A Gift of Taste-Cake Boutique

Thank you to all of our customers for your business. After a couple decades serving Ventura county and beyond, the time has come for the business to close. Today is officially the last day for A Gift of Taste. It has been a pleasure doing business with all of you.

Buttercream icing with fondant decorations for a very special one year old. We need at least a months notice right now for any 3-D fondant decorations.

A little vintage with a little modern. All buttercream cake.

Can’t go wrong with macarons and cake.

Love these colors on this buttercream geode cake.

Semi naked cakes are still going strong this year. This one has a gold drip to dress it up a little.

Just a little 6” owl cake for the sweetest little girl.

Buttercream wedding cake with gold leaf.

I’ll never get tired of doing Hello Kitty cakes. This one was a full sheet cut-out.

We’ve been very short handed during Covid so we haven’t been posting much but we’re going to start posting more starting with this Reese’s chocolate mousse cake covered in chocolate ganache.

A new texture for us, a light, uneven diagonal spatula mark. Loved how it turned out.

How about a little honey to go with your morning tea? Buttercream icing with fondant daisies and bees. The honeycomb is a cake too.

Buttercream icing with all white chocolate decorations but the gumpaste bow.

A nice combination of different textures all buttercream, except of course, the candy pearls.

Who needs to be a unicorn cake when you’re a super cute horse cake? Buttercream icing with fondant decorations.

We hit the cake decorator’s jackpot by being able to do three of the fiesta embroidery cakes on Saturday.

Swipe ⬅️ to see up close photo of the buttercream scroll detail on this cake. Iced in buttercream.

Love the new colors and themes of baby shower cakes. This light and dark teal and gold “Oh Baby” themed cake is iced in buttercream.

A slightly offset buttercream iced cake wearing ribbons and bows.

So many beach cakes lately. All these are iced in buttercream with all white chocolate decorations.

Wishing you all a magical Monday. This unicorn is iced in buttercream with icing roses and fondant stars.

Just a few sheet cakes we’ve done recently since we got a call yesterday asking if we still do sheet cakes. Of course we do!

Buttercream icing with the design we fondly call “Twiggy” with gold leaf added. Fresh flowers by .flowers

Edible gold paint on buttercream icing with fresh flowers, such a pretty combination.

Gray and white cakes are always one of my favorites. Here’s a modern twist on a classic design with large gumpaste flowers and a bit of added sparkle.

Suspect cute Super Mario Bros cake iced in buttercream with fondant and white chocolate decorations and some characters brought in by our customer. Thanks Adam for trusting us with another one of your son’s cakes.

An all white simple, but oh so pretty, beach themed wedding cake iced in buttercream with white chocolate shells.

Just love these embroidery cakes!

Textures, colors and gold

You don’t have to wait for your 50th to celebrate with a cool ocean themed cake with white chocolate shells and coral.