iphone

     In honor of the new iphone. Posted is a picture of an iphone cake Mendy did. This one has no reception problems, as a matter of a fact everybody at the reception loved it..lol

Yes the cake is for an iphone fanatic, of course. Sorry the picture is not one of our more current ones.
Enjoy
Gabriel
Cakes by the Pound

Your Wedding Day Magazine

Mendy has worked very hard to make Cakes by the "Pound" a success. Her cakes taste great, look great and she looks great (Of course I am partial to all of this). Her persistence and attention to detail to her ingredients as well as design have been very stringent but it all shows in the taste of the cakes.
We have been very lucky to have a small article written about Cakes by the "Pound" by Mendy K. Pound, in Your Wedding Day Magazine.
Mendy insisted on the author (Allison Scott) come and visit for an actual cake tasting so she could experience the taste as well as the atmosphere of our shop. The result was this article.
http://www.yourweddingday.com/ywd/Details/Cakes-by-the-Pound.html
Thank you for reading..

Gabriel

Every Day with Rachael Ray

How Lucky are we? Thanks to a referral from our friend, Kelley from Picture Perfect Events, we had the opportunity to speak to one of the fabulous writers from Rachael Rays magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray. She wanted more information about our Old Fashion Red Velvet Cake and what made our cake different than everybody's else's-I can say read the article-http://www.rachaelraymag-digital.com/rachaelraymag/201005?pg=154#pg154, or I can just tell you..the beets, I should know because Mendy makes me juice them-fun fun fun.
Those of you who know Mendy are well aware of how modest she is and she would probably be a bit embarrassed about me writing this stuff, but those of you who know me, know how proud I am of her and will brag about her skills any chance I can.

Thanks for reading!
Gabriel

Alice in Wonderland

Phew, sorry for not updating the blog in a bit but all is good I am ready to pick up my duties once again.
The Millionaire Matchmaker episode aired a few days ago- Mendy had the pleasure of working with Patty Stanger on her cake design as well as cake flavors for her upcoming wedding (she did get engaged this season). We both had a blast working on the show. Hopefully Patty doesnt try to fix Mendy up with a millionaire! You can follow the link below and see Mendy and Patty

http://www.bravotv.com/the-millionaire-matchmaker/videos/wedding-cake-tasting

The production company, Intuitive Entertainment, as well as the folks from Bravo were awesome!

Now I know the movie just came out but I thought I might share with you an Alice in Wonderland theme cake we did last year. It is based off of the original, not the new one with Johnny Depp, but I do know if Mendy had the opportunity to create a cake based off of the new show, she would LOVE IT! Well here it is-like always Mendy loves to make sure everything is edible and taste great!
Thanks again!
Gabe

Millionaire Matchmaker

Well, we were very fortunate to be asked to be involved in an episode of Bravo's hit show Millionaire Matchmaker! I agreed, but failed to clear it with Mendy first. O'well good thing she is a good sport-lol.
If you have been following the show, Patty got engaged to her fiancee, Andy, this season.  I feel that we are limited to what we can say about the show but I am sure you all can figure out what it may pertain to since we do do wedding cakes-lol
Make sure to watch the show and see Mendy on it with Patty-I wonder if Patty gave Mendy any insights on love?
Enjoy the show, I know Mendy and I had a blast with Miss Patty Stanger.

Wedding Cake Season

Every year we have the pleasure of being part of some wedding shows such as the Festival of Brides. They give us an opportunity to meet with new vendors and brides, but  it also means cake! LOTS AND LOTS OF CAKE, for me any how. Mendy gets her creative juices flowing for her new designs for each show and I just have to get a haircut (sometimes). In reference to the picture above-its just a small sample of the samples Mendy makes for the shows.
The shows allow brides to taste our wedding cake and also see the fantastic designs Mendy is capable of. Brides will come from all over with there list of vendors to target so they can ease the stress of preparing for there wedding day. I think it also gets the grooms off the hook since most of the people attending are the brides, but they show up with there friends and not there fiance'.
In preparation for the show is very hard work but we are paid back in ten fold with all the new people we meet.
There are stands to build and dishes to wash.
Thank you for visiting
Gabriel Vidauri

That Morning Show

Now a days there are so many "cake" shows-everybody has some kind of idea, but they want to see some kind of drama-the only drama we have is me driving the car when I have to deliver a cake. 
Well we got a call from a production company about doing a segment on their show, "That Morning Show". At first we were somewhat hesitant but I convinced Mendy it would be fun, especially since I had no plans of taking part. lol 
After speaking to them we realized the episode was just a story about kids cake trends.
We know trends, at least what our clients are asking for-custom one of a kind cakes. After going through our orders we found one we thought would be good for their show. A mother (Beatriz Amano) wanted to surprise her 8 year old daughter (Olivia Amano) for her birthday. Her surprise was to have Mendy recreate a cake her daughter drew/designed. We decided that we would surprise her here at the shop with her cake and a camera crew! We thought she might be a little camera shy, but boy we were wrong-total ham! 

The plan: Mrs. Amano and Olivia would come to our shop to pick up a cake for their "friend", Mendy would surprise her with a edible recreation of her very special birthday cake. The crew would capture all of this on video and then interview her. 
Olivia was surprised and we were happy to be part of her wonderful birthday surprise that was captured on video. I hope the segment came out great!


Gabriel Vidauri
Operations Manager
Cakes by the "Pound"