Bridal Shower and Wedding Cake

First there was a bridal shower.... The bride and groom love chocolate chip cookies, so I encorporated that into the cake.

 Then there was a wedding.... A simple design and inside was carrot cake with cream cheese icing.

I usually make back-up sugarpaste letters for my cakes, in case anything happens during transport.  This time, they came in handy to add to the candy buffet that the bride put together.

Wedding Cake with a Hint of Purple and Football

Several year ago, the groom was the recipient of this Raider's Helmet Cake.  I had fun keeping this cake simple and elegant with a touch of purple, a touch of the Raiders and also the couple's two cats.  I didn't get a good close-up of the handmade sugarpaste characters - but I wanted it to look "Superman-like". 

Wedding Cake with Grey Accents

One of my favorite cake designs - so simple and elegant.  This wedding cake was delivery to the lovely venue, The Berkeley Church.  All 3 cake tiers were chocolate sour cream with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream.

Black, White and Green Wedding Cake

Welcome November!  Here's a sweet black and white with a hint o' green wedding cake.  This cake was inspired by a wedding cake I did a few years ago.

 The 3-tiers of cake were strawberry vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream.

Gold and Blue Wedding Cake

A simple and elegant wedding cake with gold and blue accents and handmade sugarpaste characters of the bride and groom.

Green and White Wedding Cake

A year ago, I made this little cupcake to congratulate one of my regular clients on her engagement.

A few weeks ago, she had her wedding day.  I love this green tone and how the handmade sugarpaste peonies turned out.  The cake was alternating layers of strawberry vanilla cake and vanilla bean cake, filled with strawberry buttercream and covered with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.

Pink and Gold Wedding Cake

Handmade sugarpaste flowers and handmade edible sugar sequins.... such a gorgeous cake!  Pretty challenging... but so worth it!  The wedding took place at the gorgeous Roof Salon at the Toronto Park Hyatt.  Stunning place!

This wedding cake design was inspired by a design by the very talented couture cake artist, The Caketress.

Pink and Gold Wedding Cake

I had the pleasure of creating this wedding cake for one of my dearest friends and her wonderful husband.  She was very easy going and not picky about the design.  I was also her bridesmaid so she wanted me to do whatever was easiest.  She gave me a color palette of her flowers and said she liked square cake tiers.  

 

The wedding was at the lovely, Graydon Hall Manor in Toronto.  It was a perfect wedding weekend of events.  I loved how the handmade sugarpaste flowers and final design turned out.

As I said in my Instagram post, each petal was worth it!

4-tier Wedding Cake and a Set-up Tip!

I had the pleasure of making this elegant 4-tier wedding cake with handmade sugarpaste orchids (my favourite!!) and gold accents.  The cake was chocolate sour cream cake and strawberry vanilla cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.

Here's another photo of the cake with flash.  Make sure you check out my facebook page to see the gorgeous photo that the bride posted.

Cake Decorators Tip:  Always bring a level tool!  Actually in this case, I didn't need a level because the cake table was ridiculously wobbly.  You spend so much time levelling each tier and stacking the cake perfectly, so it really sucks when the table is not level.

I will not mention the venue because they were very nice, as helpful as they could be and vowed to get a new table for cakes.  I'm not sure if you can see, but the table is a little "battered", on an elevated platform that also wasn't too steady and the resolution was actually a pad of paper tucked in all corners of the stand to keep it level.  However, in the end, I was satisfied with what they could do and they also allowed me to take photos of the paper-tucked table.

So, my tip is to have the venue help resolve the issue to your satisfaction and document it somehow.  If you are still uncomfortable, make sure you have the table moved to a different lower traffic area or set up the table somewhere else. 

Ruffled Wedding Cake

On a gorgeous fall Sunday, I delivered this wedding cake to the beautiful McLean House at the Estates of Sunnybrook.  I would say it was the most perfect day!

I loved where the cake table was set up by the staircase.  It was perfect for this 3-tiered large ruffled wedding cake with a matching ruffled pedestal that the bride provided.

I love how this cake design came together - I felt like I was putting delicate large petals on this cake.  I was also able to surprise the bride by creating a sugar flower that matched the flower design on her wedding dress.

Isn't this a lovely view from the top of the staircase?

5 Years Ago: My First Wedding Cake

I was just reminded that it has been 5 years since I made my first wedding cake!  I had made practice wedding cakes with styrofoam and special occasion cakes, but this was my first "real" wedding cake!

I felt so honored that my friend, Denise, would trust me to make her wedding cake.  It was her famous flourless chocolate cake recipe and the design required a freehand embossing technique.   I also remember offereing to give her the cake as her wedding gift.  She thought it was too generous so she had to give me something for the down payment.  She ended up giving me her triathlon wetsuit as I doing a lot of races that year.

Here are some photos of me setting up that wedding cake 5 years ago.  I was so nervous throughout the process but excited.  I dreamed that it would one day be my career, not just a hobby.

Fast forward 5 years.... hundreds of cakes later... Thank you so much for stopping by, reading my blog, leaving comments along the way and your continued business.

Happy 5 year Wedding Anniversary to Denise and Roland!  You'll never know how much it meant that your trusted me with your wedding cake and how it really kicked off my career!

Wedding Sweet Table

I had the pleasure of doing another sweet table at Cedar Ridge Creative Center.  It was the same place that I had my wedding almost 2 years ago.

It was a very long Sweet Table and the bride also added in a little candy station and do-it-yourself s'mores station.  Don't you just love that "Just Married" banner which the bride purchased on Etsy.

The color theme was canary yellow which was very fun to coordinate in the sweets which included:  mini zesty lemon cupcakes, mini cinnamon rolls, cookie dough bites, lemon crinkle cookies, rice krispie dipped in chocolate, triple chocolate brownies, kettle corn and a 3-tier strawberry vanilla cake.

Here's are some photos of the wedding cake with handmade sugarpaste peonies.

4-tier Wedding Cake with Sugarpaste Orchids

Oh, how I love orchids!  When I create them out of sugarpaste, I love the process of creating each petal over the course of the week, dusting them with petal dust, putting them together and then finally placing them on the cake.

Ever since I made this bridal shower cake, I couldn't wait to make this wedding cake.  I loved how it all came together when I set it up at the wedding venue, The Church at Berkeley.

The flavors were chocolate sour cream cake with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream (bride's favorite) and zesty lemon butter cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream (groom's favorite).

The very next morning, I received this email from the bride, "Thank you sooo much. You truly outdid yourself this time! That cake was STUNNING!! People couldn't stop talking about it! The orchids?!! Oooh la la!!!! A-ma-z-ing!"  That sure made my day... actually, it made my week!  I love what I do!

Peacock-Inspired Wedding Cake

I love the idea of a peacock-inspired designs and use of the sharp colors.  This wedding cake also had elevated tiers so I could add some extra gold ribbon to enhance the design.

This wedding was held at the Capitol Event Theatre but was a little dark while I was setting up, so the photos are not the best as I had to use my flash.

The cake was alternating layers of vanilla bean and strawberry vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream.

And here is the Instagram-ized photo.  Am I following you on Instagram?  Leave me your handle and I'll come find you!

Silvery Wedding Cake

It's been a long time since I've had time to create a display cake.  I had a photoshoot last month, so it was the perfect opportunity to try out some techniques.  I wanted to create an unique shaped wedding cake with an elevated tier and some silver accents.

 Just playing around with some photo editing software.

Have a great week!  I'll see you Friday with a little St. Patrick's Day post!

Black & White Wedding Cake

Today is just a short and simple post..... a simple and elegant Black & White wedding cake.   I love how black and white work so well together.

The top tier was vanilla butter cake with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream.  The middle tier was strawberry vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream.  The bottom tier was chocolate sour cream cake with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream.

Elegant and Tall Wedding Cake

A few weekends ago, I had the pleasure of making this wonderfully tall wedding cake.  The wedding was held at the wonderful setting of Canoe which is on the 54th floor overlooking Toronto.

The cake tiers were double-tall cake tiers - strawberry vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream on the top two tiers and chocolate sour cream with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream on the bottom tier.

 

This avocado green cake design was inspired by one of my favorite cake artists, Rich Reichart, from Cakelava in Hawaii.  I was lucky enough to take his first ever class back in March - see blog post.

 

 Hope everyone is enjoying their summer - see you next Tuesday!