Ana Parzych Cakes

ting married at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden instead of ordering a special design, flavor or groom's cake. In fact, there was a slight slip when Garry forgot to send us our cake samples for our food tasting. He, though, recognized his mistake and sent us samples via Fed Ex to our apartment! Cake was beautiful and delicious, too!

the superb taste of her cakes, we knew we couldn't go anywhere else. We'd been to many weddings in the past, and the cakes varied in look from typical wedding cake to, "Oh, that's pretty." Taste-wise they ranged from "Ugh," and pushing the plate away (had to be pretty bad for me to turn down cake) to "Not bad. Pretty good." With Ana's cakes it was, "OH MY GOD! Are you serious?! How good is this???" They were sheer heaven to taste. I have never had cake that good in my life. Just thinking about it now makes my mouth water, in fact. Man, I wish I had some cake... Anyway, we made an appointment and drove out to her studio in Connecticut. She was great to talk to and very interested in hearing details on what exactly we were looking for. I showed her a picture of a cake I really liked, and she used that to build on for the wedding cake. For the groom's cake we asked her if she could create a drum kit, as my now-husband is a drummer and that's how we met. Ana was very excited about that possibility, as she said she had done other musical instruments before but not a drum set, and it was clear that she relished a new challenge. She asked for specific details on all the components of a drum kit, and requested that my groom send her photos of his actual kit so she could recreate it. Our visit to her studio was well worth the drive, as we were able to meet with her one-on-one and really feel like we'd picked the absolute right person for the job. And of course, we had a chance to eat more cake! Divine! We almost fainted from happiness! On our wedding day, we could not have been more pleased with the results. Our wedding cake was stunning. She'd taken the picture I'd shown her and created a floral masterpiece, with sugar flowers so real that some guests never realized they weren't, and when my groom bit into one, one of the other guests at the table gasped at his eating an "actual" flower! Ha! Ana had also found an elegant way to tie in our main wedding color as an accent on the cake. As to the groom's cake, it was a major hit. There were many fellow musicians, naturally, and they crowded around the cake table staring and studying. They were extremely impressed to see how exact a duplication it was, which was easy to see as the drum kit it was based on was also in that very room (I couldn't pass up a chance to have my new husband play a song or two at his own reception). She got every detail right, down to the small sugar drumsticks! And then, for people to see that it tasted just as good as it looked!! Ana's cakes were worth every penny. Her high level of professionalism, creativity and attention to detail, and her artistry both in design and taste speak for themselves. I don't know how you could find anyone better. She made our wedding day even more special, and we asked to keep her sketches of our cakes, as the sketches alone are gorgeous artwork and we plan on framing them as a reminder of our amazing day.