Sea-Inspired Cakes
With the life aquatic as their muse, sisters Brenda and Mary Maher, of the
Chicago bakery Cakegirls, dream up five stunners sure to make a splash.
Bamboo Tower
For an elegant take on the bamboo torches and huts found at tropical locales, the Mahers rendered this minimalist interpretation by hand-shaping dozens of fondant reeds in varying lengths. The bakers then notched the stalks and affixed them in alternating directions to tiers of two different heights.
For an elegant take on the bamboo torches and huts found at tropical locales, the Mahers rendered this minimalist interpretation by hand-shaping dozens of fondant reeds in varying lengths. The bakers then notched the stalks and affixed them in alternating directions to tiers of two different heights.


