More Pictures of our Pink and Yellow Diamond Dessert Table

Mel Barlow captured our pink and yellow eye candy so beautifully that we couldn't resist sharing some more pictures with you. We hope this color palette leaves you in a bright and cheery mood for the weekend!

Pink and Yellow Diamond Dessert Table

A few weeks ago, I posted about a pink project that we were working on at Amy Atlas Events. We were lucky enough to have the uber-talented Mel Barlow capture some of the details! Wedding blog guru Abby of Style Me Pretty featured the table on her blog this morning.

The design of the dessert table was a geometric diamond motif, and was largely inspired by a rug pattern. I always say that you can take your inspiration from anywhere! We thought that bold colors like bright pink and yellow would complement the pattern.

For desserts, we created mini cherry ice cream cupcakes with EDIBLE pink chocolate cupcake wrappers, which you may have seen us making here. These completely edible mini cupcakes are ideal for parties since guests can eat the whole cupcake without having to worry about throwing away a wrapper. I will share this recipe with you soon. We also made a diamond-shaped stained-glass cookie garland - - we're slightly infatuated with stained-glass cookies at the moment! The light shone through and illuminated the cookie garland, which was nothing short of awesome! We also made a fondant cake with the diamond pattern, raspberry-lemon panna cotta, and cake-filled truffles covered with pink and yellow sprinkles. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

C is for Cookie

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Jim Henson's Sesame Street and Bakerella outdid herself yet again and made her gorgeous cake pops into the wonderful characters on Sesame Street. I think Sesame Street brings back memories for all of us, right? I have vivid memories of watching Big Bird and the Cookie Monster as a young child. And now after over 30 years, I watch my own children laugh at those same characters on tv. Often, I hear my younger son humming the "c is for cookie" song around the house. It is quite amazing how the show has remained successful after 40 years. Bakerella's cake pops are the perfect way to celebrate Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary.

Here is Bakerella's sketch of the famous characters...


Elmo being created...


Our favorite characters...









Someone takes a bite out of Cookie Monster!


Thanks Bakerella !

Goth Party!

This past weekend, I put together a goth dessert display for a sweet 16. Planned by Sara Csillag of Little Star Events, the lucky sweet 16 gal had a decked-out goth-style event at the very trendy Tenjune nightclub.

This kind of a display was a little different than the dessert tables that I typically put together. Rather than creating a cupcake tree, we decided to have a dramatic cupcake display created with a goth vibe. Jill Adams of The Cake Studio created amazing goth cupcakes and some special fondant sugar pieces for the display. Below are some shots of the party girl and details of the table! I love how her dress works with the table!

Photography by Dorothy Hong and Amy Atlas.

Behind the Scenes for Goth Party - Sketch of Goth Display

We're getting ready at Amy Atlas Events for a goth-inspired display for a sweet 16 tomorrow. We're channeling Ed Hardy for this party, which will include a super cool cupcake display made in all black, white and gold. Attached are sketches of some of the details for the cupcake display. The display will include a giant fondant goblet, goth tiara cupcakes, and bleeding hearts cupcakes. These kids are going to have a bloody good time! I'll try to capture some good pictures to share with you next week!

Eat Cake Be Merry

I'm always looking for new, creative vendors to work with. So when Liz of Eat Cake Be Merry emailed me about her new bakery with jaw-dropping pictures of her beautiful confections, I was very excited. Liz's modern aesthetic is exactly the kind of look that I like incorporated into one of my displays. She uses color beautifully and doesn't overdo it on the design of the cake. I'm loving her style! Check out her whole site here.

Baking for Election Day

In my earlier post today, I shared an election day cookie recipe that I was hoping to test out with my kids. Well, we had a chance to make them today and they were a hit. It has been a loooong Election Day at the Atlas household and this was a good activity while my kids were out of school. My kids were so excited when the cookies came out of the oven that we didn't even get to frost them before the cookies were in their mouths! Oh well! They learned a little about election day and had some yummy cookies. I hope you had a chance to try out the recipe, also!