Parisian Fashionista Cake {Bridal Shower}

The mother of the bride came to see us about a cake for a Parisian themed bridal shower for her very fashionable daughter. The entire party was black, white and pink with polka dots, damask patterns and stripes. She also wanted the cakes to be a mix of shopping bags, hat boxes, and presents.
Here are the cakes we created for her:



a Chanel hat box cake, a damask printed cake with a Prada shopping bag, and a pink present with a polka dot bow

A stenciled damask print cake with the Prada shopping bag - all made of cake

top view - black, white and pink was the color scheme for the bridal shower

close-up - A Chanel hat box cake 2with pink and black stripes

close-up: pink present box cake with a white and black polka dot bow

close-up: the largest cake was topped with a Prada shopping bag cake with pink ruffles

Raspberry, Apple Green and Damask {wedding cake}

Kristina and Justin's were married in April and their cake had it all! It was 5 tiers tall, but was made up of 10 separate cakes. It had a stenciled damask pattern in classic black and white mixed with quilted textured tiers. It had bursts of color with the use of an apple green covered tier and borders and raspberry pearl accents and bow embellishments. And to top it off a very elegant black acrylic initial topper.

 a close up of the topper, provided by the bride.

 I love this close up of the cake. It shows the damask pattern was also done on the cake board, the raspberry colored pearls accenting the quilting and the clean look of the stenciled damask.

 Another detail of the wedding I loved and just had to share was Kristina's bouquet. Not only did she use some of my favorite flowers such as dahlias, kermit mums, and spider mums; the bouquet was embellished with a beautiful crown brooch.

 another look at the amazing bouquet wrap.

 I'm a big fan of kissing balls and these created by Visual Impact Design are fabulous with the addition of the hanging jewels. The kissing balls were also used as centerpieces on the tables and other places through the reception.

the seating chart made it easy for guests to find the name and table. A fun touch was to replace table numbers with movie titles, such as Top Gun and Sixteen Candles.

 color palette for the wedding: raspberry, apple green with accents of black and white damask

Photos by: Siegel's Portrait Design

Flowers by: Visual Impact Design

Featured in Real Weddings Magazine Winter/Spring 2011

viewable online at http://realweddingsmag.com/weddingDetail.cfm?id=145

want to see even more amazing photos of this fabulous wedding check out Siegel's Portraits blog



Wonderland Wedding

When people think of Alice in Wonderland images of the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit or Alice come to mind. For me I picture the Queen of Hearts and painting the roses red. I drew upon those ideas when I sketched out the Queen of Hearts wedding cake. The black diamonds and red heart accents remind me of the cards and the red roses, well of course they had to be incorporated in the cake. I topped the cake with amazing Swarovski crystal initials and a whimsical heart, all made by http://www.verydifferentcakes.com/

After bringing my vision to reality I began to look for photos to build a collage to show my ideas of a wonderland wedding fit for a queen.

I came across these amazing fashion collages on Polyvore. I think while they are not wedding images they represent the style I was thinking of when I created the cake.

Take Me To Wonderland ! by • Gabby;; featuring Ray

055 by • Gabby;; on Polyvore.com

I have also created the following collage to show how this style can be applied when planning a wedding, such as table cards, shoes, gowns, save the dates, venue decor, and florals.

Here are just a few more images of the cake while on display at the Bridal Showcase.

Transformers Bumble Bee Camaro Cake

This past weekend we had the opportunity to create a 2010 Chevy Camaro out of cake. It was a 1:10 scale replica of the Bumble Bee edition.

now for the multiple angle shots. We are very happy with the results.

Black Damask Wedding

The past weekend had a theme to our cakes. We did a custom wedding cupcake tower and 4 tier wedding cake, both with a black damask theme. The differences were so subtle. One was white, hot pink and black the other ivory, pale pink and black.

The cupcake tower was inspired from Vanilla Bake Shop, they make incredible cakes in Southern California. The tower was made from Styrofoam dummy cakes, Masonite cake boards and PVC pipe. My wonderful hubby built it and with a lot of help from my nephew and niece, we made an incredible presentation for the cupcakes. The foam dummies were covered in white fondant and then stenciled with black royal icing, harder than you would think. The other tiers were covered in white or pink fondant. The cake on top was also stenciled with the royal icing.

The wedding cake was designed using the invitations as inspiration. It was 14", 10", 8" and 6" round cakes stacked, it served 152 people. The entire cake was covered in ivory marshmallow fondant and the bottom and 2nd tiers were stenciled with black royal icing. The top tier was stenciled with the motif that was found on the invitations and topped with a pink bow. The 3rd tier was wrapped with a 2 layer fondant ribbon and then in the front their custom monogram was hand painted. The cake was beautiful and the clients were happy, really that's all that matters.

It was full and very rewarding weekend.