Today’s incredible cake was inspired by a love of peonies and English roses.  But not just any English rose.  The lovely English roses from David Austin Roses, a prestigious breeder whose roses are best known for their layers of petals, complex centers and garden rose appearance (making them a popular choice for today’s brides).  Trinh of Cake Avenue, captured the natural charm of a cottage garden and brought it to life in the form of sugar!  Beautiful, delicate blooms in dusty, pale pink and white.  Petite latte colored berries.  Romantic accents of vintage lace.  Dainty wisps of vine.  This design is simply gorgeous!  Prepare to swoon over this Sugar Peonies and English Roses Wedding Cake…

Trinh of Cake Avenue shares the inspiration behind her design:

“My love for David Austin roses began nearly 12 years ago because they weren’t available for my wedding and so I started growing them in my garden.  You could say I’m a little bit obsessed.  I love their globular shape, their beautiful colours but mostly their thousands of ruffled petals and interesting centres!  They are very much like Peonies but their flowering season is much longer!!  So when the bride (my friend) asked me to make her cake and said I could use whatever flowers I wanted…David Austin sugar roses and Peonies where first on that list!”

More from Trinh about the creation of this cake:

“For the bride and groom, I wanted to create them a very romantic cake filled with beautiful blooms and lace to create an enchanted vintage garden feel.  The bride really loved the idea of elevated tiers blocked with flowers to add height to her cake.  She also wanted to incorporate dusty pink, white and latte colours into her wedding cake and although white and dusty pink were easy colours to work with, the latte was a little harder to incorporate…not a lot of latte coloured blooms available so I made a latte version of Snowberries that I have made many times before.  I like adding berries to an arrangement, they are quick to make and their round shiny shapes adds interest.  I also made lots of buds and small filler flowers to fill in gaps and added tendrils of twine to complete that enchanted garden look.  I kept the cake icing plain and simple so that the flowers could be the feature and finished each tier with a simple lace trim to add a vintage touch.

I also made the happy couple, a set of penguin figurines from fondant…the one and only request from the groom who likes penguins and only wanted one for himself to keep since she (the bride) had all the flowers to keep.  I decided to make him a pair of dancing penguins to match their jovial nature!  The penguins were a huge hit on the night with all the little kids!”

A huge thank you to Trinh of Cake Avenue for sharing her amazing Sugar Peonies and English Roses Wedding Cake with us today.  It is simply spectacular!

VENDORS & CREDITS:
Cake:  Cake Avenue
Photography:  3.2.1 Photography
Reception Venue:  The Colebee Center

The deep blue waters of the ocean.  A pale blue sky.  An impeccably tailored white-on-white textured cake.  I so want to dive, head first, right into this gorgeousness!  Today’s featured cake comes to us from Melissa of Buttercream Couture and it is simply fabulous!  I’m talking spend-the-afternoon-at-the-yacht-club kind of fabulous! It’s elegant, modern and and makes me want to sail off into the sunset… with a slice of cake!  From the layers of overlapping fondant bands to the fantasy flowers, everything about this four-tiered wedding cake is delightful.  Let’s bask in the glow of this Oceanside Beach Beauty.

Melissa from Buttercream Couture shared a little background about her design:

“The cake was made for a stylized sailboat photo shoot.  I was asked to participate and given an inspiration board, a very pale colour palette and four key words that encompassed the feel of the shoot.  I didn’t know what any of the other vendors involved were providing.  I hadn’t spent more then two minutes on the phone with anyone creatively involved and I had less then a week to pull it together.  So it was a real challenge.  There were so many avenues I could have taken but ultimately I went with what I love.  I love texture over colour.  I love softness.  I love contrasts.  I tailored my loves to suit the key words (which were sleek, modern, luxurious and rich in case you were curious).”

Oh, be still my heart!  It doesn’t get much better than a spectacular cake with a breath-taking view!

A big thank you to Melissa from Buttercream Couture for sharing her Oceanside Beach Beauty with us today!  It is simply dreamy!

VENDORS & CREDITS:
Cake:  Buttercream Couture
Photography and Creative Design:  Robyn Thompson
Coordination and Creative Design:  Epic Events
Rentals: Upright Decor
China and Flatware:  Kate Spade

When I received a sneak peek of today’s feature in my inbox… I was smitten at first glance.  Hellllllo Gorgeous!  A refined yet rustic dessert table filled with scrumptious mini desserts AND a stunning cake!  All created by the same bakery.  Pale rose cream cheese icing with a delicate ripple pattern that almost mimics the ripples of the nearby lake.  Dusty peach sugar flowers so dainty and quaint.  Arranged in a vintage, silk-lined suitcase.  It’s enough to make a girl feel faint!  If you can’t tell, I’ve completely fallen for this Romantic Rose & Peach Dessert Display created by Cocoa & Fig…

Laurie from Cocoa & Fig shared a little background about this display:

“This soft and romantic cake and dessert table is a nice twist on the vintage theme.  We knew right away that this would be a fun table to put together.  The bride, groom, and bride’s mother came in with lots of ideas.  And it didn’t hurt that the MOB owns a vintage furniture store!”

On top of the incredible style and gorgeous cake, this display included some delightful mini desserts!  Everything from the light pink macarons to southern banana pudding dessert shooters {shown above} to dark chocolate shooters and carrot cupcakes!  I think I see why Cocoa & Fig calls these next little gems Sinfully Chocolate Mini Cupcakes! I spy chocolate with chocolate topped with more chocolate….

Black velvet cake lollipops dipped in white chocolate… such a gorgeous contrast in one little bite!  Before we go, let’s take one more peek at the cake, shall we?

Are we officially gushing over this?  I have to say YES, we are!  I love, love, love the cake.  The suitcase.  The cake in the suitcase!  All surrounded by gorgeously tempting mini desserts and shooters.

A special thank you to Laurie at Cocoa & Fig for sharing their Romantic Rose & Peach Dessert Display with us today.  You have us swooning!

VENDORS & CREDITS:
Cake & Desserts:  Cocoa & Fig
Photography:  Collin Hughes Photographs