Monday, January 4, 2010

Adam and Rachel Larsen's Wedding Cake

Success! I made a wedding cake for my nephew Adam and his cute fiance (now wife) Rachel during the Christmas holiday. I was worried with how it would actually turn out, but once I finished I was very happy with the final product.
It was a 3 tier cake (6", 10" and 14" round layers), with each tier being a little less than 6" high. The bottom and top tier were chocolate with a chocolate ganache filling, with the middle tier being a marble cake with chocolate ganache filling.
Rachel had told me that she wanted a cake with fondant bows/draping that looked like piece of fabric and been pulled loosely around that cake and tied in a bow instead of the look of a piece of ribbon pulled around and tied. It was rather difficult to maneuver a piece of fondant long enough to wrap around the 14" bottom and sculpt it right, but with the help of my wonderful husband and his 2 hands and mine, we were able to get it just right before the fondant ripped and cracked. After it had all dried I painted it with white luster dust mixed with clear vanilla to give it a satin sheen.
She also wanted me to duplicate the lace motif that was on her dress onto the cake. I piped the lace design with royal icing, painted the middle with white luster dust+vanilla mixture, and added edible 4mm pearls. (Here is a picture of pieces of her lace)

To finish it off Chris dry luster dusted the entire cake (while I was painting the inside of the lace design) and we added an 8mm edible pearl border to the middle tier. Because my nephew is such a huge Disney fan, I added a "hidden Mickey" in the pearl border. It was a hit. Everyone at the reception was looking all over the cake trying to find the hidden mickey. I may put a hidden mickey in all my cakes now. It makes the cakes more interactive!


8 comments:

  1. That is the most beautiful wedding cake ever! I still can't believe the ribbon and bow are fondant! Amazing!!

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  2. Amazing. Seriously. Someday we need to live next door to each other so you can teach me everything you know!! And I would like to hire you in advance (20-some odd years) to do all of my children's wedding cakes!!

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  3. WOW!! Robyn!! You are amazing! I want to order a cake from you!! Do you take orders?? I would LOVE a quote!

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  4. Brooke--I've been meaning to catch you at church to talk to you more about my cakes. Just let me know what you are thinking of and I can give you a quote.

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  5. This is one of the prettiest wedding cakes I have ever seen. I love how you piped the lace motif. A couple of questions. Did you make the larger pearls yourself? Is this cake fondant covered? How tall are the tiers? They look nice and tall. Great job!

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  6. Hi Leigh,
    I'm glad you liked the cake so much. It was a fun one to do. I actually just bought some edible pearls online (I think at Sugarcraft.com??). The tiers are 6 inches high each and covered in fondant.

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