Spa-Themed 50th Birthday Party Cake

We just received an e-mail from a client about one of our recent favorite cakes. It was a small cake for an intimate pampering party, but lots of work went into custom sculpting a figurine relaxing at the spa. She was designed to look like the birthday girl and was wrapped in a towel, had an avocado mask and sugar bubbles dangled from her feet and trailed down the side of the cake.

Because the accolades we received for this cake were so detailed, we wanted to share it:

"The cake was so beautiful and delicious! The ladies had a good laugh and my Mom couldn't get over the fact that [the sugar sculpture] was made to look like her...The size was perfect, everyone was able to have a good serving with some left over. One comment that was made by one of the women was that she is not a fan of icing, but yours was so subtle it didn't compete with the cake, but enhanced the taste of the chocolate filling...Quite honestly, I personally loved the bubbles trickling down the side and really liked how you took my suggestions and pictures and didn't replicate them, but used them to make it unique, customized and special so that it made it even a surprise for me when I opened the box (I was expecting a replica of the picture I sent and was so excited to see how you pulled all the elements together with a twist). All in all, it was delicious and you accomplished my main goals: keep the theme, have it taste "yummy," get the ladies to "ooh and aah" and possibly have a laugh at the resemblance between the figurine topper and my mom which we all found to be adorable!!!

Thank you, thank you for being so helpful and welcoming of my ideas, making the whole process rather "painless" and for really helping us top off the evening with such a special element. It really helped to bring the entire theme together."

-Nora