BOUGAINVILLEA WEDDING CAKE

I made this cake for my best friends niece.  She wanted pink and red bougainvillea on the cake.  I had never used these flowers on a cake before so I tested them out first.  They do not do well as cut flowers so I had to cut and place the bougainvillea on the cake just one hour before the wedding started.
The flavor of the cake was carrot cake with cream cheese filling.  I iced the cake with vanilla buttercream and did a simple rustic design on the cake.

TIFFANY BLUE & BLING WEDDING CAKE

Thank you Scott & Beatriz for choosing Sugar Chef to make your wedding cake, cupcakes, and cookies on your wedding day.  I absolutely loved the Tiffany Blue color you chose with the white cake and white flowers.
The reception was at Desert Island Country Club and they were wonderful to work with.
The 5 tier cake flavors were vanilla and raspberry. The cupcakes were chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting covered with fondant and carrot with cream cheese frosting.
The florist that supplied the beautiful roses and hydrangea was David Rohr Floral Studio, Cathedral City, Ca. www.davidrohrstudio.com  They were a pleasure to work with and their flowers were fresh and beautiful. They really went above and beyond expectations.

GOLD OMBRE WEDDING CAKE

Many times I make a cake for a venue and never get to meet the bride and groom.  Such is the scenario with this cake.  This cake is beautiful on it's own but before the reception the pastry department at the venue put some flowers on it.  I did not get to see it adorned with the flowers because they did it sometime after I delivered and before the wedding reception.
The middle tier technique is called Ombre which means a varigated color treatment.  The bottom tier was sprayed with an edible gold spray "paint".
The flavors of this cake were lemon cake with raspberry buttercream filling and lemon curd filling.

WEDDING CAKE FOR ROBERT & JON

Flavors of this cake were vanilla, chocolate and coffee.  Five layers of vanilla cake and the filling layers were chocolate crunch, coffee buttercream, mocha buttercream and ganache.
I attended the reception and actually cut the cake for the guests.  I received many comments such as "this is the best cake I have ever tasted".  Love hearing that!!
Thank you Robert and Jon for having me make your cake.

TRISH & JOHNY'S WEDDING CAKE

This is a simple and elegant wedding cake that I did this past weekend.  The colors of the wedding were pink and black and the cake blended in perfect with the room and table linens.
The flavors of this cake were white cake with vanilla bean pastry cream and fresh strawberries.  I also put a very thin coat of strawberry jam on each cake layer.
I always like to take a picture of the cake at the venue after I set it up.  I went to do it this time and my camera said "no card".  Yikes, I had to run all the way back (about a half hour round trip) and retrieve the card out of the computer.  I will be sure and check the camera from now on.!!

YELLOW ROSE WEDDING CAKE

I have been away for a while, because my little dog Babycakes had to have hip surgery. We had it done in Reno, Nevada by a wonderful doctor that specialized in hip surgery. I have been giving her water therapy by taking her in the pool or bathtub and letting her swim. It is time consuming because after her swim I have to dry and comb her long hair. We do this three times a day. She is getting along nicely, in fact today we went on a long walk and she used the leg like nothing ever happened. I am so happy and relieved that the surgery worked.

I came home to make this wedding cake. It is 4 layers of white cake with 2 layers of coconut mousse and 1 layer of passion fruit bavarian for the fillings. The tiers were covered with fondant. The decoration on the first and third tiers is a copy of the wedding invitation on rice paper. I love the yellow roses!!

ANNIVERSARY CAKE

I made this cake for a client's tenth anniversary. It is a tiny version of the original wedding cake I made for her ten years ago. Her father who is a chef instructor hired me for both cakes. I hand made (out of gumpaste) all the flowers on the first cake and he saved them, wrapped very carefully, and gave them back to me to put on this tiny cake. What a special memory for the happy couple.

The picture below shows a picture of the original wedding cake.

The flavor of the cake and filling is lemon. Yum! one of my favorites.

CORAL ROSE WEDDING CAKE

Simple but elegant is how I would describe this wedding cake. The coral roses were lovely against the cream fondant. The only frustrating part of this set up was that the rented table was wobbly and not level. We tried to level it but it just became more wobbly. The venue could not supply another table so I had to leave it as is. The cake itself was very heavy so unless someone ran in to the table hard I am sure it stayed in tact.
The layers were 15", 13", 11", 9" round. The flavor was chocolate cake, ganache, chocolate buttercream and chocolate mousse.

UPDATE: They loved it. Here is the testimonial:

"Just wanted you to know EVERYONE said they had NEVER had a wedding cake this GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! much wanted you to know how much everyone Loved it and I want you to know there was only a handful of peanut brittle left..............I hope all is well with you ............and your haircut looked fab!!!!!!!!!!!!!xoxoLloydette"

BUTTERFLY WEDDING CAKE

OK, I have been busy this week making a wedding cake. The wedding was at the Country Club where I work so it was an easy set up. I do not like transporting wedding cakes, it is just too stressful!! The bride loves butterflies thus all the butterflies on the cake. I don't do many seperated cakes any more, most people want stacked ones so this was a little old fashioned but classy just the same. One unique feature of the wedding, everyone was given a little container holding a live butterfly and the guests released them after the ceremony. I also made 20 pounds of peanut brittle to set on the tables so it has been a busy 4 days.

Now that I am off work for the summer I can play in my own kitchen.

See you soon with more posts.