As all of our cakes are custom made to order we can create just about anything. Whether you have a pink frilly cake in mind for your daughter’s first birthday or a Ninja Turtle cake for your son’s 5th birthday, we can help. As custom cakes take time to create and the more detail on the cake means more time spent, the cost of the cake will reflect this. So, if you initially are quoted for a full 3D cake and it doesn’t work into your budget we can always make recommendations for alternated designs that may work for you and your budget. Below are some great kid’s birthday cakes that we have pulled from our galleries. If you don’t see the cake you’re looking for, just email us a photo and we can design a cake just for you! Even if you don’t have a specific design in mind, let us know what your child likes and how old they’ll be and we can create something just for you.
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Great ideas for kid’s birthday cakes
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Double Wedding
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Back in the fall of 2009 I had the pleasure of working with Tia and Tamera Mowry on the set of the Lifetime movie “Double Wedding”. Not only was I the on set cake consultant, but I created the “shoe cake” which is featured in the movie’s trailer and I was asked by the director to be an extra in the “cake competition” scene. Here are a few photos from the set as well as the “shoe cake”. I do have to say that it was a delight working with both Tia and Tamara. They are so nice! The movie will air on the Lifetime network in the US Sunday, June 20th 2010. You can view the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujk_YPCX7gI
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- Double Wedding wrap party cake
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- Me and Tamara Mowry on the set of Double Wedding
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- Tarama (left), Me (Genevieve) and Tia (right)
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- Shoe cake for Double Wedding
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- Shoe pile cake for Double Wedding
Our first live cake competition
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010This past Sunday, April 25th I entered my very first, not only cake competition, but live cake competition. It was held at Bonnie Gordon School Annual Cake Show. I was up against Bonnie’s own cake designer Isabelle.
I went into this competition knowing that I was up against 2 people with way more experience than me but was completely up for the challenge. Was I nervous? Yes. As Patricia and I rolled, covered, cut and draped fondant and gum paste over our blank cake forms with a bit of sweat building up on our faces our competitors took their time delicately painting the trim and detail work previously done on their cake. It did stressed me out every time I looked to my left and saw what seemed to be, yet another, finished tier having appeared mysteriously from somewhere under their table. That didn’t stop Patricia and I though. We worked our tails off and through the stress, pressure, sweat, sore backs, arms and feet we accomplished what we set out to do. In 5 hours we produced the cake we had designed and although we worked down to the very last second and some elements were quite rushed and rough towards the end I really think that we did a heck of a job. I really would have liked to have seen what our competitors would have been able to do in the 5 hours having started from scratch like we did. Was it fun? Looking back on it, yes, but in the moment, not so much! Will I do another live challenge? Sure, but not right away. I really do think that the crowd enjoyed it too, as they were crammed around our table non-stop and couldn’t keep their eyes off what we were doing.
Did I win, maybe not but in my mind and of those in attendance the real winners were Patricia and I for having been able to pull off our cake in only 5 hours with our level of experience. Below are some photos from the competition of Patricia and I hard at work. Thank you to all of our supporters and those of you who stood by us and watched up work and gave us words of encouragement.
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- Patricia works feverishly to finish the fringe on the bottom tier
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- I make the lace for the top tier
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- I make and place the ribbon and bow on the top tier
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- Patricia and I work together to drape the swag on the bottom tier
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- Patricia makes the rose border for the middle tier
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- Patricia making the bows for the bottom tier
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- I place the bows on the bottom tier
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- Patricia touches up the cameos
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- I delicately paint the broach I just made with metallic silver
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- adding the frill to my Marie Antoinette shoes
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- adding the finishing touches to my Marie Antoinette shoes
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- my finished shoes ready to go on the cake
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- the cake starts to take form
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- putting the top tier on the cake
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- I struggle to put a support dowel in the cake
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- Patricia dusts our flowers to finish them off
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- carefully placing our flowers on the cake
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- putting a few last flowers in place
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- I finish a lily at the very last minute
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- only a few minutes left before the competition’s over
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- just before the competition wrapped up
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- the bottom tier of our finished cake
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- the middle tier of our finished cake
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- Our finished cake!
Live design challenge at The Cake Show
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010So it’s spring again which means it’s time for the Bonnie Gordon School’s ‘The Cake Show’ and this year I’ve had the honour of being asked to participate in the Live Cake Design Challenge. This means my assistant, Patricia, and I have 5 hours to complete a magnificent cake taking into account the theme – A wedding at Versailles. We are up against Bonnie Gordon’s own cake designer Isabelle Loiacono. This event is open to the public and takes place this coming Sunday, April 25th 12-5pm at the Artscape Wychwood Barns on Christie just south of St Claire. For more info please visit http://www.thecakeshow.com/
Come out and support us in our live design challenge. Hope to see you there.
Media and Mentions
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Media – Newspaper, magazine and online reviews and articles;
Tuesday, February 9th 2010 – The Toronto Star
Friday, February 12th 2010 – Food Service World
“Try A Little Man-Caking”
Monday, February 22nd 2010 – Global TV
“Customers go wild for ‘manly’ cupcakes”
Monday, February 22nd 2010 – Calgary Herald
“Customers go wild for ‘manly’ cupcakes”
Monday, February 22nd 2010 – Kelowna.com
“No half-baked idea”
Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 – Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Canada.com and Ottawa Citizen
“New Market for Macho Cupcakes”
Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 – Nanaimo Daily News
“No Half Baked Idea”
Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 – Toronto Life
“Mancakes are selling like hotcakes in Toronto bakery”
Thursday, February 23rd 2010 – The Vancouver Sun
Friday, February 24th 2010 – Baker’s Journal
“Mancakes’ selling like hotcakes at Toronto Bakery”
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 – New York Times
“Mancakes”
Thursday, March 4th 2010 – Metro news
“Liberty Village an industrial wasteland no more”
Thursday, March 4th 2010 – blog.tinyprints.com
“Gorgeous cake inspired by Tiny Prints”
Friday March 5th 2010 – The Toronto Star
Thursday, March 3rd 2010 – blogTO.com
Tuesday, March 9th 2010 – Metro News
“Head down to cupcake kitchen stadium in Liberty Village”
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 – Breakfast Television
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 – Yonge Street Media
“Going Crazy for Toronto’s Mancakes”
Thursday, March 11th 2010 – tobites.com
“The Iron Cupcake Challenge”
Monday, March 15th 2010 – Eye Weekly
“Mancakes, anyone?”
April 2010 – Toronto Life
Wednesday, April 14th – The National Post
“Sweet Victory”
Friday, April 16th – sweetspot.ca
“Let us eat cake”
Tuesday, June 1st – caterista.com
“Baking outside the box”
Wednesday, June 2nd – spotlighttoronto.com
“For The Love of Cake”
July 13th – Where Magazine
“30 Things We Love about Toronto”
August 6, 2010 – Toronto Star
“Red velvet cupcakes gain new legion of fans”
September 15, 2010 – Toronto Life
“The Weekender”
October, 2010 – Snap Downtown Toronto
“Iron Cupcake Toronto – Halloween”
November 2010 – Food Network Magazine
“10 things you need to know this month”
November 25, 2010 – ON Magazine
“Liberty Village”
November 27th, 2010 – National Post and Financial Post
“Bake-off brawling at Iron Cupcake”
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 – Sunday Sweets on Cake Wrecks
“Hanukkah Blues”
December 2010 – Toronto Life Wedding Guide
Fri, April 1st, 2011 – Toronto Star
“Cake pops taking off in Canada”
Thursday, April 2nd, 2011 – Blog TO
“The Best Cupcakes in Toronto”
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 – Sunday Sweets on Cake Wrecks
“Cake or fake?”
September 2011 – Cake Walk on Slice
“Love Bots”
October 2011 – Start Something Big – Roger’s Cable
Sunday, November 6th, 2011 – Sunday Sweets on Cake Wrecks
“World Traveler”
December 2011 – Toronto Life Wedding Guide
Sunday, February 12, 2012 – Sunday Sweets on Cake Wrecks
“Be my Valentine”
Bloggers:
Tuesday, February 9th 2010
“Mancakes”
Wednesday, February 10th 2010
“Cupcake Explosion”
Sunday, February 21st 2010
“For The Love of Cake and Iron Cupcake”
Saturday, February 27th 2010
“Food: Mancakes”
Sunday, March 14th 2010
“Pub Fare Cupcake & Friends at Iron Cupcake”
Sunday, March 14th 2010
“Two words; Cupcake. Contest”
Tuesday, March 16th 2010
“Green + Beer = Good Times”
Sunday, March 21st 2010
“Iron Cupcake Toronto”
April 7, 2010
“For The Love of Cake”
August 8, 2010
“For The Love of Cake – Toronto”
A Great Event
Monday, March 15th, 2010Thank you to all of our Bakers and attendees for making our very first Iron Cupcake Toronto competition a great success!
Thank you also to our wonderful panel of judges; Susan Sampson from the Toronto Star, Lauren Wilson from blogTO.com , Tony Barone from George Brown College and Jamie Mistry from Amsterdam Brewery.
We would also like to acknowledge Thomas Allen & Son the publisher for Hello, Cupcake! and What’s New, Cupcake? for the donation of books as prizes for our bakers.
We also could not have pulled off this event without the help of our volunteers. Thanks again!
Congratulations to winner Brenda Robinson who made cupcake #15 “Erin Go Bragh” and to Allison Davey who won the People’s choice award for her cupcake #16 “Morning After St. Patty’s Day”.
I also wanted to give an Honourable Mention to Jaime Dobbs for her cupcake #9 “Eye Opener”.
Here are a few photos that we took at the event. If anyone who attended the event has any photos they would like to contribute to this post please email them to me at gg@fortheloveofcake.ca
Thanks again and hope to see you all again next month!
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- People’s Choice Winner #16 “Morning After St Patty’s Day” by Allison Davey
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- Cupcake #4 “Put the Lime in the Coconut: by Matt Hall
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- Cupcake #3 “Green Living” by Sarah-Lyn Amaral
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- Cupcake #1 “Paradise in a Cupcake” by Corinna Tom
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- Matt Hall finishing off his display
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- As the bakers arrive and set up…
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- Allison Davey setting up her display
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- Cupcake #11 “Belgium Triples” by Stephen Rich
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- Thank you to all of our great volunteers!!!
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- I think everyone really enjoyed themselves
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- some great photo opportunities
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- Lots of voters for people’s choice!
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- Our wonderful volunteer, Mandy, handing out cupcakes
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- Baker Susana Molinolo taking some photos
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- Attendees sampling the entries
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- Judge Tony Barone tasting the entries
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- Cupcake #2 “Chocolate Smithwick’s” by Stephanie Duffy
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- What a great turn out to the event!
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- Susan Sampson of the Toronto Star during judging
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- Judge Tony Barone judging on presentation
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- Our judges table during tasting round #2
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- Our lovely Susan Sampson judging the cupcakes
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- Cupcake #10 “Key Lime Pie Shanty” by Shawn Fiedler
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- Cupcake #7 “Pub Fare” by Susana Molinolo
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- Cupcake #6 “Lucky Charm” by Sandra Mansour
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- Cupcake #5 ” The Italian ‘Nut’ Job” by Julie Viola-Cywinski
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- Our judges during the tasting round
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- Cupcake #9 “Eye Opener” by Jaime Dobbs
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- Winner #15 “Erin Go Bragh” by Brenda Robinson