Black and purple wedding cake - August 2014

Flowers, birds and gold leaves made for a three tier black fondanted wedding cake.  The smaller flowers  (around 70) were taped into small sprays of 3 or 5.  Leaves were taped into sprays of 3. Larger roses were formed around polystyrene (styrofoam) balls, larger ones had wired petals around the outside.  I also made wired hydrangea sprays and small petunia flowers  for the cake.  Sorry, not many photos.

I only made the decorations so didn't see finished cake, hopefully there are photos to follow though.

Wired rose, just steamed.

The groom's design.  Gorgeous.

Hope the wedding was wonderful.  Congratulations!

Update:  Here's a photo from the groom of the finished cake.  Sounds like they had a fab time and enjoyed the cake.  Happy days to you both. x

Bride and groom toppers - July 2014

Cute wedding set-up this week.

I didn't get much notice for the figures so I had some issues with not having time to let the pieces harden before assembly.  This wasn't helped by the fact that it was very hot and humid at the time so the fondant was extra soft. Because of this I had to keep him lying down for a while as there was the risk of him slumping and becoming quite an unflattering model!  I used a cone of card for her skirts, covered in fondant so she wouldn't slump.  Had I had more time, I would have formed their legs / skirt at least 24 hours earlier.

Him: fondant covered poly ball head, then body formed on a dowel.

Her: fondant covered poly ball head, fondant covered cone skirt, 

central dowel supporting body.

These cakes were made for The Angel Food Bakery in Brighton's iconic South Lanes, where the Cake Angels bring Cake Love to the public on a daily basis!