Cake Options

Options for shapes and flavors are virtually unlimited. We would be happy to set up an opportunity for you to see our photo albums and to taste some samples. (Julie Durkee)

Designing Your Cake

• "Though the cakes we tried at the other bakeries were good . . ., we didn't have the same freedom to mix and match flavors as we did with Torino." (Barbara Roscoe)

Shapes

• ". . . some of the designs we saw in her repertoire amazed us. They were eye-buggin' jaw-droppers: vivid, multi-colored cakes in non-traditional shapes (slanted cylinders!) with stars jumping off of them, cakes in the shape of Volkswagen vans, as well as myriad versions of classic multi-tiered, frosted wedding cakes." (Barbara Roscoe)

• For a Caribbean-theme celebration, Durkee fashioned confectionery palm trees to jut out of the cake; for a bride who wanted to echo the four elements, she devised tiers dedicated to earth, air, fire, and water. She'll [Durkee] take cues from a wedding invitation or a Vera Wang dress and has baked sweets in the shape of shoes, a clawfoot bathtub, and a kewpie doll." (Christina Schmidhofer )

Flavors

• "Julie gave us a plate of a dozen or so different samples. Most had mousse fillings, but there were also a couple with lemon curd, a lovely, non-dairy alternative.(Barbara Roscoe)