Special Projects

You never know when you might need a special recipe for an unusual purpose.

For a promotional TV spot created by Conaway Brown for the Memphis Zoo’s 25th anniversary, director Ed Griffith needed a cake suitable for gorillas and orangutans
to enjoy on camera.

The zoo’s primate curator had some stringent guidelines for the ingredients —no dairy, no sugar, and lots of vegetables. We went to work creating a prototype, and then collaborated with Seessel’s head baker John Barnard, who produced the 12 cakes needed for the shoot. Click on the image below to see the results (11 MB QuickTime Movie file).