Wedding Bells: Now In An Ombré Purple Pattern!

How beautiful is this pattern? A co-worker of mine recently got married at The Venue @ Smith Brothers in downtown Columbus. (One of my fave wedding locations in town.) Her colors were purple and navy using an ombre purple in her flowers and invitations. I'd not seen this color coordination in a wedding setting previously but she executed it perfectly! The flowers and decor were so gorgeous in this brick, industrial setting. And of course the space was filled with candles. So gorg!

She also used this repeat pattern throughout her printed materials so we decided to incorporate it on the cake. Each tier is darker than the next and hand-painted. 

Her cake toppers are simple but super chic! Ordered from Etsy. They top the cake perfectly.

The flavors for this cake were almond cake and lemon, both with french vanilla buttercream. They'd requested the almond flavor be very strong. This was tricky because almond is a soft flavor. After a few trials, my solution was to bake with almond emulsion rather than almond extract. Extracts bake out slightly so the flavor is never as strong after it's baked. Emulsions don't have this side effect. They are almost a gel consistency and they provide a much stronger, purer flavor. I highly recommend them for your future baking! You can find them at the local cake supply shops or online. It was perfection!

CONGRATS SARAH + MATT! XO

CG

Back At It

It's been quite a while since my last update. Time flies when you get married, get a new job, renovate a duplex and tear your tricep... What can I say?

How about this news: I'm back in the kitchen! Not as often as I used to be, mind you. I no longer work from home and my flexible schedule is not as flexible these days. But I manage to get a cake order in from time to time and I always enjoy it. It reminds me of my days at art school when I was up late working on some major project due the next day. The only difference here being that this is WAY better. Point being that it takes me back to my 'roots' a bit.

I may not post as often but if you are looking to get a cake, cookies or some kind of sweet eat - shoot me an email! Let's chat about it. I'm always down for making you a SWEET custom treat if I can. 

CG

Here's a cake pop wedding I did last summer. In the kitchen currently I'm whipping up a custom, ombre printing wedding cake confection. Sure to be super chic and super yummy!

Fallen

Recently I had the pleasure of making this beautiful, Fall-inspired wedding cake for Gina and Jake, a lovely couple. Their gorgeous fall wedding was accompanied by this five-tiered white wedding cake with fondant fall leaves and navy spacers for extra drama. 

I made the leaves by coloring fondant with added Tylose powder and pressing it into leave molds. From there, I positioned them to dry overnight and added various color dusts overtop to enhance the veining detail. See below for links on the molds and color dusts.

Congratulations Gina & Jake!

A five tier cake with spacers, and fall leaves made of gum paste. Want to know a money saving tip for your cake?? Use dummy cakes for half of your display cake and keep sheet cakes in the back! 

Interested in getting your hands on some of the products it took to make this cake?

The leaf molds I used for these leaves can be found here.

And, as for the color used on the leaves, I used CK Products dusting powders in combination with edible color food spray. Both of which you can find locally at Happy Hostess House, or online, here.

Happy Baking!


CG

Good Ol' Fashion Wedding Cake

This past weekend I had the pleasure of making the wedding cake for a beautiful friend of mine (Congratulations, Lyndsey!) For anyone familiar with the Columbus location of the Darby House, that was the venue for their wedding and I thought it was JUST beautiful. It was such a classic, elegant location and I think their cake fit in just perfectly! 


What do you think??
From concept...

To reality...

An ivory powdered sugar vanilla frosting (same recipe from my recipe box!)with chocolate and vanilla cake. You can never fail with a good ol' fashion cake like this. 

One note about this cake: 

It turned out as well as it did, all thanks to SugarEd Production dvds! I'm self-taught with this whole 'cake thing' and I've never taken any classes. When I came across these instructional videos from SugarEd Productions, I was hesitant to buy them. I wasn't sure if these basic dvds would be worth the money. But they were! Especially for those of you who have been teaching yourself. They really helped me to be much more accurate and efficient with this cake. I highly recommend checking SugarEd out!