Wedding Cakes Specialties

Perhaps your tale on mail desserts has been similar to my perennial one: the only dessert worth getting excited about is a dessert made at home, or at a local bakery… today… preferably in the last few hours! The thought of having my dessert shipped across the country, and arriving a few days later, was, once upon a time, now appealing to me.

But times have changed, my friends. And I’m not talking about better perspectives. High-quality dessert-makers across the land have identified those types of desserts that are every bit as delicious as few days after they’re made as they are on the day of preparation; in some cases, even, the window of deliciousness extends a few weeks. When I dipped into web world recently what’s out there, I was amazed at the volume of durable sweets flying above our heads en route to happy dessert-eaters every day of the year. And when I ordered a slew of desserts to test the quality, my testing proved that great mail order dessert is a thoroughly possible dream.

I hasten to add, however, that a lot of what came my way didn’t make the grade---so you can’t just throw a dart at the Internet and expect to hit the sugar bull’s-eye. I tasted roughly 350 different desserts, and---though some of them were quite beautiful, and a few of those quite delicious as well---it was clear in many cases that shipping was not a good idea. A wider problem was intrinsic quality: lots of the mail-order desserts out there are just plain sugary any time you eat them, simplistic, good for kids but not likely to inspire a mail-order purchase for most adults.

In my now-informed opinion, the following categories are the ones you can rely on most heavily for great dessert eating after the postal journey. And, of course, within each category I’ve given you specific products and producers that will be solving my “what’s-for-dessert?” worries for the near future. Feel free to order any of these items for upcoming dinner party, or family meal, where last-course pleasure is a high priority.

I hope you come to feel, as I do, that your dinner-party life has change forever. No longer do you have to fret about that one extra detail, dessert. You can simply get on the phone or the internet for five minutes, a few days before your party, and you’re good as gold. In a sense, it’s even better than buying the local bakery: you’ll be serving a product to family and friends that they’ve never seen before!

			Absolutely Scrumptious Mail Order Desserts… That Make a Lasting Impression By David Rosengarten, The Rosengarten Report Vol. 1, Number 8 • February 18, 2002 Excerpted from the Mail Order Dessert issue of The Rosengarten Report, a passionately written and highly informative newsletter from award-winning cookbook author and TV Chef David Rosengarten, subtitled "The Foods and Wines that Make Me Swoon". For more information, visit www.DavidRosengarten.com.



			Perhaps your tale on mail desserts has been similar to my perennial one: the only dessert worth getting excited about is a dessert made at home, or at a local bakery… today… preferably in the last few hours! The thought of having my dessert shipped across the country, and arriving a few days later, was, once upon a time, now appealing to me. But times have changed, my friends. And I’m not talking about better perspectives. High-quality dessert-makers across the land have identified those types of desserts that are every bit as delicious as few days after they’re made as they are on the day of preparation; in some cases, even, the window of deliciousness extends a few weeks. When I dipped into web world recently what’s out there, I was amazed at the volume of durable sweets flying above our heads en route to happy dessert-eaters every day of the year. And when I ordered a slew of desserts to test the quality, my testing proved that great mail order dessert is a thoroughly possible dream. I hasten to add, however, that a lot of what came my way didn’t make the grade---so you can’t just throw a dart at the Internet and expect to hit the sugar bull’s-eye. I tasted roughly 350 different desserts, and---though some of them were quite beautiful, and a few of those quite delicious as well---it was clear in many cases that shipping was not a good idea. A wider problem was intrinsic quality: lots of the mail-order desserts out there are just plain sugary any time you eat them, simplistic, good for kids but not likely to inspire a mail-order purchase for most adults. In my now-informed opinion, the following categories are the ones you can rely on most heavily for great dessert eating after the postal journey. And, of course, within each category I’ve given you specific products and producers that will be solving my “what’s-for-dessert?” worries for the near future. Feel free to order any of these items for upcoming dinner party, or family meal, where last-course pleasure is a high priority. I hope you come to feel, as I do, that your dinner-party life has change forever. No longer do you have to fret about that one extra detail, dessert. You can simply get on the phone or the internet for five minutes, a few days before your party, and you’re good as gold. In a sense, it’s even better than buying the local bakery: you’ll be serving a product to family and friends that they’ve never seen before!			Category #2: Yellow Cakes (Rum Cakes, Pound Cakes, etc.) When bakers device ways to keep their yellow cakes moist, the mail-order results can be spectacular. I even contend that the winner in this category improves with age! THE WINNER SWEET ART BY LUCILA 5734 Bird Road, Miami FL 33155 305.668.0060 (tel) www.sweetartbylucila.com It’s very simple: I was dazzled by Lucila’s Matusalem Vanilla Rum Cake so much that I kept going back to it for a week, and kept dazzling new guests with it. For starters, it is pact extremely well: one of those fancy-bakery muffin papers surrounds it, then it’s placed in a plastic bag, then the whole goes inside a cake tin. What your get is an unbelievable moist cake---wet, really---that avoids two rim cake pitfalls: 1) It’s not heavy at all--- in fact, it has a certain float-away quality; and 2) Though it’s soaked in rum, and the flavor is great, there’s only the mildest suggestion of alcohol. I went though lots of rum cakes in this tasting but fell in love only with this one. This is sweet yellow bliss, a mindless pillow of delight, that lacks the bells and whistles of many other cakes---but is so massively comfy, so overwhelmingly at peace with itself, that you can’t fail to be seduced. The cake costs $40, including shipping by FedEx Two-Day. (NOTE: The company refers to this cake in different ways in their material---but you want the basic, plain rum cake flavored with vanilla.) THE TOP DESERT IN MY TASTE: MATUSALEM VANILLA RUM CAKE, SWEET ART BY LUCILA If I were on a dessert land, and could receive shipments of one dessert only (I know that Tom Hanks has already established the FedEx route)--- it world be this simple, magnificent, utterly addictive cake. Lucila Jimenez grew up in Havana, Cuba, but has spent most of her adult like in Florida. She was an avid amateur cake decorator---until her kids left for college, at which time she became an avid professional entrepreneur. She began her baking business in 1992, and today has two stores in the Miami area that sell her cakes.






			Bird Road: 305-668-0060 ---The Falls: 305-234-0035----Doral: 305-599-2212----PembrokePines: 954-885-1011
			Sweet Art by Lucila