Wedding Cakes

This wedding cake consisted of two square tiers of vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream filling.

I began by making the flowers for the cake so that they would have time to harden. I did make some of them nearer the time so that they could go straight onto the cake and be tweaked into place. … continue reading ‘Lilac Wedding Cake’

This cake was made for a wedding reception held in London.

My client had seen a similar cake but wanted different coloured flowers and edible jewels on her cake. … continue reading ‘Jewel & Rose Wedding Cake’

This cake is a two tiered sponge cake filled and covered with vanilla butter cream.

Each cake consists of one layer of white sponge, one of pink sponge and one of yellow sponge.

The first thing I did was to make the flowers. My client gave me a swatch of the fabric from the bridesmaids dresses. I made flowers in various shades of this colour. … continue reading ‘Floral Wedding Cake’

This cake was made for an intimate wedding celebration.

My client was having a small number of guests and wanted a miniature wedding cake. The tiers of this cake were 6″, 5″ and 4″

She was very sure of the style she wanted. … continue reading ‘Black Polka Dot Wedding Cake’

This is an interview with Carley Roney who is the co founder and editor in chief of The Knot. … continue reading ‘Choosing your Wedding Cake’

This cake was made for a wedding to match an ivory and chocolate brown colour scheme.

The bottom tier was a round 10 inch cake with overlapped sections of ivory fondant. I measured the circumference of the cake and divided it into inch wide sections. I cut pieces of rolled fondant that were an inch and a quarter in width and laid them over the sides of the cake, overlapping them as I went. … continue reading ‘Brown Ribbon Wedding Cake’

This Wedding cake was designed to match the ribbons and jewels of the bride’s wedding dress.

It was a three tiered cake comprising fruit cake, chocolate cake and a dummy polystyrene tier

The first two tiers were covered in marzipan and ivory fondant, the top tier was covered in ivory fondant. … continue reading ‘Ribbon and Jewel Wedding Cake’

This wedding cake was made for a summer wedding with the reception in a marquee decorated with daisies and some wild flowers.

The main colour on the cake is pale eucalyptus. It has pale yellow and white daisies and brush embroidery decorations.

The sponge was moist lemon with lemon butter cream. I covered each tier with marzipan and pale eucalyptus fondant icing. … continue reading ‘Daisy Wedding Cake’

This is the one of the most ambitious cakes I have made so far. I made it to display at the Squires Kitchen Annual exhibition.

It is completely over the top and I love the design which reflects the design of a wedding dress.

I started a the top and worked down with this cake. … continue reading ‘Wedding Dress Wedding Cake’