Iced Images Cakes - The Wedding Cake Blog

I love the simplicity of this beautiful cake. Its actually a 3 tier cake iced to look like a 2 tier with the bottom tier being double height or double barrel. I indented the cake to give it the ruched effect and then added an edible broach made using a  Karen Davies Moulds and added various sparkles and gem shapes using dragee balls and sugar paste shapes to make a star! This cake would be great for a small intimate wedding where you aren't having too many guests, or for a birthday or other celebration. This cake was 2 x 8 inch round on the bottom and 6 inch round on the top. I personally don't think it would work in bigger tiers but you could add additional tiers and make the double barrel cake as the middle tier! Just an idea!!!

I met Kate and John at The Wedding Experience Detling in April 2018. When they came to visit me for their consultation they already come up with some ideas for their cake design. Their colours were burgundy, dusky pink, ivory and silver lovely for a winter wedding. The bottom tier they wanted in the burgundy colour to match the their bridesmaids edged in burgundy ribbon, the second tier in ivory edged in a wider dusky pink ribbon. The third tier was a double height tier with a burgundy marble effect, although not deep coloured marble. This tier was edged in burgundy ribbon, whilst the top tier was to be plain ivory with their initials painted in silver off centre to the right finished in burgundy and white pencil strip ribbon. The cake was to be finished with a silver topper supplied by the bride and groom, and two sprays of sugar flowers to match the wedding flowers. The sprays were to include white Amnesia roses, silver Brunia, burgundy Ranunculus, pink spray roses, Amnesia ro...