I made this floral wedding cake myself and gifted it to our friends for their first marriage ceremony. I called it the love cake. Our friends were impressed by this cake and the specially set up, selected colours of the flowers, which represent happiness and warmness. Steps for Making the Floral Wedding Cake I spent … Read more
My friend asked me to make her a beach themed wedding cake. She got married in Hawaii and had the reception a few months later here in MA and needed a cake. My friend asked me to make her a beach themed wedding cake. She got married in Hawaii and had the reception a few … Read more
This birch bark wedding cake is one of my most favorite to date. I run a homebased cake business, so when I had a bride requeset this style cake I was a little nervous of pulling it off. But I was quick to find out that it would be an enjoyable task to create this … Read more
Made this Rose Petal cake for a bridal shower, I used 3 8” layer to reach my desired height. When leveled I believe the bottom tier measured a bit over 5 1/2“s. The top layer was a full 3” high 6” cake. Covered all cakes using butter-cream. The petals were made with a round cutter … Read more
This engagement cake was made for an engagement party held in May. Steps for Making the Engagement Cake I started off by baking two 11″ x 15″ vanilla cakes and then layering them with vanilla buttercream. I tinted some vanilla buttercream with sky blue and gave the cake a crumb coat. Once that set, I … Read more
This was the first wedding cake I ever made. I was married on October 8, 2011. While planning the wedding we ran into numerous problems (ruined wedding dress, photographer quit with 25 days to go, etc.) including the cost of a wedding cake. I talked to several bakeries and one price was $415 for 260 … Read more
I made this Gothic wedding cake for my son’s wedding which was on Halloween. They came to me and asked if I could make a very strange and different cake. They wanted it to be teal and black and have offset square layers. They also wanted silver spikes around it. My mind raced with ideas. Early Preparations … Read more
I made this cake for a good friend’s wedding, in which I was also a bridesmaid. It was my first wedding cake and had to feed 130 people and hold up to August heat at an outdoor wedding! Talk about stress! I made all of the flowers out of royal icing 2-3 weeks before the … Read more
This Seashells wedding cake was a lot of fun to make. I traveled 7 hours with the baked layers and then completed the cake the day before the wedding. The cake is chocolate fudge with chocolate buttercream, ivory vanilla fondant covers the 10, 8, 6″ layers. The ceramic cake top was provided by the bride … Read more
This is my 1st wedding cake and I was asked by my daughter to make this one for her special day. She gave me a picture of the design she had chosen. The cake had 4 tiers: The bottom was an 11” vanilla sponge cake The next tier was a 9” cake dummy covered in … Read more
I was asked to make a wedding cake for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. I normally only do birthday cakes but told her I would be up to the challenge. She told me what colors and that she wanted a tiered cake and how many people would be attending. I started out with a 13” round … Read more
I made this castle cake for a friend’s wedding. The cake is made up of five 14 inch round cakes and five 8 inch round cakes. The castle was made up of turrets made out of circular cardboard tubes wrapped up in pink fondant. The body of the castle is made up of cake and … Read more