Sweet Things

http://sweetthings-toronto.blogspot.com/

Lindsay's Description:

Sweet Things is just that – a place for all things sweet not just in taste but also in design.  Juanita Koo is not only the owner of, but also baker and designer of all the beautiful cakes found in this blog.  Her passion for designing cakes comes through in every post she makes and accompanied by inspiring photographs of her creations to give her words life.

Juanita Koo's Description:

SweetThings specializes in custom designed cakes and cupcakes for your special occasion – a wedding, baby shower, themed-party, birthday or grand celebration party.


Recent Updates at Sweet Things

Bar Mitzvah: Gold Maserati Cake

07 September 2010

It all started with a gold maserati cake.... Then add a few tire cakes, 4 to be exact....  Stack them a little offset.. and.... , ....add the Gold Maserati on top and voila!  You have a fabulous, eye-catching 5-tier centerpiece cake for a Bar Mitzvah.   A view from the ...

Wedding Cupcake Towers

31 August 2010

A popular option for weddings are wedding cupcake towers.  Sometimes, they are also topped by a small cake too.  Purple was the main color theme for these two weddings. This cupcake tower matched the couples invitation.  It was filled with chocolate sour cream cupcakes with ...

80th Birthday Cake: Liquorice Allsorts Cake

24 August 2010

A few weeks back, I posted this sneak peek on Twitter and everyone did guess correctly.  These were small stacked zesty lemon cakes decorated like the candy Liquorice Allsorts.  You either love the confection or hate it.   These cakes were for an 80th birthday.  I also made a ...

Cupcake Towers

17 August 2010

Whether you are turning 1 or 38... it's fun to celebrate with a cupcake tower topped with a fun cake. This first celebration was a 1st birthday with a toy theme.  The topper matched the invitation and the yellow car is a sugarpaste version of the birthday boys favorite toy.   I handmade ...

Sesame Street Cake

10 August 2010

I always love making Sesame Street cakes or any of the characters - they really do make you smile!  Here's a cute cake for a 1st birthday.  All the characters are handmade out of sugarpaste and the cake is 8 layers of lemon butter cake.   A view from the side - I love the alphabet ...

50th Birthday Party: 1979 Corvette Cake

03 August 2010

A perfect surprise 50th birthday cake:  a black 1979 Corvette L82 chocolate cake.   The birthday boy's spouse had been planning this surprise for over 6 months.  I guess it would be more of a surprise if it was the real thing! And here are some photos on how it all began.... ...

7-tier Wedding Cake

27 July 2010

There is nothing worse than non-stop rain showers when you have to deliver a 7-tier wedding cake.  But I was very lucky, the rain subsided in the evening when I had to deliver this wedding cake to a reception held in Toronto's Distillery District. This off-white 7-tier cake was alternating ...

Bridal Shower Cake n' Cupcakes

20 July 2010

As some of you might know, I'm getting married... yikes... in less than 2 months!  So, when I was asked to make another wedding dress cake, I had lots of inspiration from my own shopping trips.  The client allowed me to create whatever design I wanted for the bridal shower - so the ...

3rd Birthday: Animal Print Cake

13 July 2010

It is so fun to make animal print cakes - the cakes just come alive with every spot or stripe you add.  This cake was for a boy turning 3 years old. I can't take the credit for the design as I was given a photo of a cake to replicate and I just added in my own flair to it.  The cake was 3 ...

Simple and Elegant Wedding Cakes

06 July 2010

Happy July everyone!  Summer is definitely here and lots of wedding celebrations.   Here are a couple of photos of simple and elegant wedding cakes with handmade sugarpaste flowers. I always find it interesting to see how they look before they are delivered and then finally when they ...