Boston Cake Baker Goes Hollywood!
Calling all movie-lovin' brides! If you're a fan of romantic comedies than you're probably already hip to the fact that wedding movies are the newest trend in Hollywood, and they're proving to be huge hits at the box office (Think 27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl and Made of Honor with Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan). Celebrities aren't the only ones making their claim to fame in these hilarious rom-coms – some wedding vendors are getting their big moment in the limelight too.
Meet Jessa Sahakian, owner and pastry chef at Yum Bunnies Cakery in Belmont, MA. Known for their bold and whimsical cake designs the gang at Yum Bunnies has not one, but two big screen appearances lined up for 2009. And while Jessa and her staff wont be in front of the camera, a few of her cake creations will. First the prop master from Pink Panther 2 (due out February 6, 2009) stumbled upon the cakes in Jessa's window display and she was asked to make 12 portrait cakes and one wedding cake, then Jessa received a call from the crew of Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner's new movie The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past in which McConaughey plays a bachelor haunted by the ghosts of his relationship past while attending his younger brother's wedding.
"They needed a huge wedding cake," says Jessa. "We ended up making nine in total -- some real, some fake – and one was even rigged."
Jessa says staging and shooting a cake scene took a lot more effort than one would imagine, but overall it was a lot of fun.
"We got to go to the set where we met Jennifer Garner," she says. "She was super nice, and we spotted Matthew McConaughey and Michael Douglas, too. The crew was very nice to us, and they gave us a tour and explained the process of shooting a cake scene."
For more information on how to have one of Jessa's quirky cake creations make a cameo appearance at your wedding, visit the Yum Bunnies Cakery official site or call (617) 484-3300. Plus, find hundreds of cake inspirations from real weddings here.
