LeNovellle Cake

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艺术 | 蛋糕的诱惑

LeNovellle Cake（精品蛋糕）坐落于印尼的首都雅加达，这一家族面包店专供婚礼蛋糕，因为其精美绝伦的细节和气势磅礴的阵势，他们烘培出的蛋糕堪称史诗级作品。一块蛋糕往往高7米，被精雕细琢成各式形象，有的像童话故事中的城堡，有的好似天主大教堂，也有的宛如高耸如云的宝塔。这些“建筑”上的细节极为丰富，不论是塔楼、柱子，亦或阳台都栩栩如生。在大师们的培育下，着实将奇异的建筑风融入了蛋糕的烘培艺术中。
LeNovelle Cake, a family-run bakery in Jakarta, Indonesia, specializes in epic wedding cakes. From fairy-tale castles to glazed cathedrals and pagodas up to 7 meters tall and complete with detailed turrets, pillars and balconies, these guys can turn the most outlandish architectural design into a magnificent cake.

这家享誉世界的面包店成立于1993年，在那时期专做社区蛋糕生意，为近邻的亲朋好友们兜售生日蛋糕。随着业务的日益庞大，在2004年，以LeNovelle Cake品牌形象着手烘培婚礼蛋糕，其蛋糕形象设计也年年翻新、日趋复杂化。如今旗下拥有24位员工，一个月内每天工作12小时，全身心投入甜品创作中。
The world-famous bakery was founded in 1993 as a neighborhood cake business selling birthday cakes to friends and family, but it slowly grew and in 2004 it started selling wedding cakes under the LeNovelle Cake brand. Their designs have been getting more complex every year, and today they can have up to 24 people working 12 hours a day for over a month to complete just one of their sugar-coated masterpieces.

“我们往往一次承接几个项目，但烘制巨型蛋糕一般需要三周至一个月的时间，”Tiffany Riyadai，其父母是LeNovelle Cake的创办人，他向每日邮报诠释道：“蛋糕创作我们主张个性化，期望能以这种方式让我们的客户感受特权，即这款蛋糕是专为他们而制作的。”
“We take on several projects at a time but three weeks to one month is what we average on when making our large cakes,” Tiffany Riyadi, whose parents run LeNovelle Cake, told Daily Mail. ” We love putting in personal touches that show our clients their cake is truly made for them and is all about them.”

“运输这样带有建筑式结构的蛋糕，普通车无法满足要求，我们往往会用两辆卡车来搬运。同时，安排专业团队在一旁待命，修复途中损坏的地方，并将蛋糕一步步组装起来，做最后的微调和修饰，” Tiffany Riyadi继续说道：“我们最大的蛋糕需要五辆卡车来搬运，配有八人几小时不间断地拼装来完成佳作。”
“Usually we need two trucks to carry a structural cake. Otherwise, they won’t fit through a normal car door. We will then have a team of staff to repair any damage during transportation, assemble the cake and sugar flowers and do the finishing touches,” Tiffany Riyadi said. “The largest of our cakes required five trucks and eight man-hours to assemble.”

为了让蛋糕更深入人心，LeNovelle通常会用灯光予以装饰。“比如内饰灯，我们会在框架内挖空，嵌入一个小灯泡。根据客户的不同要求，灯可以用内置电池，亦或外接电源来发光，” Tiffany解释道。
To make the cakes even more impressive to look at, LeNovelle will often fit them with lighting. “For the interior lights, we hollow out the structure and install a small light bulb in it. Depending on the request we can then connect the cable to a battery, or simply connect the wires to a power outlet,” Tiffany said.

“对于蛋糕上的灯，我们用的是圣诞节的装饰灯，并将接线隐藏于糖花或水晶（选配）中。随后，覆盖一层方旦糖粉继续进行装饰，”她随即补充。
“For lights that wrap around the cake, we used normal Christmas lights and hide the cables between our sugar flowers or crystals as needed. Afterward, we cover the cakes in icing fondant and carry on with the decoration as normal,” she adds.

这些惊艳的城堡蛋糕只有部分可以食用，或许你会对此意兴阑珊。不过它们的细节颇为出彩，其中细节最为丰富的元素是由泡沫塑料制作而成，之后涂上一层方旦糖粉，再用糖花装饰。蛋糕的底部是可以食用的，有时候它的上一层也全部都可以品尝。而城堡的塔楼、拱门或阳台，只有表面可以吃。
You will be disappointed to learn that these breathtaking castles are only partially edible. The most detailed elements are actually made from Styrofoam which is then coated with fondant icing and decorated with sugar paste flowers. So while the base itself and sometimes the upper tiers are completely edible, when it comes to the towers, arches or balconies, only the outside can be eaten.

然而，LeNovelle Cake声称他们的确能烘制100%可食用的城堡蛋糕，只是还没有客户下单。因为造价可不低，另外也没人要这样的蛋糕（言外之意吃不了这么多，没必要浪费）。
However, LeNovelle Cake claims that they can create 100% edible castles as well, they just haven’t gotten an order for one yet. The cost of making such a decadent treat is too prohibitive, Riyadi claims, plus no one needs that much cake anyway.

LeNovelle Cake的精品蛋糕通常售价34,413.5元（约5,000美元）起，他们有史以来做过最贵的一款则售出3,441,350元（约500,000美元）。话又说回来，这样的价格可能堪比100枚钻石戒指了，不是么。
Prices for LeNovelle Cake’s elaborate creations start at $5,000, but the most expensive one they’ve ever made was sold for a whopping $500,000. The fact that it featured 100 diamond rings might have bumped up the price tag as well, though.

注：以上截图均来自官方Instagram，详情参见下方网址
Plz note that all the pics are snapped from the official Instagram below.
www.instagram.com/lenovellecake/

PS: 翻译到这儿，小编我也饿了，Mia要不要一起来吃蛋糕，约起来吧 😀
I’m gonna stop translating now for the hunger has found me. Mia do you wanna grab some cakes? Let’s hang out…^^

编译：BubbleSwan
Edited & Translated by BubbleSwan

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