White & Blue Wedding Cake

This blue and white wedding cake was made for a couple in NJ who desperately needed a wedding cake when their baker backed out a month before the wedding!  I was so happy to be able to help this couple out so they could enjoy their big day!

The bride provided diamond pins and the blue ribbon she wanted around each tier of the cake so it matched her bridesmaid's dresses, as well as the beautiful silver monogram letters on top...the piped flowers around each tier had little blushes of blue luster dust on each petal to add some color dimension to them...and she asked for a few small flowers to be on the cake as well, which I added some blue luster dust to as well and gave them a little pearl center.

Best wishes to the bride and groom - may you have many happy years ahead of you! :)

Sweet Ruffles {Bridal Shower}

This showstopping cake was made for a sweet bride-to-be this past May (she actually just got married a few weeks ago, so the "to-be" part is actually no longer needed! :)  Jane and I went to high school together and were on two swim teams together, so I was so excited when she reached out to me so many years later to make her bridal shower cake!

She knew she wanted something girly, feminine and pink for the cake for this special event and we worked together to find a design that she loved. We found a GORGEOUS ruffle cake made by Maisie Fantaisie in the UK and Jane decided she wanted that exact cake in the colors of her choice.

The cake was vanilla with raspberry fruit filling and vanilla buttercream. The design was so simple and elegant looking, but BOY are looks deceiving!! The ruffles took 5 hours to apply to the cake, but because I was so excited to make a replica of such a gorgeous cake, the energy never dwindled!

Here's a shot taken from the top of the cake...no surface left un-ruffled! :)

Delivering the cake was so nerve-wracking because it was SUPER heavy, but once it was set in place and I could breathe a sign of relief, it was great to catch up with my high school friend and see the "before' of the gorgeous shower about to take place at her mom's house. Everything was set up so beautifully and every detail thought of - so amazing!

Wishing all the happiness in the world to the happy couple!!

Tara

A New Adventure Begins...

When a bride and groom ask you to be a part of their wedding day, it is truly an honor. I was so thrilled when Ryan and Amy asked me to make their wedding cake and was even more excited when they told me what they were looking for. They decided to make their wedding cake a fun extension of themselves, highlighting their adventurous lifestyle together...traveling all over the world, sky diving, a honeymoon to Antarctica...this couple will literally go to the ends of the earth with each other!!

For their wedding cake, they decided they'd like an all white cake that looked like a mountain, with fondant figures of themselves in wedding gear mountain climbing up the side of the cake, where their adorable dog Casey was sitting, eating a bit of cake he had dug up from the top tier! AWESOME! I couldn't wait to get started...

The wedding, this past Saturday at the Prospect Park Boathouse in Brooklyn, turned out to be one of the most beautiful days NYC had this summer - the ceremony took place out on the deck overlooking a beautiful pond, and the reception took place in the long room inside - there was one long table to seat all the guests together, which was adorned with candles, beautiful china and gorgeous decorations made by the bride herself. Even Casey, their sweet little dog, was in attendance!

I had taken pictures of the cake myself, but was then contacted by the wedding photographer, Erica Lyn who mentioned she had some pictures of the cake and cake cutting on her site. She's given me permission to use her pictures here, and thank goodness, because her fantastic photography skills captured exactly how the cake looked in the beautiful room as well as the essence of the fun couple Ryan and Amy are - she's amazingly talented and I will be featuring her as a highly recommended photographer on my website!! Here are her pictures:

Courtesy of Erica Lyn Photography

Courtesy of Erica Lyn Photography

Courtesy of Erica Lyn Photography

A huge thank you to Ryan and Amy for asking me to make their wedding cake - it was so much fun to work with them on the tasting (the cake was an amazingly delicious coconut cake with coconut frosting and nutella filling...mmmmmmm!!!) and the design. To have played a small part in their special day was truly an honor.

A huge thank you to Erica for allowing me to feature her beautiful shots here - be sure to check out her work on her website, blog and facebook!

Here are close up pictures of the fondant figures, taken by me (obviously!) They pale in comparison to Erica's gorgeous photographs! :)