Sweet Cheeks recently had the opportunity to work on an incredible project - a styled photo shoot at the famous Twin Palms Frank Sinatra Estate. The shoot came to life under the creative direction of Melody Ponce, wedding planner and designer at Winner Circle Events. It was an honor for Sweet Cheeks to team up [...]
Moving high class and urban chic to the downtown San Diego harborside, the new Intercontinental is not only the coolest new wedding venue in San Diego with spectacular views but already one of our favorite venues and happiest new clients! The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) wisely hired in a killer F&B team, led by two [...]
Holy Cow! It's INCREDIBLE!!! We're already celebrating 10 YEARS??? The Perfect "10" Cake - Citrus with Raspberry cream 1, Pistachio with Almond buttercream 0 When the 2 of us Cheeks started out, during the financial crusher of 2007, we never dreamed we'd soon be creating 400+ wedding cakes a year or that we'd be [...]
Happy Birthday, Gale Gand, from Sweet Cheeks Baking Co! One of FOOD Network's finest pastry chefs and James Beard Award Winning Chef celebrated her birthday during this year's outstanding San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival - specifically during the first annual ONE WORLD BEEF - "Celebrate the Chef" Event that the festival showcased. The [...]
NO-NO'S in the summer heat: 3-piece suits Hot metal seats (Yeeeouch!) short dresses! Continued thoughts on a hot, sunny day... This is really a tip for both the hosts AND the guests. We all have that infamous friend (or girlfriend of friend) who wears the inappropriately short dress (OK, guest, here is the tip I [...]
Ahh, we all LOVE our beach and our beautiful SUNSHINE here in San Diego! Newscasters have it easy here, temps average 70-80 degrees with little chance of rain or otherwise. However... there we were, again in mid-September, with OVER 100-DEGREES hitting the thermostats inside and out, causing harm to our favorite delectable condiment: BUTTER CREAM! [...]
http://vimeo.com/106079012 We get asked regularly to provide amazing cakes for photo shoots (which is very flattering but impossible to keep up with), but Holy Cannoli, this is one gorgeous photo shoot we did at Loew's Coronado Bay Resort! Glad we said yes! ;) Quite a spectacular team of Wedding Professionals, led by Suher Haidar & [...]
La Jolla Cove has some of the best ocean views that San Diego has to offer. So, when a couple chooses to have their wedding in La Jolla, La Jolla Cove Suites offers some amazing wedding options for the Cove-loving couple. The cake was filled with beautiful pastel yellows, which was just darling, and the [...]
DREAM Bridal Affair is an amazing event. Hosted by Alchemy Fine Events, Isari Flower Studio, and Luna Photo, DREAM gives couples in San Diego who are getting married the opportunity to explore unique and distinctive options when it comes to wedding design, tastes, and details. In its second year, the DREAM event drew over 200 people to The W Hotel in downtown San [...]
Riverwalk logo sugar cookies Mini gingerbread cupcakes on rhinestone display Finding great outdoor events spaces in San Diego seems simple, but it can be challenging. What a treat to find a great spot like Riverwalk Golf Course, which showcases not only the lush, pastoral calm from the rolling greens but also [...]
