Serving as one of the larger milestones for us, we were asked to develop this almond birthday cake for Colleen Odegaard, the host of Charlotte Today which can be seen at 11:00AM weekday mornings on NBC.  We are honored to be one of three bakeries that were selected to come onto the program in celebration of Colleen’s birthday.  After  a little insight from the show’s  producer on what Colleen like to do in life,  I did a little deeper investigation of Colleen’s interests, passions and hobbies and this is where the design was inspired.

The story behind the cake has to do with Colleen’s favorite place to shop, her passion for running and finalized with a little known fact that she’s been known to partake in the skills of battling her sons with  Star Wars light sabers. The cake was supposed to be large enough to serve 25 people as well as be totally unique.  I think we achieved that with our design.  The cake at the base represents a box from Colleen’s favorite store, the Jewel Box, located in South Charlotte.  The second layer is modeled to reflect  Colleen’s passion for bicycling & our continued support for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  The third element is a Star Wars light saber penetrating all of the way through the center of both cakes.  That’s not all. There is a live smoke effect at the top of the cake and disperses in a way that makes the light saber appear to be cutting through the center of the cake because every son dreams of trying that in one way or another.

Cake designed for HGTV's Kim Myles

Created exclusively for a new partnership with our Queen of Style, Kim Myles and Lowe’s, this cake represents the work Kim will be doing with Lowe’s Home Improvement over the next few months.  Kim’s motto: “No Budget? No Problem. It’s in the bag!!” will demonstrate how easy it is to makeover a room in a big way with as few funds as possible & Lowe’s offering the supplies necessary.

The cake is  half chocolate & half golden yellow with our signature butter cream recipe covered in fondant. The design was inspired to capture Kim’s HGTV website‘s color pallet hiding under the Lowe’s pagoda as it is peeled back. I had a lot of fun building this cake and must thank Sandy Culver of Lowe’s Creative Ideas for the recommendations she made.  Without her, the cake would probably been a huge multi-colored race car of some type.

UPDATE: Oct, 12 2009:

We had a GREAT time with Kim and what an absolutely  fun person she is.  Kim’s very down to earth and what you see on her show is exactly who she is in real life. I gained some fantastic insight to how she got the opportunity to be selected and ultimately win “Design Star” season 2 on HGTV.  Quite simply, she’s a great inspiration for anyone that loves what they do.  Certainly hope we can make a cake for her again the future.  Look for Kim featured on Lowes.com where she will be featuring some really unique & easy to do ideas for decorating your home for the holidays, on a budget.

Yes, the cake is edible

It’s finally here, one of the cakes Kenfections had the unique privilege of  creating for Jimmie Johnson & Hendrick Motorsports, Team 48′s CHASE for the Sprint Cup kickoff this week at Hendrick Motorsports. Yes, the flags are edible and took a LOT of time.  Also see the NASCAR Car cake below that we featured at the Lowe’s corporate office. It’s right at 3 FEET LONG and weighed in at 67 POUNDS!

Chad Knaus & Sprint Cup Trophy cake

Final price of this cake was $850  upon delivery.  We made two of these cakes in the event there is any  problem with one of them.

A Yard long Lowes NASCAR cake just over 47lbs

This Sprint Cup NASCAR cake was completed for Team 48′s 4th consecutive attempt at the Sprint Cup championship as well as Jimmie Johnson’s birthday this week.  Keep in mind that this cake is 35 inches long, 13 inches wide & 10 inches high at the roof.  Final weight was 67 pounds of cake, icing and fondant.