giants groom's cake...

11.18.11
orange velvet with cream cheese buttercream

yeah, you read that right... orange velvet. okay, so there's a story behind this cake. months ago, i met with the bride-to-be, tanya regarding her wedding cake order... then she mentioned, she wanted to order a groom's cake for her groom in a san francisco giants theme. she joked about her fiance's crazy obsession with the giants, his matching tattoo... and the fact that if you were to cut joe, he'd probably bleed "orange." that's when the light bulb came on above my head... i said, "so you wanted red velvet right?" and tanya answered, "yes, that's his favorite flavor." then i recommended, "why not make it an orange velvet?" tanya's eyes widened as she answered, "YES!!!" so the rest is history. she left the design up to me... so i created a baseball hat with the notorious "SF" logo as well as carved out letters freehand to match the GIANTS lettering. i loved how the 2-tone of the orange atop the white made it really look very baseball themed and you can't go wrong with the black and orange stripes. joe loved the cake so much, he refused to cut it and at the wedding, several pictures were taken with the happy groom kissing his SF cake! :) congratulations tanya and joe!