Chocolate cake with penuche filling, it was a large cake for 210 guests. I loved this cake when it was done, it was a clean design and the best part it was all delicious buttercream.
To do it yourself grab a large star tip, start in the center of the flower and circle outward. Continue with your flowers around the cake.
On a warm perfect day Allison and her love Ryan exchanged vows in the vibrant garden of the Harkness Mansion that resides with all its majestic glory off the eastern waters on the Connecticut coast.
Making this cake was a labor of love, as a friend of the bride’s family. I am die hard fan of this family that has so much love for each other and an unyielding capacity during important family events it seems to always remember this moment together is all we have. They are masters of sharing their love with others and all the while partying like the rock stars that they are.
Allison wanted her cake to have a tier of red velvet with a cream cheese filling and a tier of white cake with a mixed berry and cream filling. The theme of the wedding matched the vibrant hues of the gardens with small accents of peacock feathers. A clean and modern reception design that was simply gorgeous like the bride. Her sense of fun while supporting the arts was mirrored in her choice of cake toppers from Etsy.com. Thank you Allison and Ryan for asking me to make your cake and for a wonderful evening of dancing, food and friends.
A rural vintage wedding under a beautiful tent with long tables for the guests. Bell jars with the look of just handpicked flowers from the field ran the length of the table runners which matched the color of and complimented the antique pine boxes that decorated the bar and dessert table. Everything resembled how I would imagine an afternoon in the 1940′s, I wanted to sit down on this perfect summer day, laugh with friends, toast the couple, all while having one of their tall icy lemonades. Then continue the celebration by dancing all night to the retro band I watched setting up. The band looked the part for this wedding perfectly, handsome men wearing wing tipped shoes, white shirts with their sleeves rolled up and different vintage vests.
Oh yeah the cake, it was marble butter cake with hazelnut filling, moist carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and fluffy white almond cupcakes with a lighter milk chocolate buttercream. The bride asked for the cupcakes and cake to have the country style hand frosted look, which looked perfect with the small paper flags she made and more of her flowers.
The first wedding cake of the season, a yummy dark chocolate with an Italian penuche filling. A modern design made to accent the gold and silver themed reception.
To make the design I pressed fondant onto a large ornate button for the circular designs. The strips were fondant again pressed onto a grater box, the smallest grate side, cut to shape then painted with gold and silver luster dusts. I then applied them with royal icing and added the dragees for a little bling when the lights hit the cake. It was a beautiful small evening wedding.
The bride for this cake had this specific design in mind. I was looking forward to doing the buttercream roses she wanted most of the time I make sugar paste or fondant flowers.
When piping roses I loosen up on the Wilton style rose rules and try to have some fun. I think they look so much prettier when you put some of your own personal style in the mix. I used the Swiss meringue buttercream recipe I always use and froze the flowers before I applied them to the cake. In the end I think cake looked vintage and sweet.
A fabulous four tiers. The bottom tier is vanilla bean cake with fresh strawberries and a creamy buttercream center. The middle two tiers are carrot cake with fresh pineapple and carrots that make it incredibly moist and delicious with a cream cheese filling. The brides cake at the top is strawberries and creamy buttercream again. The cake is finished with a smooth decadent Swiss meringue buttercream.
The day was gorgeous, the bride beautiful and the setting amazing.
I owe a huge thank you to Karen Leaf, photographer extraordinaire. Her photographs are incredible, as you can see. I found her to be a genuinely kind and helpful person. A very important attribute to have I would think when you are having one of the most important days of your life. You can find her on line www.karenleaf.com. She also does affordable half hour sessions to take wonderful portraits of you or your children and even your beloved pets.
