Kali Katering @ Harry O's

Kali Katering provides custom cakes to families and businesses alike.  For those in the state of Utah, the Harry O's Night Club in Park City is a historical club and happening place just about any night of the week.  Kali Katering was hired to provide two Hollywood-themed cakes for a Napkin Nights big event at the club.  Both birthday girls enjoyed their cakes and the VIP host of Harry O's was kind enough to provide us with a few photos of the overall bash.

Summer Wedding Cake FAQs Every Bride Should Know

Summer is a popular time for weddings.  The weather is more predictable, the sun is shining and people do not have to worry about interferences of school or holidays.  Though the summer season is a great time for a wedding, when ordering a wedding cake for a summer wedding there are different rules that need to apply.  Though most experienced wedding cake decorators will point these out to you, there are some that simply agree to what the bride wants, without considering the severity of heat, humidity and even the strong sunlight.

Cakes and Outdoor Environments
An outdoor wedding is something many brides dream of.  These can be hosted in romantic gardens, parks or even a backyard.  When considering an outdoor wedding, you need to think of the location of your cake.  Cakes should never be placed in the direct sunlight.  Not only does sunlight fade the colors of your cake, but the heat from direct sunlight can actually raise the internal temperature of your cake to the point it begins to soften and shift.  This is what causes many cakes to sink, crack or even fall over during summer weather.  To avoid this, keep your cake in a shaded area and out of direct sunlight.  If the temperature outside is over 75F, try to not let your cake sit outside longer than three hours with a fondant covering.

Keep your cake in a shaded area when hosting an outdoor wedding.

Buttercream vs. Fondant
Though some wedding cake designers will do buttercream cakes in the summer for outdoor weddings, I highly recommend you avoid buttercream cakes.  Buttercream stays soft at 75F and decorations can fall from the cake and fillings may begin to ooze from the center.   With a fondant cake you will have a little more stability with your cake in the heat.  Fondant does not break down as easily in high temperatures, but the buttercream that adheres the fondant can still begin to shift from underneath.  If your cake will be outdoors, have your wedding cake decorator use a coating of piping gel to adhere the fondant versus buttercream.  This will keep your fondant stuck to your cake.

Buttercream cakes should not be left out in the heat or direct sunlight for more than two hours when the temperature is above 75F.

Perishable Fillings
Fillings become an important factor with summer wedding cakes.  A cake should never be filled with custards, creams, or cream cheese fillings.  When a cake will be in high temperatures for over two hours these fillings can easily spoil and cause food poisoning.  A cake can, however, be filled with fresh fruits, fruit preserves and buttercreams that have been stabilized.

Selecting the Right Cake for the Season: Winter

Winter time is the perfect time to get married!  The air is crisp, the snow is on the ground, and the aura of holidays and love seem to be all over.  What better time than to add a blessed anniversary into it all?  If you are adding your anniversary date between the months of December to end of February, then you need to pick a cake that matches the season -- the winter season.

The Cake Flavor

When it comes to your winter wedding cake, you want to have flavors flavors that speak to the season.  You want people to eat it and just think of winter.  So what cakes taste like winter?  Well besides the obvious of peppermint or gingerbread, flavors such as rich spice cakes paired with caramel buttercreams, orange chocolate cakes with dark chocolate filling and white cake with cranberry buttercream are also perfect reflections of the winter season.

The Cake Color

Nothing says "winter" better than soothing palettes of whites, icy blues, deep reds, rich golds, shining silvers or even rustic greens with brown accents.  Try an ivory cake with red accents or a simple icy blue cake with white snowflakes.  Go even further with a white cake accented by gold or silver and draped in red berries and green holly leaves.  Be bold with the winter colors and use whites and ivories to accent.

The Cake Flowers

Often brides like to see the look of fresh flowers on their wedding cakes.  For winter you want to use a mixture of non-floral and floral items to get the right effect.  When it comes to actual floral items try deep red roses, poinsettias, and even holly berries and leaves.  When it comes to non-floral items try using things like pine cones or snowflakes (real or fake).  Try ordering sugar flowers sugar flowers for your cake rather than real ones to prevent anything from spoiling.

The Cake Decor

The way you decorate your cake will determine everything.  Though it can be easy to go overboard with the "winter" theme, try to keep it simple and elegant and refrain from carving your wedding cake into a snowman.  Here are a few examples:

A classic ivory color with fondant draping and sugar flowers is the perfect winter wedding cake

A very simple white cake with subtle bling snowflakes is also a good winter pairing

A very simple combination of icy blue and pine cones brings this cake into the winter season, but still keeping it elegant.

The Cake Table

Often wedding cakes are placed under the wrong lighting and on the wrong table; which can break the overall feel of your wedding cake.  Ask your designer how to set up your cake properly so that the lighting and table are the right fit.  Try using an elevated cake table and place your cake on a taller gold or silver cake stand as well.  Be sure that the table is no more than 6-10 inches in diameter larger than your cake as well.

Remember that winter is whimsical, icy and almost magical in feel.  Remember how you feel during the winter season and use that to design your overall wedding.  Ask your wedding cake designer for their advice on how to create the best winter wedding cake.

Kali Katering Teams with Princess Parties of Utah!

We are pleased to announce that we are now supplying birthday cakes and cupcakes for Princess Parties of Utah.  For those of you that are not aware of Princess Parties, this company provides princess and pirate entertainment for birthday parties year-round.

Parents can choose from princesses such as Cinderella, Snow White, Little Mermaid and even Tinkerbell.  It doesn't stop just there though.  Princess Parties also offers party options for boys such as Spiderman, pirate parties, Thomas the Train, cowboy parties and even a magician.

Keep checking back to see cakes Kali Katering has done for Princess Parties soon!