Gainesville Cake Truffles

If you’re new to the Gainesville area, you may not have been able to snack on one of the most delicious and scrumptious creations to ever hit your mouth — Cake Truffles.

What are Cake Truffles?

Cake Truffles (aka Cake Balls or Cake Bites) are very similar to traditional chocolate truffles. Instead of a fruit or filling center, cake truffles contain moist cake and buttercream filling.  They are normally rolled by hand, dipped in chocolate, and then decorated.  Continue reading »

Wedding Cakes

Wedding cakes are the traditional dessert provided at wedding receptions. Traditionally, wedding cakes were made to bring good luck to guests and the couple getting married. Wedding cakes can certainly range in size, from a small cake that feeds ten people, to a very large cake that will feed hundreds. Modern Pastry Chefs and cake designers use various ingredients and tools to create a cake that will reflect the personalities of the couple.  Continue reading »

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. — Ludwig Erhard

What is cake?

Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape. Determining whether a given food should be classified as bread, cake, or pastry can be difficult.  Continue reading »

Blue Roses with Ivory Wedding Cake

Blue Roses with Ivory Wedding Cake

Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me – I don’t now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it’s an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations. — Jane Asher

What is a Cakery?

Gainesville, Florida isn’t just home to the Gators and the University of Florida — many amazing and locally owned restaurants and bakeries call Gainesville home. In fact, right here in North Central Florida, a fantastic, family owned bakery custom creates incredible cakes and cake art. Which of course brings us to the question… what is a cakery? Continue reading »