Sugar Paste Orchid Wedding Cake

The wedding was beautiful, and the bride looked amazing!

The Sugar Paste Orchids looked great on the cake, and most importantly the bride was happy.

Now excuse me while I crawl back into bed to recover.......

December Wedding

A few months ago I mentioned that I had been asked to make a wedding cake in December - well it was December 1st to be exact!

So last week I was working on the lovely Cath and Andrews wedding cake.

The weather was against me as it was very hot and humid for days leading up to the wedding (icing really doesn't like that!).  However despite the weather challenges it was done and ready for a beautiful Saturday afternoon wedding.

Happy wedding day Cath and Andrew!

  

October bride

Earlier this year I was asked to do a cake for the lovely Jess's wedding in October.

She is having a beautiful small wedding the Hunter Valley with lace on her dress and babies breath for her bouquet......

            

The Wedding Cake

Being a stubborn, overreaching individual with an primary focus on making sure that this wedding was unique to J and I, I made sure that the four months we had to prepare and execute a wedding were both stressful and busy!

My first major decision was to make the wedding cake.

Seeking an opinion from my beloved was proving to be an almost impossible task.  Finally after forcing him to look through many a wedding and cake book he finally decided on a non traditional cake.  Three tiers but not on top of each other...

Being a fan of fruitcake he made my life slightly eaisier for me by choosing to have the big and the little tier out of fruitcake (which can be made well in advance) and the middle one out of chocolate mud.

It took 6 cakes to get the required heights for the cakes.

It took approximately 132 individually hand rolled roses for the tops.

Eventually just two days before the wedding day the cake was delivered safe and sound to the venue.... but I can assure you not without many a anxious moment.