Friday 23 December 2016

Portray An Event Statement with A Corporate Cake!

Nowadays, you must be excited and busy in planning the Christmas and New Year corporate event. So, if you are organizing a corporate event then it would be a big challenge for you to make it super excited and enthused for all participants.

Although, you can use various icebreaker activities like a quiz competition to get the entire crowd engaged and energized and putting maximum energy in the room. But it is hard to imagine any corporate event celebration without a decorated and delicious treat of cake.

A corporate cake can be the perfect way to portray an event statement in any gala corporate celebration and meeting. Also, it can be quite stressful for you to ordering a cake for a particular event.

Here, we are describing few useful tips to make sure that your corporate cake just come out right for your corporate event:

Know Your Event Objective

Before planning a corporate event first you should clearly know about its primary objective such as celebrating promotion or success party, Year-end celebration, product promotion or collecting donations etc. You can also decorate and design your cake as per the theme or event objective for a lasting impact.

Make a list of guests

It is crucial to know about the number of guests participating your corporate event. It will directly help you and your baker to determine the cake size and amount of ingredients used for its decoration. Moreover, it will also help you to determine the total cost of corporate cake to calculate a budget for a corporate event.

Know Guest's Food preferences and Allergies

Most importantly, always ask your event's guests about their specific food preferences and sensitivity for potential food allergies, before you order any custom-made corporate cake.

Portray An Event Statement

You can decorate and design your cake to match and fit into the event theme and background to make a statement. Even during a corporate meeting, you can even try to impress your potential clients by serving small and elegant cakes portraying messages like 'Thank you for your trust', 'We mean business' or 'Wishing You A Great New Year' and much more.

Order Well in Advance

You must be known to this fact that most bakers remain busy in festive seasons, so always order well in advance. This will allow your baker to have enough time to procure all the needful ingredients and design materials for your desired custom cake.

Therefore, this will help you a lot considering all above tips while ordering a custom cake and making your corporate event a rave success!

If you are just planning to order a custom cake for a special corporate event or willing to know more about the best corporate cakes in Toronto, then contact us now!

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Tuesday 6 December 2016

Try Some Great Birthday Cake Ideas for Your Kids!

Hello, Viewers!

A birthday celebration can not be imagined without a spectacular and delicious treat of birthday cake!

In a birthday party, there can be so many gifts and other items, but a birthday cake is a foremost thing that draws every guest's attention, especially for the kids who always love to enjoy its savory flavor.

Usually, kids and children love tasty cake flavors of chocolate or vanilla cake decorated with a funny and colorful designs. They mostly hang around a birthday cake and desperately wait for the cake cutting ceremony. Therefore, overall party environment becomes more joyful and  exciting.

So, it is always worth for you putting some unique and great ideas to plan an amazing birthday cake for a memorable birthday celebration.

Nowadays, lots of cake varieties, both in vegetarian and non-vegetarian are available in the market. You can choose your favorite cake variety as per its different sizes, types, and ingredients used.

Therefore, you should be more careful while selecting the flavor, color, and decoration of the birthday cake to make it a center of attraction for your guests.

In this article, we will discuss some great birthday cake ideas that help to make your yearly birthday celebration more special and memorable.

1. Pet or Wild Animal Theme

Mostly young kids love their pets and favorite wild animals. So, they will be more joyous to see a birthday cake decorated with their favorite pet or wild animal like puppies, kittens, teddies, pandas, and dinosaurs etc. A birthday cake decorated with an animal theme can be easily prepared using two or more circular cake layers.

2. Cartoon Theme

Your birthday kid and all little guests will be obsessed to see a birthday cake decorated with their favorite cartoon character. Various cartoon characters like Disney or Barbie cakes are more popular amongst the little girls. Likewise, little boys love to see their hot favorite heroes like Superman, Doraemon or Bob the builder!

Many branded baking stores or cake decorating supply shops also provide a specialized mold for all popular licensed characters mostly admired by kids on their birthday cakes.

3.  Sports Theme

If your boy or girl love to indulge in the sports field, then a sports themed cake can be their ideal choice. It can be easily decorated on round cakes to make it resembling with the soccer ball, baseballs, or basketballs. Also, you can try to add a goal net, or hoop along with some statues or figurines resembling sports players or spectators.

4. Custom Photo Theme

This idea can be tried when all of your favorite ideas are already drained out. You can just click your favorite photo and your nearby professional cake decorating store can manufacture its edible version in a few bucks. You can just place it over the top of your favorite iced cake. All birthday boys and girls will be thrilled to see this semi-transparent sugar "photo".

5. Cupcakes

This idea is especially for those parents who just avoid the mess to decorate kids birthday cakes. They can organize a fun activity by providing birthday guests with all the basic ingredients for cupcakes, piping bags, frosting, small candies, etc. and allow them to decorate each cupcake to their own.

We hope you will love to try all above great birthday cake ideas for your kids also!

If you would like to know about more varieties and ideas of birthday cakes in Toronto then visit Dessert Lady to contact our experts.

You can also share any more idea or suggestion with us by leaving your comment below:

Thursday 24 November 2016

Celebrate Cupcake Theme Party!

Several party occasions or events like wedding, birthday, anniversary parties and many others find a special place in our lives. People always like to celebrate all these unique events with full zest by organizing special theme parties, sharing gifts and many other ways to make it a memorable one. 


We can not imagine any celebration without delicious and decorated treats and food. And in many parties or event celebrations mostly 'tart and cakes' are served as the favorite icon food treats. So, there may be chances when people get bored with these routine treats and look for some other unique options like 'Cupcakes '. In current party theme, Cupcakes are becoming very popular in all ages to steal the show especially for the celebration of the first birthday.

Now, why Cupcakes are so popular!

Usually, a cupcake is prepared in a small size cake having all basic ingredients used in a regular cake to serve a single person only. It is baked in a small aluminum mug with a thin paper. Its unique decoration and design differentiate it from other larger cake varieties. Due to its small size, people can personalize their decoration for each and every cupcake as a wedding cupcake or birthday cupcake.

Hare, are some key advantages of Cupcakes compared to Regular cakes:
  • Cupcakes can be easily and quickly prepared without having skills like a professional chef.
  • No requirement for eating equipment or utensils for eating due to its mini size that is perfect for a single person.
  • You can easily create and personalize cute and elegant designs for each cupcake, according to your theme party.
Birthday Cupcakes

In a kid birthday event celebration, cute decorations can be set up on each cupcake using cartoon characters or superheroes, animals, bugs, and games. Little girls mostly love the pink color, so you can design and decorate cupcakes with a pink theme.

You can also organize a game in your kid's birthday occasion to keep the little guests occupied. Let them decorate and frost their own cupcakes providing them with bowls of a variety of sprinkles, colored frosting, edible toppers, and candies.

Wedding Cupcakes

These days, many fashion-forward and discerning wedding couples are opting for unique and show-stopping wedding cupcakes than a traditional larger size cake decorated with a few sugary flowers.

Wedding cupcakes can be a chic and trendy wedding dessert treat decorated with yummy cupcake theme designs to dazzle your wedding guests! Out of many wedding cupcake varieties, skimmed semi-naked or butter-cream cake comes out as an enduring trend of this year.

This trendy ultra stylish cupcake is prepared with smooth and sharp edges using silky buttercream and decorated with design-led florals providing a new and more glamorous look to the humble naked cake.

Are you looking to enjoy your special event with popular and unique cupcakes?

If yes, then Dessert Lady offers you a huge variety of oven-fresh and stylish Wedding or Birthday cupcakes in Toronto available in many different flavors, colors and decorations with an attractive price.

Thursday 17 November 2016

Popular Trends for Wedding Cakes

A wedding cake is a delicious creation of art often strategically placed during a wedding occasion. On this special event, a wedding cake establishes as a focal point where all other aspects of wedding event focus on. The wedding cake can create a dramatic flare with its "grand entrance" at the end of reception.

Recently, due to the continuous rise in wedding events expenditure including wedding cakes prices and fees some new trends are becoming quite popular. The couple usually looks for some affordable ways to save their money. Therefore,  some creative alternatives for wedding cakes are becoming a trend now. Now, the current trend is mainly focused on various affordable ways to eliminate serving fees charged by some caterers.


Here, we are discussing some popular trends related to wedding cakes which are becoming popular now:

The Groom Cake: It was quite popular in history. Now, it has returned to take up the center stage and usually placed as a single-layer rectangle shape along with the wedding cake. You can also customize this cake with your favorite color, flavor, color and decorations representing your partner's unique hobbies, personality, and likings.

Family Wedding Cake: This new concept has evolved quite recently with the popularity of blending Family wedding celebration with the kids. Many couples celebrate their 'Becoming A Wedding Family' event using a Family Cake topper. This cake can be customized with a few variations like a single-layer rectangle, decorated, frosted, having kids images of different interests or hobbies and also topped with a Family Cake Topper available with a wedding couple and a child boy, a wedding couple and a child girl or a wedding couple and two children in a silhouette style.

Wedding Cake Tops or Crown: This is the crown of the wedding cake also representing an emotional bonding of a wedding couple.

Cake toppers can be personalized reflecting the hobbies and lifestyle that the bride and groom share with each together. Its decorations are complimented with the wedding theme, emphasizing the wedding flowers and displaying initials of the wedding couple.

The latest and most popular trends for wedding cake tops come with the decoration of individual initials of a couple or creating a monogram with stunning Jewelry cake, another popular one is showing an edible image of the wedding couple.

Beside above popular wedding cake trends, we are also sharing some tips that can help you to save your money adhering to the assigned budget. These are mentioned below:
  • Visit minimum 3-4 popular wedding cake shops and ask for discounts and negotiations.
  • Go through their portfolios and taste their cake samples for the best quality.
  • Once a price is settled, don't forget to ask for a written contract to avoid any room for any price change in the later stage.
  • Never compromise with the taste and quality of the wedding cake. The price of a cake is usually decided with its size and decorations which can be costly.

I hope with this article, you might have gained some insight for any future wedding event planning.

For more information and details related to your dream wedding cakes in Toronto, you may contact us or leave a comment below:

Friday 11 November 2016

Celebrate in A Healthy way with All Natural Cakes!

Festive celebrations comes with lots of fun and enjoyment with family members, friends and organizing parties and get-together served with many delicious treats and food items. Usually, a major portion of served feasts is dessert such as pies, cakes, candies, puddings and truffles. Those who have a sweet tooth just love all these delicious treats without bothering to their good health. This can be resulted in to compromised general well-being on putting some extra kilos and causing many digestive disturbances.

So, you can just kick out making not-so-healthy treats a bit healthier!

If you like to prepare a dessert or cakes to your own then here we are sharing few useful tips to make your festive treat more healthy:
  • Try to use minimum required sugar or a combination of low calorie natural sweeteners to balance the sweetness of your dessert.
  • You can cut back on calories using Caramelizing sugar.
  • Use combination of equal portion of sweeteners and fruit puree, pulp or honey.
  • Natural dry fruits can also add sweetness to your desserts or cakes. You can use some healthy natural dry fruits such as figs, dates, raisins, and apricots.
  • For a festive occasion you can choose delicious natural garnish sweets for your cake like chocolate-coated nuts, honey-coated nuts, sesame balls, dark chocolate, peanut balls, and fruit yogurt etc.

Also, if you like to purchase your favourite festival treats then many bakery shops can offer you with delicious and decorated all natural desserts and cakes.

Aside from our everyday baked goods and sweet treats, Festival Foods has some of the most skilled cake experts and decorators in the industry.

if you like to choose bakery or dessert shops provide people with All natural   are available who can bake and serve Huge varieties of delicious.

We have compiled few popular all natural cakes that will surely add sweet and healthy flavour to the festival celebrations:

Black Forest Cake

This all natural cake is prepared with the whole grains, chia seeds, and avocado. Although it may taste you rich and decadent but it is totally guilt-free and good for health.

Chocolatey Coconut And Rum Cake

Although many people may not like coconut but still you must try this unique treat rich in chocolate with addition of coconut and spiced rum especially prepared for the adults.

Pumpkin Cheese Cake

Your holiday guests will be surely delighted with its sweet and rich taste having creamy and spicy pumpkin filling decorated with the pomegranate arils. This Cheese Cake will surely come out as a star among all of your Christmas treats.

Spicy Chocolate Cake

This chocolatey dessert is filled with warm spices like cinnamon,  ginger, and nutmeg that will give you a delicately spiced, moist, and moderately decadent taste. It can be served on a nice platter by chopping into small squares.

Pumpkin Cake

Spread the delicious fragrance of baked pumpkin and spices on your festive place. On your dessert table, it can be decorated with some little guys holding the big cakes. So get ready to enjoy the fun to have this special treat all to yourself.

Vanilla Tea Cake

This amazing vanilla tea cake can be an ideal dessert for any special occasion. This richly-spiced treat is usually infused with the fragrant tea leaves flavor that will give you a flavored, delicious, and decadent taste.

At Dessert Lady- we provide delicious and healthy all natural cakes in Toronto, added with natural ingredients only. You can also select gluten-free options for some flavors.

Avoid festival day rush and place your order in advance.

For more information and queries you may contact us at 'Dessert Lady' or leave a comment below:

Wednesday 2 November 2016

Awesome Gift Basket Ideas For This Festive Occasion

The festive season is now knocking the doors.

Have you prepared for this?

Make this festive season more special with your relatives and friends. You can consider awesome gift baskets that can put together easily without blowing your bank account.

In this post, we will help you to find some of the best ways to select awesome gift baskets.


Plan in Advance

An advance planning for ordering your favorite gift baskets is important as you might miss out on various cost saving deals or opportunities. Always figure out various shipping options and time taken for the delivery your order in advance to make sure you receive your product on time without hurting your budget.

Shop for the Best Deal

Mostly bargain hunters patiently shop around to get the best deal to save their money. So, never make a decision for shopping in hurry. Always try to be flexible and also look at the various other available options before finalizing a gift basket. It is not always wise to select the most expensive option to convey the right message. You should consider replacing a couple of items with the cheaper ones. So, never hesitate to ask a shopkeeper about your options.

Create Your Own

You can also create your own gift baskets as per your specific likings and within budget. Homemade gift baskets are not only budget-friendly but also creatively thoughtful. You can purchase a base for this gift basket from nearby thrift stores at a discounted price. Yo can renovate this base with a quick spray paint coating, and also fill it with the shredded paper. Once you've created your base in order, you can fill it with your favorite gift items.

Bakery Gift baskets

You can easily create your own great homemade gift basket with some delicious ready-made bakery treats like biscotti, cookies, candies and much more.

At the Dessert Lady based in Toronto, you can explore some awesome assortment of gift baskets filled with delicious and unique gifts. Our gift baskets are certainly alluring and pocket-friendly that makes it your perfect gift option to send your best wishes to someone special.

We hope all above ideas and tips for awesome gift baskets Toronto will help you to make the most out of your tight budget.

If you have any of your ideas or tips for this festive season, please let us know by leaving a comment.

Thursday 27 October 2016

Enjoy Deliciously Best French Macaron Around The World

Festival season is knocking at the doors! Make it a doubly sweet celebration with the Macaron Day.

In this festive season, enjoy a delicious bite of this circular cake comprised of two cookie halves with an inner soft chewy and crumbly exterior. A French Macaron cake usually having a sandwich filling in between with jam, ganache, or butter-cream to tempt your taste-buds.


Although the history of French Macaron give full credit to the French but actually Italian pastry chefs brought it along with them when Catherine de’ Medici’s married Henry II of France.

French Macaron can be a sophisticated alternative to your traditional cookies with a good reason. It has a perfect bite-sized outer shell that readily melt-in-your-mouth to provide a delicious taste of its creamy fillings. This can be an adorably dainty snack for your afternoon tea.

There are plenty of amazing bakeries around the world who supply many varieties of French Macaron flavor combinations both online and offline.
In this post, we’ve narrowed down and compiled a list of some of our favorite suppliers:

La Dureé,

Paris, France


Started its business in 1862 as a small bakery and now running a chain of bakery shops extended from New York City to Japan. The world's most revered macarons are hailed from La Dureé. The success of this bakery brand attributes to its secret ingredients used in various delicious French Macaron flavor combinations.

Pierre Hermé

Paris, France


No French Macaron list would be complete without Pierre Hermé that also offering nationwide shipping. It is the Parisian-based bakery shop offering incredibly yummy French Macaron flavors with the specialties of caramel with fleur de sel, a sophisticated palette, hazelnut praline, and lemon and caramelized fennel wrapped with a charming packaging.

Chantal Guillon

San Francisco, United States


This San Francisco-based bakery shop is best known for their specialties in the macarons glacés, filled with ice cream instead of usual buttercream or ganache that is perfectly suitable for a warm weather. Beside this, Chantal Guillon also offers plenty of other flavors such as Italian Pistachio, the Tahitian Vanilla, and Espresso Coffee. Online shipping is only available for a box with minimum 24-pieces from 12 seasonal flavors.

The Dessert Lady

Toronto, Canada


The Dessert Lady is a popular online bakery shop in Toronto, Canada. It is well known for its specialty in offering unique French Macarons with an array of 12 delicious flavors including Matcha Green, Earl Grey, Apricot Mascarpone, Tea Vanilla, and much more. And the best part, online ordering is also available for the nationwide shipping.

So, in the forthcoming festival season, enjoy your best treat with deliciously best French Macaron in Toronto.