ART21 GALA

We're thrilled to partner with Art21 to celebrate 21 years of inspiring a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists around the world.

This replica of a 1970's television set was designed by Mexico City based artist Pedro Reyes, and executed by Whisk Me Away Cakes. Artists and celebrities alike gathered around our opening party centerpiece to get their photo op, then we moved to the main stage.

As the season nine trailer ended while the lights were still down, we lit the sparkler antennae, raised 350 glasses of tequila, and cut the cake in front of a cheering audience to reveal this full set of
vintage television color test bars.

Immediately, in full celebration, the live pledge fundraiser went on the big screen, and Art21 successfully raised over half a million dollars.

Cheers to art - in every form.
art21.org

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NEW YORK MAGAZINE

Featured in the Spring/Summer 2018 issue of
New York Weddings Magazine.

​Inside: Black sesame cake + passionfruit juice + black sesame buttercream + fresh strawberries + black ganache + sesame brittle
thecut.com/2018/04/delicate-and-decadent-wedding-cakes

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OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD

We were invited to collaborate with the visionaries behind Outstanding in the Field and chef Tylor Boring to create a seasonal, farm-focused final course for 125 guests on the roof of the world's largest rooftop soil farm.

​In severe contrast to the muddy vegetable-growers seated at the table, platters of desserts paraded across the earth to celebrate hardworking farmers, their diverse lands, and their exceptional harvests.

Menu: Green tomato upside down cake + green tomato caramel + shiso leaf + rosewater + pink peppercorn ice cream + jasmine + rose sugar
outstandinginthefield.com

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BROOKLYN BOULDERS

Large climbing volume and route holds to build brand awareness for Brooklyn Boulders as they celebrated their second anniversary in Queensbridge, New York.
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Inside: Almond, hazelnut, and pistachio cake + apricot buttercream + dark chocolate chunks. The best version of trail mix.
brooklynboulders.com

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EMMA'S TORCH
​REFUGEE BENEFIT

Emma's Torch empowers refugees through culinary training in New York City. With partners like the International Rescue Committee, CWS, and the NYC Refugee & Immigrant Fund, Emma's Torch provides refugees with free culinary training, ESL classes, and interview preparation. 

To help raise funds for a new, expanded kitchen space, we created Ya Hayati Cookies, a riff off of Persian Love Cake, to share at their benefit dinner - prepared entirely by graduates of the program.

​They tasted even better alongside the powerful words of Chefs Julia Turshen and Claus Meyer as we joined in the idea of food for change.
emmastorch.org

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NEW YORK CAKE SHOW

Gold medalist at the 2016 New York Cake Show.

With a theme as open as "New York," we sent some much-deserved love to our​ real New York home of brownstones, bodegas, and immigrants.

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NEW YORK MAGAZINE

Featured in the Fall 2017/Winter 2018 issue of
​New York Weddings Magazine.

Inside: Fuchsia beet cake + beet buttercream + carrot caramel drips
www.thecut.com/2017/12/perfectly-imperfect-wedding-cakes.html

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WORLD REFUGEE DAY

After traveling solo through East Africa to cook and eat with tribespeople, internally displaced persons, refugees, and subsistence farmers - we gathered in New York City to share stories from across the region.

Menu:
Mango and sweet potato squares from porters-turned-friends in the
​DR of Congo
+ 
Hibiscus date pudding from the best pastry chefs in Zanzibar
+
Banana cake with caramelized pineapple cooked atop a charcoal burner in the mountains of Rwanda

UNICEF + UNITED NATIONS

A thank you to UNICEF's Communications + Innovations teams at the United Nations. 

"Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Refugees"

1. All cake recipes were collected from refugees and asylum seekers who have resettled in New York.
2. Ingredients reflected major crops, exports, and flavor profiles from each country. 
3. Cake tier sizes represented the most contributing countries of origin for refugees worldwide - Syria (1st, 5.5 million), Afghanistan (2nd, 2.5 million), and South Sudan (3rd, 1.4 million).

Inside:
Bottom tier: Syrian turmeric cake + honey soak + salted tahini buttercream + roasted almonds + fresh figs
Middle tier: Persian love cake + cardamom syrup + rosewater buttercream + crushed pistachios + fresh pomegranate seeds
Top tier: Sudanese baseema cake + pineapple compote + coconut buttercream + fresh mango, papaya, and sweet potato
unicef.org

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WES ANDERSON
​STYLED SHOOT

There's nothing like working with a team to conceptualize a shared vision - especially when that team is made up of ladies like Modern Rebel + Co, Karen Obrist Photography, Indy Faso Florals, and so many others.

We took inspiration from the vibrant color-blocked patterns of the 60s mod movement to create this bold, geometric cake that celebrates
every couple.

Inside: White cake + color-blocked buttercream
https://www.brit.co/wes-anderson-wedding-shoot/

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THE HUMAN HANDS
ALBUM RELEASE

A multi-sensory art installation featuring an edible mobile, and twelve interactive tasting components.
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We welcomed guests to an alternate world.
First, a choose-your-own-adventure dessert course in the elevator.
Second, dancers from the famed production Sleep No More twirled into the room carrying trays of mezcal shots and four styrofoam human heads skewered with dessert bites.
Third, we opened our blind tasting bar where guests were encouraged to mix and match and question and guess and get involved.
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All night, 14 Human Hands mastered 244 keys and 25 strings in a
phenomenal ​debut record performance.

All desserts were presented as blind tastings.
samreidermusic.com

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NEW MUSEUM + MET BREUER

The Director of the New Museum and a talented curator asked for a recreation of this art piece by Marcel Duchamp to celebrate the 92nd birthday of Calvin Tomkins, an esteemed New Yorker art critic and expert on the 17 existing replicas of this original piece from 1917, titled "Fountain".

Inside: Funfetti cake + vanilla buttercream. Classic for the classy.
newmuseum.org
metmuseum.org/visit/met-breuer​
newyorker.com/contributors/calvin-tomkins

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NELLY BEN HAROUN STUDIOS + A/D/O

A watercolor, calligraphy, and gold take on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, featured at a design seminar examining mankind's history and interaction with food as a socio-political tool.
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Inside: Citrus cake + grapefruit curd + tart lime powder buttercream + star anise/pink peppercorn meringue
nellyben.com

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A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS

Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm decided that their annual Independence Day party would celebrate our diversity.

We decided to make desserts from the five countries that bring the most immigrants to the United States and start a real conversation.

Menu: 
1. Mexican alfajores - dulce de leche cookie sandwiches
2. Chinese mochi cakes - in matcha + black sesame
3. Indian shrikand - strained Greek yogurt spiced with yellow saffron, black cardamom, floral rosewater, green pistachios, + pomegranate seeds
4. Filipino ginataang halo halo - coconut cream, purple and orange sweet potatoes, taro root, tapioca pearls, hand-rolled mochi balls, sweet jade herbal jelly, and shredded jackfruit
​5. Caribbean cornmeal pone - a cross between cake and pudding with black rum and rich spices
​brooklyngrangefarm.com

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BLACK IRIS TATTOO

Witchy custom creation for renowned tattoo artist Anka Lavriv to celebrate the opening of Black Iris Tattoo's new location. 
Sugar-crafted black irises, branchy twigs, dead leaves, black brambleberries, and dried seed pods over texture, texture, texture.

Inside: Rich chocolate spice cake + cinnamon syrup + chili buttercream. Dark through and through.
blackiristattoo.com