Confetti Cakes

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Lindsay's Description:

Confetti Cakes is all about large imaginatively designed custom cakes.  If you are looking for something extraordinary for inspiration or for your special event then check out this blog.  Elisa Strauss is the designer behind these wonderful creations; she is also a published author, participant in the Food Network Challenge and teaches classes on top of finding time to keep her blog updated.

Elisa Strauss's Description:

Confetti Cakes specializes in hand-sculpted delicious works of art. Customers are passionate about our cakes for both their artistic designs and their delicious taste. Each cake is created completely from scratch using the freshest ingredients. Confetti Cakes offers a variety of fantastic cake flavors from decadent chocolate and old-fashioned vanilla to rich red velvet and moist carrot cake.


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Recent Updates at Confetti Cakes

The 2nd Birthday Cake

28 November 2011

I really didn't think my life could get any busier then it already was, but then just over a week ago my daughter turned two. There is always extra work when throwing a party, but I know all of my cake decorating buddies know the pressure is on to make your own kid's cake. Once again my husband ...

Halloween Class at Make Meaning

07 October 2011

Just in case you have been following my frenetic pace and wondering what is keeping me so busy I am excited to share the news! Besides running the day-to-day operations of Confetti Cakes, teaching private lessons and making 600 desserts for the NYCWFF last week...MOST of my time has been taken up ...

NYC Wine and Food Festival

02 October 2011

Our Banner As I sit here devouring one of the gifts of Dorie Greenspan's Cookie Bar (chocolate cookie!) I am reliving the events of last nights SWEET Event from the NYC Wine and Food Festival which I was lucky enough to be asked to participate in. The event was completely sold out weeks before and ...

Marlin Cake

28 August 2011

Whoa, this summer is flying by. It took a hurricane for me to sit long enough to post a new cake entry. I made this cake for one of my favorite clients, I think out of his six birthday's I have made five of his cakes! (See Oscar's fifth cake here) Oscar has been spending this summer near the water, ...

Jedediah Revisited

10 June 2011

A few months ago, My mom and Aunt went to lunch out Jamesport, N.Y. They were visiting the Victorian home, now turned into a restaurant and hotel, Jedediah Hawkins Inn. As my mom described the house I relived the making of a wedding cake we did a few years ago. It was an exact replica of the home. ...

Valentine's Demo

08 February 2011

This Thursday, February 10th join me as I demo our decadent brownies in Yonkers, NY. First 20 attendees will get a FREE copy of our best-selling book: The Confetti Cakes Cookbook (it's in its sixth printing!) Here's the info: Sweet Valentine’s Day Treats With Celebrity Chef Elisa Strauss Hosted ...

Blast from the past

08 February 2011

What's the saying? "Imitation is the sincerest of flattery" by Charles Caleb Colton Just yesterday I was walking down Amsterdam Avenue and I was stopped dead in my tracks by a wedding cake magazine I saw in the window. I felt like I was dreaming. I was looking at my design on a cake, yet I hadn't ...

Target and Confetti Cakes

31 January 2011

Have you been in a Target store recently? If so then maybe you have seen some of my handiwork. A few months ago I had the pleasure of working with the uber-creative design team behind the Target in-store ads for Valentine's Day! Since it is February, I thought it was time to share the awesome ...

Happy Birthday Vassar!

23 January 2011

It's the 150th Birthday of Vassar College, my alma mater where all my baking began in my senior year of college. Fast forward a number of years (just a few years of course) and I am a professional cake designer. I'm honored they chose to feature one of my cakes in the advertising. It is ironic ...

Classes Update

16 January 2011

Just a little update on a class coming up at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York City this March. The class is for professionals and individuals that have some experience with cake design. Here is the description for the class (a lot of techniques are covered): Elisa Strauss, ...