Sunday, October 17, 2010

Kayleen's Wedding Cake

A dear friend of my sister-in-law's got married yesterday and I was fortune enough to be asked to do her wedding cake!!

Kayleen's wedding cake Oct 2010

The bride added her own cake topper, which she described to me as a gold wire tree with fall colored crystals for leaves. That sounds really pretty and very unique!

There were a couple of firsts for me in this cake, but I think they turned out well and i was pleased with the end result.

Kayleen's wedding cake Oct 2010

This was my first three tiered cake and my first attempt at using fondant.

Kayleen's wedding cake Oct 2010

I brushed the fondant with copper edible glitter to dress it up a little more for a special fall wedding. I also thought the shimmer might go along with the cake topper.

Kayleen's wedding cake Oct 2010

And I added 24 cupcakes to go with it. She picked the most delicious flavors.

Kayleen's wedding cake Oct 2010

Decadent chocolate with peanut butter cups baked in and peanut butter whipped butter cream in between the layers of cake AND lemon cake with raspberry filling. And then the whole thing covered in vanilla butter cream. Delicious!