Tampa Bakery Makes Goat Cakes for GOAT
Hayley Hines reports.
Tampa, Florida – Tampa bakery makes headlines with goat birthday cake for GOAT
You’ve probably seen GOAT cakes a few times by now. It was played all over the internet and on national television.
The Sweet Sweet Goat was baked by GOAT’s own Tom Brady to celebrate his 45th birthday. A majestic mammal masterpiece has been crafted by Tampa bakery The Cake Girl. It is now loved all over the country.
It came with curved fondant horns, a line of buttercream fur, and a head filled with vanilla cake and Super Bowl wishes. A goat has never looked so good. The story of this cake began with a call from the Bucks who turned away Leonard Fournette.
Kristina Lavallee, founder and CEO of The Cake Girl, said, “He was like, ‘Oh, I need a cake for Tom.’ You mean Tom Brady?”
Yes, that Tom. This week, Fournette ordered his GOAT a custom his birthday cake with his image and tweeted, “Happy early birthday to my old head @tombrady.” He called on the Tampa cake girls to make it happen.
“He said, ‘I want a goat.’ Am I like a 3D goat? Face? Body?” Lavallee shared. “So we sent him some ideas and he said that’s exactly what I want.”
It took three large-sized cakes, a lot of cutting and carving, meticulous piping, and “choosing the perfect color and airbrushing all the little details.”
It took a total of 8 hours of work, 4 of which I spent alone decorating.
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“I knew it had to be perfect. I mean, it was for Tom,” Lavallee said.
Fournette posted the photo on social media. They spread across national media from ESPN to his TMZ. After that, calls and messages began pouring in from all over the country.
“Everybody had their eye on that cake,” Lavallee said. “Even under the post itself, many people ask how much is this cake? Can you reproduce it or can you make this type of cake?”
good question. What is the goat price?
“A lot of money,” Lavallee laughed. “Such a cake is obviously not cheap just because it’s a lot of work. But it’s a few hundred dollars.”
Lavallee grew up in Puerto Rico.
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“I started making bread when I was a little girl,” she said.
She graduated from UCF and took The Cake Girl from a farmer’s market to a dessert truck and finally bricks and mortar.
“I would never have thought like where we are today,” Lavallee said. “I appreciate it very much.”
Now the burning problem remains.
“I just want to know if Tom Brady liked the cake,” Lavallee said.
QB follows a strict diet. But perhaps GOAT can make an exception for “best cake ever”.
“Little Birdie said they were out of cake, which is a good sign. I think they really liked it,” Lavallee shared.
