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Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts
NYC, New York, United States
Owner and Head Cake Designer of Avenue Z Desserts, a custom cake and confections boutique in NYC.
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Monday, December 27, 2010

3D Giant Slice of Cake

When I designed this cake, I had absolutely no idea how cute it would turn out!!!! This has to be my favorite cake that I have made all year. I love the overall design and the way the color scheme came together.  This cake was for my sisters 21st birthday, and she didn’t want a big cake since she was also having Pineapple Upside Down Cake at her dinner.  It’s a 10” cake – the flavors are chocolate cake with caramel buttercream, covered in chocolate ganache I used White Chocolate Fondant (my new fave) to cover and decorate.   Enjoy!
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Sneak Peak: Slice of Cake

I just finished prepping the board for one of this weekends cakes. It s a giant slice of cake - flavors will be chocolate with caramel smbc.  I"m loving the orange, green and yellow color scheme.





Stay tuned for post of actual cake!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Donut Cake

I had soooo much fun making this cake. After researching donut cakes online I found a quick video on youtube by UrbanSweetsLA. I started off with a 10”x4” round vanilla cake, which was filled and coated with Vanilla SMBC. I then carved the cake to resemble a donut shape.


I then mixed white and chocolate fondant together to make the “donut” color (it’s a little darker than I would have liked) and covered the cake.



Pink fondant “frosting”

For presentation purposes I stopped by my local Dunkin Donuts to get a box ($.50), I think this added a better touch than just a decorated cakeboard.

The final cake!

-Zakia





Saturday, December 4, 2010

Red, White & Black Cake

50th Birthday Cake


Vanilla cake with lemon curd and rapsberry fillings. Delivered to  VFW Post #1310, Merrick, NY.