Marla's cake [Click any view to enlarge] Hazelnut cake with dark chocolate praline ganache. Rolled fondant painted with images from 17th-century costume design. The miniature marzipan fruit are brushed with gold luster dust. Catherine's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Devils food cake with orange buttercream. Bookstore design inspired by Persian miniature paintings. Tom's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Devils food cake with hazelnut dacquoise and chocolate/hazelnut buttercream. Design inspired by the 1960's jazz record jacket designs of Jim Flora. Renata's cake Chocolate buttermilk cake with mocha buttercream, covered with rolled chocolate fondant. Painted with images of mythological beasts in the style of Greek red-figure vases. Vicki's Cake [Click any view to Enlarge] Golden butter cake with chocolate buttercream. The design is adapted from George Seurat's painting of the circus". Susan, Laura and Julian's cake [Click any view to enlarge] Golden butter cake filled with orange curd and dark chocolate ganache. The representations of the four elements and the personal symbolism of this family are painted in the manner of Delft tilework. Uta and Clemens's Cake [Click any view to enlarge] Almond cake with chocolate buttercream and vanilla-flavored rolled fondant. Visiting scientists wanted a cake to thank their New York colleagues. The images reflect their location in NY, their hometown of Cologne, Germany and the protein molecule that was the focus of their work. Peter's cake Hazelnut butter cake with dark chocolate ganache filling. Rolled fondant painted with images reminiscent of 19th-Century magicians' posters. Evan's cake Yellow butter cake with dark chocolate ganache filling. Yellow tinted rolled fondant with painted hummingbirds and orchids. Patricia's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Carrot cake with cream cheese filling and a lemon-flavored rolled fondant. Painted with a design taken from traditional Chinese costume embroidery. Kate's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Yellow buttercake with raspberry preserves and raspberry buttercream. The rolled fondant is decorated with Autumn leaves and marzipan bittersweet berries. Beth's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Chocolate buttermilk cake with orange buttercream covered with rolled fondant. An homage to Paul Klee. Gemma's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Chocolate buttermilk cake with French vanilla buttercream covered with rolled fondant. Aminal designs taken from Persian tiles. Jenn's cake Almond butter cake, raspberry preserves, hazelnut and almond dacquoise and mocha butter cream. Yellow tinted rolled fondant rubbed with powdered luster food color and painted with paste food colors in design inspired by an Arts and Crafts-style textile. Annika's cake Yellow butter cake with fresh strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream. Covered with rolled fondant and decorated to complement Annika's antique cake plates. Liz and Lane's Cake [Click to Enlarge] Yellow butter cake with chocolate buttercream covered with rolled fondant. Fish design inspired by tile work of William deMorgan. Bob's cake Vegan Orange cake with vegan orange curd filling and vegan chocolate "buttercream," covered with rolled fondant.