Weddings Winter 2011 > Planner

Alice's Tea Cup

This cute tea salon is known for its imaginative designs, which often feature flowers, butterflies, or mod dots. Resident cake designer Betina Estela specializes in hand-painted details. From $8 per serving; minimum $300.

Annwoodhandmade.com

If you’re looking for a unique cake topper, you’ll love Ann Wood’s handmade Sweethearts birds—two twee birds crafted in Brooklyn and made of mostly antique fabrics. They are either one-of-a kind or made in small batches. From $156.

A Simple Cake

A Simple Cake does not create plain cakes but aims to sculpt them with a simple elegance. Choose from nineteen designs, then specify your batter, filling, and icing choices. It’s a best bet for brides on a budget who are looking for an unadorned cake or who would like their florist to add the special finishing touch. From $6.50 to $8.50 per serving. (good value)

Baked

In the cutthroat world of New York cupcakes, Baked has a devout following, and with good reason. Though these bakers (Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito) excel at classic, home-style wedding cakes, they’ve been known to create deliciously colorful confections like a lime-green tiered number topped with live florals from Saipua. From $6.50 per serving. (good value)

Bijoux Doux Specialty Cakes

Known for her intricate, Victorian-style cakes, Ellen Baumwoll also produces more whimsical designs to the tune of chocolate curls and valentine hearts. Fillings are inventive (think: passion-fruit curd) and cakes can be covered in fondant, marzipan, buttercream, or ganache. Baumwoll’s work has been featured in Brides and Gourmet magazines. From $10 per serving.

Cake Alchemy

Lauri Ditunno trained at the Culinary Institute of America, and it paid off: Her Orchid Ambiance was named one of the “50 Most Beautiful Cakes” by Brides magazine. Cake Alchemy specializes in blending unique flavors to each couple’s taste and also has classes for DIY types. From $9 per serving.

Cakeline

Cynthia Peithman offers romantic styles with edible lace, flowers, pearls, and beading (in the usual flavors, plus almond Génoise and lemon poppy seed). Fillings are flavored ganache, mousse, or buttercream ($8.50 to $16 per serving).

Cake Power

Fans of modern with a touch of whimsy will love Kate Sullivan’s funky, streamlined cakes. A former magazine photo editor, she has an attention to detail that ensures that whatever a couple is seeking—in particular, stylized modern looks and bold graphics—will be well executed. From $10 per serving; $600 minimum.

Cakes By Nicolle

A graduate of New York’s Institute of Culinary Education, cake designer Nicolle Rodriguez has always had a passion for baking. Her wedding confections—like a devil’s-food cake with vanilla cream-cheese filling—are both decadent and delicious. Cakes can be prepared in any flavor combination and covered in fondant, ganache, or an Italian meringue buttercream; she also does groom’s cakes. From $8 per serving.

The Cake Studio

Eight years ago, Jill Adams set up her cozy bake shop in Williamsburg, where she’s made her mark with both classic cakes and more outré designs, rife with whimsical touches and asymmetrical patterns. From $10 per serving.

Ceci-Cela Patisserie

This Nolita café is renowned for its exquisite French delicacies. It’s also versatile—the team can do anything from buttercream to croquembouche—but the Pear William (a light sponge cake with alternating layers of vanilla Génoise and sliced poached pears) is the house specialty. From $8 per serving.

Cheryl Kleinman Cakes

Expect streamlined shapes covered with smooth fondant or marzipan and adorned with sugar flowers. Cakes come in thirteen flavors, like old-fashioned banana and hazelnut-almond, with assorted fillings. From $10 per serving (though Kleinman will work with budgets as low as $250).

City Cakes NY

These French Culinary Institute–trained cake experts specialize in sugar-paste flowers, fondant design, and buttercream and royal icing, and turn out whimsical cakes in bold colors. From $8 to $25 per serving.

Colette’s Cakes

Acclaimed baker Colette Peters will create a couple’s ideal wedding cake—even if that means something shaped like a skyscraper or gussied up with Swarov­ski crystals. Fillings include chocolate truffle and passion-fruit buttercream. From $10 per serving.

Collette Foley Specialty Baking

This culinary whiz turns out stunning, polished cakes. Confections range from regal, classic affairs bedecked with real flowers to minimalist, innovative creations with modern twists. From $7.75 per serving. (good value)

CupcakeStop

CupcakeStop can provide the baked goods for your wedding or, for a fun twist, send its truck. Choose from more than 60 varieties, such as red velvet, s’mores, or apple martini. Prices upon request.

From the Winter 2011 New York Wedding Guide