Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Simple and elegant wedding cakes

Have a wedding to plan but on a tight budget? You don't have to forgo style with these simple and elegant wedding cakes. Have a look at these cakes...

Cake from ruffledblog.com

A simple 3 tier cake with sugar rose flowers. I love how your eyes are just drawn to how beautiful and intricate the flowers are. Cake decorators spend a lot of time and effort on these flowers. It is now time to let them be the star and not just an accessory!


A simple cake with lace border and a few fondant flowers. Lace is quite trendy too. You don't have to always use white as the base colour. Be bold and use your theme colour as the base of the cake.

cake from creationsbypaulajane.co.uk
Another simple background with only a few sugar flowers. 


Cake from thecakeblog.com


If you are getting some flowers from your florist, why not order 3 or 4 more stalks for your wedding cake decorator? The cake will be much cheaper if you provide your own flowers than for your cake decorator to make it for you. As I have mentioned before, sugar flowers are time consuming to make if you will like them to be beautiful. The less labour that goes into making your cake, the cheaper it will be. 


salted caramel chocolate cake from www.patisseriebee.com

Naked wedding cakes are in trend because of the rustic and raw elegance that it gives. Match it up with all your vintage ideas. It will look very pretty. Naked wedding cakes are cheaper because they do not require a lot of fondant or skill. You can even try doing them yourself... which brings me to...

cake from courtneytompson.com

..this cake! If all the cakes are still out of your budget. You can always do it yourself. A simple cake with buttercream roses with royal icing pearls is not hard to make. The simplistic design of the top tier is compliments the detailed bottom tier.

Learn how to pipe buttercream roses at https://youtu.be/TrNpynVkmng or at https://youtu.be/0cBOMhnHwQM

Have fun!

Disney "princess": Maleficent

Maybe you do not want something princess-y and cute because it is just not you. You like the gothic kind of cakes. These Maleficent cakes looks at the beauty of the dark side...except the one with the silhouette castle. That one is just too cool not to share!

Dark forest cake from greenweddingshoes.com
Castle silhouette cake from cakebirthdaypicture.com
Portrait cake from mcgreevycakes.com
Gothic black cake from cakesdecor.com

You can try and make your own cute cake topper with this video! They are too cute!! https://youtu.be/xo4Rj-_Ok10

Have fun! :D

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

SIR cake themes!

Here is something for that special man in your life. I feel there is not a lot of modern man cakes out there, thus it can be hard to get good ideas.

tux cake from cakesdecor.com
checkered bow one tier cake from someone on facebook
Danny cake from bloomcakeco

I couldn't even find any tutorial on making these cakes but if If you need any help, just ask :) Or if you ever get stuck and fed up, just ask me to make it for you! Save all that trouble! 

How about for that little man?
Here are some cute party cake ideas :)

cute sir cat cake from here  
Two tier cake from cakesdecor.com
cake pop from getavanavil.com
cupcakes from cupofsugarpinchofsalt

Have a very nice party then ladies and gentleman!

Disney theme: Cinderella cake ideas

Thinking of having a Cinderella themed party and you are looking for some ideas? Here are some of the better cake ideas that I have found to be more modern and interesting.

Carriage cake found on disneybirthdaycakeideas.com
Cupcake idea found on ideasbirthday.blogspot.com
Slipper on pillow found on kinderplays.blogspot.com

Two tier cake from indulgy.com
Glass slipper cake pops from cake central.com
Bottom two cake pops are from catchmyparty.com

And as for the wedding cake. I really like this one.
found on blog.theknot.com

It is not cliche (like with the princess and the prince on top) yet people will still get that it is a Cinderella themed wedding. Very pretty, very clever! :)

If you will like to make the carriage, I have found a few cake tutorials online. 

https://youtu.be/Omn4NVGcumc
https://youtu.be/TNU1OsM8Qt8  (<--I like this one the best!)
https://youtu.be/qDRi9ZW7qxk 

If you will like to make the bird cakepops, here is a tutorial I have found:
https://youtu.be/6BVwzDlDD34

Enjoy! :)

Friday, 10 April 2015

Cake of the day!


Cake of the day! Cute little hearts and flowers, simple and elegant!

The thing about the croquembouche is...it isn't so hard to make it. It just takes time. The trick is to be as messy as possible with the caramelised sugar. You will need a lot of sugar. I really mean a lot. I used almost 1kg of sugar for this 50cm tall croquembouche. It will look even better if I didn't run out of sugar. Try to maintain the caramel in the pot as close to honey consistency/thickness if possible. Any thicker(cooler), it will not flow properly and any thinner(hotter), it will not form strings. Try to finish off with flowers or sugar decorations if possible, or it will look bare, unfinished. The more you do it the better you will get. :)