Myra and Doug's Wedding Cake

I've known the bride and her daughter since I was 5 years old. So, I was extremely honoured to be asked to make this cake for Myra and Doug. We decided on a three tiered cake with buttercream icing to cover the cake.

I was off last week on vacation so I was able to spend all day yesterday taking my time to make the roses out of fondant. Miss E was home with me and watched some episodes of Friends and Uncle Buck. It was lots of fun and so nice not to rush.

For the roses the first few layers were slightly darker than the outer layers to give some depth to make them more realistic.

The bottom tier was fake. It was a 10" round 4" high styrofoam dummy. To make the ruffled affect I used a piping bag and rose tip and piped it on haphazardly around the dummy. I did this tier last once the cake was put together to cover up the edge of the 2nd tier.

On the top tier I placed the roses with some extra icing to prevent them from moving around. I put them as close together as possible to hide any gaps; usually greenery helps to cover that up! This was a 6" two layer lemon with cream cheese filling cake.

What I love about doing cakes is that there really is no rule on how they are to be decorated. Each tier can be completely different from the other or they can be all the same. The top tier was wrapped with champagne satin ribbon.

The middle tier, an 8" two layer cake was chocolate with chocolate filling. To finish off the decorating I added some little flowers with champagne coloured dragees.

We were able to deliver the cake in one piece with no problem to the restaurant. Thankfully we didn't have to take it upstairs!

Congratulations to the happy couple. I was so happy help make your day so special.

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