A person's a person no matter how small!

Hello Dessert Works Fans!  Just dropping in to show off one of the cake we made for this past weekend.  Let us know what you think of this Dr. Seuss inspired design!

Here come the Grads!

Graduation season is upon us and it's not too late to order your favorite Grad a beautiful cake!  We have several graduation options available, as well as being able to create something custom with at least 2 weeks notice. Check out some graduation cakes we have done in the past!

A standard design is a great way to congratulate the new Graduate.  Flowers and ribbon colors 

can be changed to match  your schools colors!

This standard cake option incorporates our delicious chocolate covered strawberries, 

Buttercream flowers, and a small graduation cap and diploma.

This cake can also be customized with your choice of colors.  The graduation cap on top is 

made out of Rolled Chocolate and is completely edible!

This cake, stacked to look like school books, is considered a custom request.  

With at least 2 weeks notice, we can personalize it to fit the interests of your Graduate

This 2 tier cake includes many of the elements from the other cakes all rolled into one.  Rolled Chocolate Graduation Cap, Edible Image, Shooting stars... What more could the new grad want?

These are just a few examples of the many fun and festive graduation cakes we can do here at Dessert Works!  Never hesitate to stop in or call with any questions or to place your order!

Sneak Peak!

Hey Dessert Works friends!  We wanted to give you a quick sneak peak of a cake we were asked to make for a photo shoot.  This cake will be seen in an upcoming issue of a popular wedding magazine. We can't give away too many details, but here is a taste of whats to come!  Keep an eye out for the finished product!

Sharing the cake love!

Attention Dessert Works fans!  We are asking for your help!  Have you ordered a cake from Dessert Works and you were happy with the way it turned out?  Want to relive those cake memories!   Whether you took the picture, your photographer, a friend, whatever the case may be, we want to see and share your cake!  We love getting emails and Facebook posts with feedback and to see your cake proudly displayed.  You can email us at retail@dessertworks.net or post your pictures and comments to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/DessertWorksBakery.

Here are some of our fabulous customer submissions!

Hello Kitty

Hello Dessert Works Fans!  We wanted to show you a picture of a cake we did not too long ago that we are very proud of!  Take a look and let us know what you think!

Meet Sara!

Meet Sara

Head of the Pastry Department

Name:  Sara Griffin

Hometown:  Melrose, MA

Education:  I have my B.A. in Biology from Colby College.  I also attended the Professional Pastry Program at Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.

What does your job consist of?  I am head of the Pastry Department.  I am in charge of sending various kinds of pastries to our retail store, completing pastry orders for whole sale as well as customers, and decorating our icing cookies.  I also help out in other departments when I have time.  I am in charge of rolling out the dough to make cinnamon twists, poptarts, pies and galettes as well.

How did you end up at Dessert Works?  After college, I worked in a science lab for 6 years.  I left to pursue a career in pastry arts and before starting pastry school, I began looking for a pastry job in the Boston area and was lucky enough to land a job at Dessert Works.

What is your favorite item we have at Dessert Works?  I love the mini milky way, the opera torte, the red velvet individual and the cheesecake pops.

What is your favorite part of your job?  I love most everything!  From helping my coworkers, to piping linzer tarts, everything is rewarding.  Call me crazy, but I love the hustle and bustle of the holiday season!

Awww nuts!! (and other allergies)

Here at Dessert Works we realize that many people have different allergies and sensitivities to various food and we strive to accommodate everyone's needs.  In this weeks posting, we want to let you know of the different items we offer to fit your allergy needs.  With all of our products, we are very aware of cross contamination and keeping work areas separate.  Below we will fill you in on some of the items we offer that fit common food restrictions.

Gluten Allergy
For those of you who are not able to have gluten, you are in luck.  We have several delicious options for you to try.  We have our Flourless Chocolate Cake which is a rich fudgy cake available in an 8" size and by the slice.  We also have a Key Lime Tart which is made with a coconut and macadamia nut crust and is available in 8" and by the slice.  Our Opera Torte is made with an almond flour.  This is not really a flour at all, so don't worry.  It is simply almonds that have been finely ground.  We layer this almond cake with a mocha buttercream and an espresso ganache and is available in individual and mini pastry sizes.  We also can make a regular size cake using our almond flour, but we do require 2 weeks notice (it is well worth the wait!)  Finally, our Chocolate Dipped Macaroons are gluten free and are just enough to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Nut Allergies
While we do use nuts in the bakery, again, we are VERY careful to keep all of our equipment and ingredients separate from one another.  We do not have any peanuts in the bakery, but we do work with tree nuts.  With that being said, you should feel confident in ordering any items that does not have nuts as an ingredient, and that is most of our bakery items.  None of our cakes contain nuts and we are happy to make special notes on any orders. 

Dairy and Egg Allergies
We offer a dairy free chocolate cake here at Dessert Works that is made without eggs or cream.  We can fill the cake with apricot or raspberry preserves and decorate it with margarine frosting.  We do have a very limited selection of these cakes available in the store in 6" and 8" sizes with limited decorations.  For anything other than that, we require 7 days notice.

If you have any other questions about dietary needs, never hesitate to call us!