We will be closed August 10-16th 2010

Le Gateau will be closed August 10 -16. Im heading down to the ICES Convention in San Diego to learn all the latest and greatest in the world of cake decorating. During this time any inquiries can be sent to Tanya@LeGateauBakeshop.com and i'll respond as soon as possible. Thanks!

Happy Birthday, Smashy Smashy!

The concept of smash cakes is still new to me, although I've already done a few this year. For those who have never heard of a smash cake, it is basically what it sounds like it would be - a cake that is meant to be destroyed. Traditionally by children on their first birthday.
I recently made a couple of smash cakes for Nate and Levi's first birthday. Yep- twin boys.
Being a twin myself, I know what a handful and challenge they could be. I wanted to make sure that the guests of the party, and the guests of honour had a special day.
We had a theme of building blocks for the party. The little smash cakes themselves were made to look like building blocks. They were made from vanilla cake and buttercream icing, covered with fondant icing and bears.





Ready, and...



SMASH!



The guests of the party celebrated with a two tier cake. One layer made from chiffon sponge cake, soaked in Grand Marnier and filled with vanilla flavoured Italian meringue buttercream. The other layer was carrot cake made with raisins, walnuts and pineapple filled with cream cheese icing.



And thats not all, each of the guests took home cookie favours! Classic sugar cookies, made to look like building blocks to match the smash cakes.

Baby Boots

It has been just about one year since I started Le Gateau, and can you believe in all that time I have never done a kid's cake? Weird but true. Only weddings or creative cakes for adults. So naturally when I was asked to make a cake for a little boy's first birthday I was excited to do something different.
One thing that I have wanted to try for a while are the adorable little baby shoes that I had seen on so many cakes over the net. These shoes can be totally customized and are great for boys or girls birthdays as well as baby showers.
For little Zeyan's first birthday I decided to go with a little blue converse style shoe. Result:



I was so happy with how they turned out. They were super fun to make as well as super simple! I was lucky because I found this awesome step by step tutorial on you tube that also gave out a template.



As for the actual cake, I made a vanilla chiffon cake with raspberry preserves and vanilla flavoured italian meringue buttercream.

Owl Cups and Cakes!

I am just loving owls right now! The last few times I've had creative licence on orders I find myself just wanting to make owls. Here are a couple examples of my owl creations:

This is a cake I designed for the HELLO BELLA! pamper party:


Its a chocolate cake with chocolate icing.

And, a cupcake set created for a friend's surprise birthday party :



They are chocolate cupcakes with strawberry cheesecake filling, topped with chocolate ganache.

2010 Bridal Showers Begin

Although for most brides, its a bit early for ceremonies and wedding receptions, most brides are still ready to celebrate. Im talking about bridal shower season. Now is the time, and my calendar is filling up with them!
This year a new creation we featured were these adorable mini three tiered cakes:

One bride to be had these little cakes at her shower as a dessert, one for each guest. These little vanilla sponge cakes were so moist and flavourful, they didn't need the icing (and needless to say the bride and the bridesmaids were happy to save the calories!) They were served apres lunch with a side of fresh berries.
These little cakes are also available from Le Gateau in Chocolate sponge, Vegan cake, and if your feeling extra delectable: dark chocolate brownie.


And for the guests to take home there were these cookie favours, made from our sugar cookie recipe, decorated with royal icing.

But for the brides that want to make a big impact, sometimes you just have to give them a big cake!



This cake was our decadent chocolate sponge cake with chocolate ganache filling made from Callebaut chocolate. The teal and white colour are the chosen wedding colours.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! This year for Easter Le Gateau featured chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream topped with jellybean "easter eggs". I also made bunny and chicks fondant toppers, as well as little flag toppers made from easter ribbon.

And of course there were matching easter cookies! Classic sugar cookie with fondant icing.

Le Gateau moves to a new location!

Starting April 1st Le Gateau is moving to a bigger and better commercial kitchen. We are so excited, so to celebrate Le Gateau is offering 15% off all orders for the month April! That includes cakes, cupcakes and cookies.

Contact us at Tanya@LeGateauBakeShop.com for more information.