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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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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Sweet 16 Cake

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Purple, Pink & Green Slice of Cake


This cake was a surprise for the girlfriend of one of my closest friends.  I love this cake design.  It’s so fun and comes together really easy.  It has become my go to cake design when I need a cake to serve 25ppl or less.  

The flavor was chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and milk chocolate ganache.   

Im really happy with the color scheme (which was taken from ribbon I had on hand), the green just seems to pop against the purple. 

It’s turning out to be quite a popular design as I actually have quite a few requests for these cakes coming up in the next few months J
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Circus Themed Cakes

So I was really excited to make this circus cake (red velvet w/cream cheese buttercream), I took the original design given to me by the client and made it into my own. I was happy with the outcome and posted the pic on my FB page.  Within minutes of posting the photo I received a request to make the exact same cake.  I try not to make the exact cake twice- especially in one week. 
 I needed to give this 2nd cake some individuality and it was a bit smaller (100 servings) I changed the tier shapes, added orange into the color scheme and used a different technique on the name to give it some individuality. 


Overall I'm happy with how both cakes came out but I really think I like the 2nd one better.  I think has to do with the technique used on the name – it just pops more.  Just goes to show how simple adjustments can a difference.
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Sneak Peek: Teal and Purple Sweet 16

Here is a sneak peak of a Sweet 16 cake that I am working on.

I love animal prints and to pair it with a teal/purple/black color scheme is really takes it to another level (i love cakes with black in the color scheme). 

The invite is super chic and made designing the cake really fun!  I submitted four options and this is one they chose - I'm also adding a few elements which are not shown in the sketch. 

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Monday, August 1, 2011

You're All Set!

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