This round wedding cake was frosted in ivory buttercream and wrapped in a rust satin ribbon to match the wedding invitations. The sides of the cake were decorated with hand piped scroll work and leaves also in ivory buttercream. A wreath of gumpaste maple leaves was created for the top of the cake to match the leaves that were on the wedding invitation.
This small two tier square cake was adorned with handmade gumpaste green cymbidium orchids to match the bride’s bouquet.
The cake was also accompanied by a cupcake tower with 200 cupcakes in 3 different flavors.
A bride, who I made a wedding cake for this past weekend (will post pics of that later), asked me to make a birthday cake for her father. His birthday was just a few days before the wedding so with all the family in town she was having a party for him. He was an officer in the Navy for many years and was stationed in Hawaii which is where the bride grew up. It was a tradition that the wives of the crewman would make a huge lei of flowers that would then be placed on the submarine as it came into port from being out at sea. She asked if I could recreate a submarine with a Hawaiian lei on the cake for her dad.
This was the largest wedding cake I’ve made so far. It was four tiers and served about 200 people. I estimate that it weighed just over 40 pounds. The cake was frosted in buttercream and then decorated with chocolate fondant branches and fondant leaves in fall colors to match the brides flowers.
At the reception site there was also a classic cake topper added to the cake.
This shoebox cake was for a 50th birthday party. The customer asked I incorporate her favorite brand Via Spiga, and her favorite color purple. I decorated the cake to look like a Via Spiga shoebox and created a purple platform shoe out of gumpaste, as well as a purple wallet.
The cupcakes for this tower were baked in silver and navy cupcake papers to match the wedding colors. The top tier was covered in navy fondant and decorated with a silver monogram and two purple alstroemeria flowers.
This elaborate cupcake “buffet” display was created for a vineyard themed wedding. There were four different cupcake flavors, each baked in a different color paper and topped with a vineyard themed topper (wine bottles, wine glasses, and grapes). They were displayed on a custom decorated tower that was topped with a small tier adorned with vines and grapes.
Having known many friends in High School who played Dungeons & Dragons my initial reaction to making a 20 sided die cake was YES! I can do that!
As the date of the delivery approached I started to realize just what I had gotten myself into. Carving a cake that has 20 different sides was a lot more difficult than I had imagined. Keeping track of all 20 sides alone is enough to give anyone a headache. I bought a real 20-sided die to use as my model which was a very smart move. In the end I was able to produce a cake with 20 sides, and the customer was very pleased with the result.
This cake was a surprise for a groom who majored in Classical Guitar in college. The bride told me he was very surprised and absolutely loved it. The cake flavor was Guinness chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, what guy wouldn’t love a guitar made of beer and chocolate!
This was my first cake delivered during a hurricane. Okay, not quite, but due to Hurricane Irene the wedding was moved up a day. Luckily I was able to finish the cake and deliver it just in time. The bride wanted something simple and elegant. The cake is covered in ivory fondant with a moss green satin ribbon wrapped around each tier. There is also a delicate pearl fondant border around each tier. The cake was topped with fresh yellow roses and surrounded by matching cupcakes as well as fresh rose petals.
