course before the storm hit, we had some delicious creations that we are excited to share with you.

We wanted to take a moment to congratulate Melissa G. for winning our raffle at the Bridal Expo in September. Congratulations and enjoy your personalized cake cutting set for your upcoming wedding! If you didn't catch it mid month, please check out our contribution to the Wedding Vendors of the Hudson Valley's Website!

You'll also find some interesting information up on our blog! There's a great post about "What's in your Pumpkin Pie?" and one that we highly recommend reading about dietary restrictions.

There's new classes starting this week if you're looking to learn some cake decorating skills! You can find the information here.

We hope November brings a speedy recovery to those who suffered a loss from the storm and much to give thanks for to the rest of us. Our hearts go out to those of you who still may be without power or recovering from this hurricane. With Thanksgiving approaching, we'll be baking up lots of Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecakes, Pumpkin Cheesecakes, Pumpkin Pies and cakes, but we, like you, look forward to being surrounded by our friends and family and we are ever so thankful for the people in our lives and the food on our tables. We hope you all stay safe and warm in the weeks to come. If you have any special events planned, just relax...we'll do the baking. ;-)

Until next time...we'll be in the kitchen!

Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica
www.CakeDevils.com
914-861-5666
www.Facebook.com/CakeDevils
Sometimes we all need a Little Devil...

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Tips for Planning Your Wedding Cake

10/14/2012

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The Following Blog Post was Published on weddingvendorsHV.com

I thought I'd take a moment to share the contribution we made to the Wedding Vendors of the Hudson Valley website. Please visit their site at weddingvendorsHV.com

The best time to start planning your wedding cake is right after your venue is booked and your wedding theme and colors are decided upon.

WHO is going to create your delicious work of art? There are two types of places that you can look for when searching for the right Cake Artist for you. One is a bakery. Many bakeries, while their main business is pastries, small cakes, and cookies being sold in the store front, typically also create wonderful wedding and specialty cakes. The other type of business, which is what we here at Cake Devils are, is a Custom Cake Artist. We are a fully licensed and insured, solely custom, made to order cakery. Everything we make is baked fresh, from scratch, in small batches with high quality ingredients, just before you need your order. While we are extremely easy to contact and work with, you can only meet with us in person by appointment. This is because we are a 2 person operation and give every order all the time, love and attention that it needs and deserves. This means, when we are creating your delicious, beautiful, masterpiece of a wedding cake, we won’t be interrupted. Our full focus will be on your cake.

The second step to planning ahead is the DESIGN of your cake. If you already have some ideas, then you’re ahead of the game. Tell your cake artist your thoughts. Here at Cake Devils we’re great at taking your ideas and turning them into a fabulous cake! If you don’t have any ideas yet, start looking on-line. Create a folder of cakes you like. Do you see a trend? Is there something about all the cakes that you like that is consistent? Email some of these pictures to your cake artist. Let them see what you like!

Long gone are the rules of traditional wedding cakes. So, be creative, express yourself. Do you want to incorporate your wedding colors? How about replicating some of the fabric, pearls or jewels on your dress? Do you want your cake to be a color instead of white? Do you like the more traditional all white cake with scrolls and piping? You can do whatever you’d like. Do you like a lot of flowers on your cake or a more minimal approach? Or you can even do a cake like the one seen below, covered in all rosettes.

Speaking of flowers, real flowers or sugar flowers? Here at Cake Devils, we highly recommend any type of sugar flower. Real flowers are beautiful; your florist adds so much beauty to your wedding day, however, fresh flowers are not a food product, and may contain things like pesticides or contaminants that can then get on your special cake and then into the mouths of your guest. Sugar flowers are beautiful and edible and come in the form of Buttercream (soft and buttery), Royal Icing (hard and crunchy, like a candy dot), and Sugar Paste (dry like porcelain and are the most realistic of them all, many people think they are real.)

THEME cakes are huge. We’re seeing a big trend of GROOMS CAKES hitting our area. Grooms Cakes have been around in the south, but it seems that couples in our area want a theme cake at their wedding now too! What a great way to express a hobby or a love for something with an amazing specialty cake at your wedding to go with your wedding cake! Your wedding cake artist should be able to provide and deliver both of these cakes for you.

One thing more to keep in mind, is that you don’t want too many opinions. Ask only a few of the people closest too you. You’ll notice that here at Cake Devils, we hold tastings for up to 4 people. This is because too many people bring too many opinions. It can make you second guess yourself and your choices. Feel good about the decisions you make in planning your wedding. It’s your day!

The very last and most important step after you’ve booked your cake is to love what you’ve decided on and feel great about it! Cake is happy, delicious and beautiful! Trust Cake Devils (or your chosen cake provider) to deliver your Delicious Masterpiece and amazing Grooms Cake on your special day!

We hope you've found this information useful! Please feel free to browse our website and contact us with any questions! We're also available for all your cake needs, not just weddings! So keep us in mind for your engagement party, bridal shower and all other parties too!

Sweet Regards, Stacy & Erica
www.CakeDevils.com
914-861-5666
www.Facebook.com/CakeDevils

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A Quick Thank you!

Thank you to Novellas!

Daisy Wedding Cake

The Story Behind The Daisy Wedding Cake

From the bottom of our Little Cake Devil hearts, Thank you for your order!
Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica

How Well Do You Know the Cake Devils?

All You Ever wanted to Know about Cake Devils & More!
March Newsletter

Vendor Spotlight!

Cake Devils in the Vendor Spotlight!

Holiday Newsletter

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Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica
www.CakeDevils.com
914-861-5666
www.Facebook.com/CakeDevils

November Newsletter

Tips for Planning Your Wedding Cake

The Following Blog Post was Published on weddingvendorsHV.com

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A Quick Thank you!

Thank you to Novellas!

Daisy Wedding Cake

The Story Behind The Daisy Wedding Cake

From the bottom of our Little Cake Devil hearts, Thank you for your order!Sweet Regards, Stacy & Erica

How Well Do You Know the Cake Devils?

All You Ever wanted to Know about Cake Devils & More! March Newsletter

Vendor Spotlight!

Cake Devils in the Vendor Spotlight!

Holiday Newsletter

-- Sweet Regards,Stacy & Ericawww.CakeDevils.com 914-861-5666www.Facebook.com/CakeDevils

November Newsletter

Tips for Planning Your Wedding Cake

The Following Blog Post was Published on weddingvendorsHV.com

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From the bottom of our Little Cake Devil hearts, Thank you for your order!
Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica

All You Ever wanted to Know about Cake Devils & More!
March Newsletter

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Sweet Regards,
Stacy & Erica
www.CakeDevils.com
914-861-5666
www.Facebook.com/CakeDevils