Made-to-order Cakes
Made-to-order Cakes
September 5th, 2008Dear Mr. KIA: I am a 22-year old art student in a critical culinary crisis. My sweetheart is a major foodie, and an extremely picky dessert snob to boot, which makes preparing the present for our looming one-year anniversary a ticking time bomb. I really want to wow him with a tasty treat to demonstrate my love, but the last time I went into a kitchen and tried to cook, the microwave exploded. Is there anywhere I can get help to create the sculptural gateau in my mind’s eye?—Have Cake And Eat It Too
Dear HCEIT: Mr. KIA commends your decision to outsource. The best way to a man’s heart is indeed through his stomach—not through his artistic sensibility. If you go ahead and make a post-constructivist abomination of a cake, let’s make sure you at least get professional help to make it edible—and presentable.
Cake 2 Thailand Bakery (086-757-5325, www.cake2thailand.com). The online delivery-only shop has a selection that ranges from cartoony children’s and 3D object-based marzipan topped cakes to a myriad of fruity flavors and colorful cakes. You can also design your own cake from scratch, with prices starting for all cakes at around B1,500. Average processing times are about two days.
Moderncake (15/131 Chokchai 4 Soi 72, Satreevit 2 Intersection 18, Ladphrao Rd.,02-931-1564, www.moderncake.com). Their flash-based online cake-designer gives you free reign in choosing from 7 base flavors and arranging the selection of 20 toppings (fruit slices, chocolate pieces, nuts and whipped cream are all on offer). Starting price per pound is B200/1lbs, B400/2lbs and B600/3lbs.
Boat´s Bakery Shop (68/5 Moo 8, Rattanathibet Rd., Nontaburi, 02-589-2568, 02-588-0117, www.boatbakery.net). They specialize in large cakes of 5lbs upward as well, so your secret dreams of a life-size cake replica of Barbie’s summer home can finally be realized. Prices start around B1,300 but can go up to B13,500 for the really gargantuan constructions.
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