Well Preserved

Full disclosure item 1: You can`t buy these cakes in Toronto.  They are from Halifax although the chef tours from time to time.
Full disclosure item 2: I am biased as the subject of this article is my cousin.
Full disclosure item 3: Some of these cakes are not suitable for minors. We will give you warning before giving you access – some of these cakes have made even the most comfortable blush.
Full disclosure item 4: If you`re not into adult cakes, there are plenty of family friendly and amazing things to browse on her site.

With all the legal beagle stuff out of the way, let`s talk cake!

My cousin Shauna is a full time independent baker.  She makes cake, cupcakes and sweets of all sizes.  She is a sculptor as much as a baker and has a following of almost 700 fans on FaceBook (her group contains almost 300 pictures of her amazing cakes – if you`re signed up you can access the group here).  She also has website with a few samples that you can check out here.

This was for a fundraiser that Shauna was a contributing sponsor to – the feather boa is the only inedible portion of the cake.  It featured 14 pounds of fondant and was more than 2 feet tall:

Her process is amazing – it seems like she can create anything out of cake.  In addition to amazing wedding cakes and `fancy cakes`, I love her 3-dimensional dump trucks (wheels are the only thing touching the ground), a vertically standing R2D2, real-sized designer hand bags, shoes, boats and planes.  Shauna will work from the top of her head to create a design or work from photos that you give to her to design something to your liking.  Speaking of liking, she also makes cakes featuring the human anatomy (sometimes even wrapped in leather…).  Some of these even contain airplane bottles of liquor that are to be drunk from the cake.  If you`re not a little shocked by some of the pics – keep looking.    We`ve placed the tamest of the bunch in this post

The following was designed by Elissa Strauss (of New York City):

These final two leave me speachless:

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Shauna was in town this weekend for a cousin’s wedding – 3 amazing cakes (a 3 or 4 foot high traditional cake, a groom’s cake which was modeled after Bon Jovi’s guitar and a birthday cake that looked like a cheeseburger and french fries).  If the pics turned out, we’ll share them soon.