Jewish Question?!
Jewish Question?
Is there a Barmitvah cake? This is a serious question a client of mine is a baker and we're marketing all sorts of occasions for her online website.
Her cakes are really good so i'm totally trying to get her business..
Answers:
There is no specific tradition to have a cake at a Bar or Bat mitzvah. however, most people do as the occassion takes the place of a birthday party, complete with cake.
However, there is no specific shape or style for the cake - often, with non-observant families where the Bar/Bat mitzvah is more of a social and cultural event rather than a religious one, you find that the Bar/Bat mitzvah has a theme (I have been to enchanted forest, dinosaurs, sports, fairies etc- and yep- a lot of themes are inappropriate given the nature of the occassion...) and the cake is designed to fit into the theme. Rather advertise the making of themed cakes etc than trying to come up with a generic bar/bat mitzvah cake.
An important note here:
Unless your friend has kosher certification, they will not be used by Orthodox Jews and many Conservative Jews. They will get business from Reform/Reconstructionist/Renew... Jews, but then definitel concentrate on themes etc as those denominations view these occassions as a cultural celebration and do not worry about Jewish law.
It is customary to have a cake at both a bar and a bat mitvah. Here are some examples:
http://www.creativecakes.com/gallery%20p...