Today we are featuring one of my favorite cake designers in the Washington, DC area: Kendall’s Cakes!
photo by Deb Lindsey
What was your favorite dessert growing up?
My favorite dessert as a child was spice cake that my grandmother made. It was light and moist and sweet and lightly spiced. Perfection. It had no frosting.
What is your favorite cake to make?
I think lemon cake is my favorite to make. I love the smell of the lemon zest in both the curd and in the cake. The whole neighborhood smells delicious when I am making it.
photo by Greg Gibson
What are some of your favorite venues for weddings?
I don’t think I can pick just one venue. I love the Hay-Adams for small weddings and the Mandarin Oriental for large weddings.
What kind of trends do you see with wedding cakes for 2010?
I am still seeing a move towards flavor in 2010. Brides are all aware now of what we can do in terms of over the top decorations, but they are focusing more on having a cake that will please their guests mouths as well as their eyes. It is dessert after all.
photo by Rodney Bailey
Tell me about an upcoming cake you are excited about or anything new on the horizon.
One cake this weekend is going to have two gumpaste peacocks on the top with gumpaste feathers swooping down the front of the cake. Beautiful metallic blues, greens and golds for the male and ivory lustre for the smaller female. I am really looking forward to it.
(Please send me a photo of that Kendall! Sounds Stunning and in my colors!)
I am also in the process of making a new flavor. You are the first to know… Tuelpo Honey Cake! White Tupelo honey is a very aromatic delicious special honey. The flowers bloom for only a few weeks and the honey is a bit rare to find pure. It is expensive too. I am designing a delicate white chocolate cake with tupelo honey. It will be the best ever!
On top of being one the best cake designers in the city – she is cutie patootie as well!
Have your wedding cake and eat it too!
~Katie Martin
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