With the holidays fast approaching, it’s time to get all of those last minute orders in! We’re offering several specials for your family gatherings, work parties, and those special moments with the ones you love. As always, be sure to place your order soon to get on our baking calendar!

Gingerbread Cookie Kits – Every child- no matter their age – loves decorating cookies! Each kit comes in a lovely metal tin with 2 cookies , a bag of royal icing, and candies for decorating. The kits also include a bag,  festive ribbon and label for giving these hand-decorated gift to friends, family, or even Santa!
$7.50

Assorted Cookie Tray– Assorted tray of 2 dozen cookies. Trays will include *up to 4 varieties* of the following: chocolate chip, gingerbread, sugar, peanut butter blossoms, spritz, snowball, molasses-raisin. Each order comes on a beautiful keepsake holiday plate.
$19.00

Buche de Noel –  Always a holiday favorite, this decadent edible art consists of chocolate genoise, brushed with kirschwasser (optional), rolled together with cream cheese vanilla bean buttercream and tart cherries, and decorated with our Belgian chocolate buttercream, meringue mushrooms, and fondant holly leaves and berries.
$50.00
$46.00 without kirschwasser

Not your Nana’s Fruitcake! – This moist, rich fruitcake is packed with rum-soaked dried fruits and warm winter spices. It’s not the traditional dense brick, but instead a flavorful pound cake style cake. Can be made with or without the rum.
$24.00
$18.00 without rum

Please complete the form below to place your order. You will receive confirmation of your order within 1 business day (please note, we are closed on Mondays). As always, your order is placed once the 50% non-refundable deposit is received. We will contact you directly via phone to complete your order.

Strawberry Tall Cake – 6″ Round $27.50, 8″ Round – $44.00

Three layers of rich vanilla bean butter cake, filled with freshly whipped cream and strawberry chunks, iced with our signature French buttercream. 6” serves approximately 12, 8” serves approximately 20.

Red Velvet Cake – 6″ Round $25.00, 8″ Round – $40.00

Traditional Southern tangy buttermilk cake with cream cheese buttercream filling and icing. Add pecans for $5.00 (6″), or $8.00 (8″). 6” serves approximately 12, 8” serves approximately 20.

Cranberry Orange Cheesecake – 10″ round $44.00

New York style orange cheesecake accented with the tart pop of fresh cranberries in a from scratch cranberry orange biscotti crust.

Apple Pie –
9″ Streusel $17.00, 10″ Streusel $23.00,
9″ Traditional $16.00, 10″ Traditional $22.00

A heaping pie of fresh, New York apples, in a hand-rolled, flaky crust, all from scratch. Available in streusel-top or traditional and 9″ or 10″

Pumpkin  Pie – 9″ $14.00, 10″ $20.00

Made from fresh- roasted,locally grown pumpkins, in a hand-rolled flaky crust, all from scratch. Available in 9″ or 10″

Southern Pecan Pie –  9″ $24.00, 10″ $30.00

A rich, buttery pie packed with pecans, in hand-rolled flaky crust, all from scratch. Available in 9″ or 10″.

]]> http://www.kateskakes.com/uncategorized/winter-hours/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 04:14:52 +0000 http://www.kateskakes.com/?p=1165 From January – March, Kate’s Kakes will be closed on Mondays (as always) and Tuesdays.  Our winter hours are as follows:

• Monday, Tuesday: CLOSED
• Wednesday – Friday: 9am-6pm
• Saturday: 10am-5pm
• Sunday: 10am-4pm

As always, we are BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, so please be sure to call ahead so we don’t miss you! Our regular hours will resume April 1, 2018.

Chocolate Decadence Cake – 9″ Round – $64.00

Layers of Belgian chocolate mousse and Belgian ganache, between three layers of rich Belgian chocolate butter cake, iced with chocolate French buttercream, and topped with more Belgian ganache.

Mochachino Cake – 9″ Round – $56.00

Three layers of rich Belgian chocolate cake, alternating with creamy cappuccino mousse, iced with our signature French buttercream, and covered with a smooth blanket of Belgian ganache.

Salted Caramel Cheesecake – 10″ round $44.00

New York style cheesecake with freshly made salted caramel mixed right in, with a graham cracker crust made with freshly made graham crackers, garnished with fresh caramel syrup and fleur de sel.

Apple Pie – $14.00, $14.50

A heaping pie of fresh, New York apples, in a hand-rolled, flaky crust, all from scratch. Available in strudel-top ($14.00) or traditional ($14.50).

Pumpkin  Pie – $13.00

Made from mfresh, locally grown pumpkins, in a hand-rolled flaky crust, all from scratch.

Mixed Berry Pie – $15.00

Locally grown mixed berries in hand-rolled flaky crust, all from scratch

Peanut Butter Pie – $14.00

Rich, fluffy peanut butter mousse, in a chocolate cookie crust, topped with fresh whipped cream, and garnished with Belgian ganache and peanut butter syrup.

]]> http://www.kateskakes.com/uncategorized/summer-vacation/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:18:51 +0000 http://www.kateskakes.com/?p=1128 We’ll be closed from July 30 – August 14th for our annual summer vacation. We hope everyone has a wonderful summer! We’ll be back to baking in 2 weeks! See you then!

Challenge: ACCEPTED!

At the beginning of March, Alex and his parents called us about making a Star Wars™ Death Star™ cake. We told them we wouldn’t be able to replicate Death Star™, but we would definitely be able to make something amazing for them. We designed a round  cake with a center seam, sugar pearl lights, a “10” in a circle frame, and writing in a sci-fi style font.

Step 1: mix the galaxy cake stand colors

Every great cake starts with a trip to the hardware store! We cut the plywood base and dowel (we don’t want a runaway cake, a la The Big Bang Theory™), then covered them in royal icing, designing the base to look like a galactic sky.

Step 2: icing the outer edge and support dowel

We started the decorating process by mixing the various colors we would be using: black, navy blue, medium blue, light blue, pink, and white. After that, we iced the outer edge in the navy blue and sealed the support dowel with white. The next step was to swirl the black and navy blue and spread it around the base (darn-it we forgot to take pictures of this!). Doing a swirl instead of applying the colors separately provides a nice depth to the finished product.

Step 5: carefully spread icing in a spiral pattern

After this, we made what can only be described as paint splats and splashes across the base in all of the other colors except white (nope, we didn’t remember this picture either).  Then, using the angled spatula, starting at the support dowel and working to the edge, we made a spiral pattern, careful not to mix the colors, but instead to give depth and dimension.

Step 6: splatter white icing across cake stand

After this, we made the white a bit runny and, using a stiff-bristled brush, splattered paint across the entire board. We turned the bigger white splotches into planets and stars. We then let the stand dry for 48 hours.

The finished stand is a stunning piece!

Galaxy cake stand

The next step of the Globular Galactic Super Weapon Cake was the Rainbow velvet! So! Much! Fun!!! We had to core the tiers to get them on the support dowel, so we got a great shot of the layers!

The cake carving begins!

The cake had 3 tiers. If anyone ever tells you math isn’t required for cake decorating, take it from me, they have no idea what they are talking about! After figuring out exactly how tall to cut each layer, and how tall each tier would need to be, we layered and began to carve. We did put parchment down over the galaxy cake stand to protect the work. The rainbow disaster all over the counter was fodder for some serious unicorn jokes!

Cardboard circle template

We were asked several times how we got the cake so round. So, I’ll share with you the trick we use. We wanted a 12″ circle, so using a 1/2 sheet cake board (food-safe cardboard) and a 12″ round cake board, we cut out a slightly more than 1/2 circle. You DO want more than a 1/2 circle, so it goes over the top. If you don’t have that, you can end up with an oblong globular shape.

Globular cake with cardboard template

Using the cardboard template we iced the cake with our Signature French buttercream, adding frosting and taking it away according to the template.

Next up: Fondant! We covered the entire cake in our white chocolate fondant, then cut out shapes to give the cake a modular exterior look. We used a knife to impress 2 middle lines all the way around the cake. We then added circular impressions to add some texture, and filled the majority of the circles with sugar dots to resemble lights, or connected them with lines to give a mechanical look. We cut out a place for the circle & placed it on the cake. We did some airbrushing to add more depth and dimension. We free-hand cut the inscription and the “10”. And, finally we removed the parchment covering from the base.

The birthday boy was thrilled with the final cake! Happy Birthday Alex!!!

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Our coconut chiffon cake is three fluffy layers of coconut chiffon separated by our rich and flavorful toasted coconut custard, made from scratch, as always. We blanket the entire cake in a creamy home-made vanilla bean whipped cream frosting. Then, to top it all off, we decorate with toasted coconut flakes around the edge. Our 6″ cake will feed 8-10 people for $24. Our 9″ cake will feed 16-20 for $44.

Our GLUTEN-FREE, SOY-FREE, DAIRY-FREE lemon meringue cake is a bright lemon chiffon with the added zing of lemon zest in three citrus packed layers. As if that wasn’t enough, we then add lemon zest to bring an added zing to our fresh made Swiss meringue frosting before taking a torch to the outside in order to give your cake a golden glow. With this cake, you get the perfect dessert that is full of flavor and know it is gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free. Our 6″ cake will feed 8-10 for $33. Our 9″ cake will feed 16-20 for $60.

Order either (or both!) of our delicious cakes now to have them ready for pick up on Saturday, the 26th!

Our light and airy chocolate angel food cake, made with imported Belgian chocolate, is glazed with a fresh mint syrup. Wow your friends and family with this fat-free delight for only $20.00

Put in your order for pick up on New Year’s Eve! Just make certain to get in your order by noon on Wednesday or you may miss out!