Let them eat CAKE! (and rice-krispie treats, too!)

Yesterday was a milestone day at Dick's work. The team celebrated the completion of the latest wave in their big project. Dick's wonderful admin, Kathy, also thoughtfully incorporated Dick's 15th Anniversary with the company into the celebration.

One of the guys on the team, Greg, is an incredibly talented cake maker/decorator. This is his hobby (and a time consuming one at that!). You may remember the uber-cool Halloween Cake that he made last year, which we served at our Halloween Party.

Well, Greg really outdid himself yesterday. He made FOUR cakes for yesterday's celebration. (apparently, there were actually 5, but all of the elements to the fifth cake didn't make it).

These cakes were simply amazing - I couldn't stop taking picture!


The "New Busy" Cake, and the poster which inspired the design.
(yellow cake with raspberry filling)


The t-shirt cake (the t-shirt design was something that Dick helped create last year, and is apparently a favorite amongst the team.
(chocolate cake with raspberry filling)


The Sign Off Cake
(yellow cake with lemon filling)

As an added bonus, Greg make a special "cake" (actually rice-krispie treats - Dick's favorite!) for Dick's 15th Anniversary with the company. Kathy presented the cake on a separate table along with Dick's 15th year award and a card for the team to sign.


The Poker Table rice-krispie treat cake!

Greg and Kathy knew that one of Dick's favorite hobbies is playing poker, so Greg made this incredible rice-krispie cake in the design of a poker table - complete with poker chips, cards, a cigar with ash try, a dish of assorted nuts and a bowl of Doritos. Now, here's the thing: everything on here is edible, and not only edible, but hand made by Greg. For example, the nuts are actually white chocolate, molded and painted to look like a variety of nuts. The Doritos - while the real ones would be edible, Greg made these by hand, too! He made a mold out of actual chips, and created these using raspberry flavored fondant. He really is a master at his craft!


Greg and Dick standing with the Poker Table Cake

Here are some fun detail shots:


We really did eat the cakes!


Not actual Doritos


The hand of cards
Greg told me that he used some kind of printing technique for the cards - still edible!


White Chocolate Mixed Nuts


The Poker Chips - fondant pieces made from a mold from poker chips from Caesar's Palace

Many thanks to Greg for all of the hard work and countless hours (he stopped counting after 100 hours!) that he put into creating these amazing edible pieces of art! Also, thanks to Kathy for putting this whole event together, and for thoughtfully inviting me to the party!