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Sparkle Detail... aka "Disco Dust"

Buttercream Ribbons

Layers upon layers of buttercream "ribbons" is what gives this cake it's beautiful texture.  

Spray the whole cake with a little pearl dust and you have a gorgeous satin finish. 

(photo courtesy of Swensen Photography)

Diagonal Buttercream

Textured buttercreams are a great alternative to you fondant haters out there.  

The texture gives buttercream cakes a modern feel.

If you want a perfectly smooth cake, I still recommend fondant. They will always look better.

But if you like the textured look, this is a great option.

Black & Gold Elegance

Ruffles

Can you Have Modern and Vintage in the Same Cake?

Maybe it's my inner goth speaking here, but I LOVE black wedding cakes.  They are dramatic and  make a bold statement. At first site you know it's a different kind of cake so your guests rush over to look at it.  

As you can see with this cake, black can be very elegant.  A feminine touch with lace, swirls and delicate flowers gives this cake the perfect balance of modern and elegant. 

My favorite thing about this cake (besides working with this darling bride) was her desire to have something important to her on her cake.  The lace was from her mothers wedding dress.  This is a perfect example of how you can incorporate family heirlooms or a bit your own "vintage" pieces into your wedding. Having your own "vintage" incorporated into your wedding whether on your cake or other area's of your wedding day adds meaning as well as style to your special day.  It will be those special touches that you will remember for years to come.

Funky Christmas

 Image Credit:  Rebekah Westover Photography

We are nearing Christmas and I wanted to share with you a funky cake I did last year around Christmas time.  This cake was so much fun to make.  It takes a creative and super fun bride and groom to pull off having a wedding cake like this one.  These guys rocked! They had the vision and I was one of the lucky vendors to be apart of making that vision come to life.
There is not much to say about this cake.. the multi colored "spikes" coming out of the cake add even more dimension to this topsy turvy style cake.  The black and green are bold colors that help make the patterns on each tier stand out and just shout "fun"when you look at it.

Buttercream Beauty

Image Credit:  Swensen Photography

For those of you who are fondant haters, I have good news for you! Buttercream is making a comeback!
As a cake decorator, I have to admit I prefer fondant over buttercream just because of the versatility and amount of creativity you can have with fondant, but that being said, buttercream cakes can be very elegant and modern.
Buttercream can have a modern look to it by using texture in the frosting.  With this cake, we frosted it with a mango creme cheese icing nice and thick (that's the trick to have great looking textured cakes), then we angled a knife and swooped the frosting down on a diagonal.  At the reception, the florist went to work with all the flowers on and around the cake.  This cake was the main centerpiece of the reception.  It was in the middle of the room on a huge table full of flowers.  It turned out beautiful.  Thank you Jamie for letting me be apart of your wedding.  I had so much fun working with you.

Symbolic Wedding Cakes

This is one of my favorite cakes of the year.  This bride and groom were so amazing to work with.  They had booked me over a year in advance so we had plenty of time to make their cake just how they wanted it.  I love the clean lines and the black and white.  It gives this cake a ultra modern, cool look.  What I loved most about this cake is the design.  The couple loves tattoo's and they have a dear friend who is a tattoo artist.  Their friend created this design with the couple in mind, we then made a custom stencil and hand painted it onto the cake.
Whenever you can put personal touches to the different elements of your wedding, it makes more memorable and special.

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes

Brides are still wanting cupcakes incorporated into their wedding reception.  I recently did this fun cupcake wedding for an adorable couple.  
The lime green and black color palette was a great combination and looked so cute with the sugar gerb daisies on the cake and cupcakes.

Simple Elegance

This cute bride called herself "marzipan girl" in all of our email communications.  "Marzipan Girl"/Christian was a wonderful bride to work with.  She had a few last minute "kinks" in where her reception would be held that were beyond her control and she handled everything with grace and maturity.  I'm sure many others would have become bridezilla if they had to change venues on such short notice.  

As for the cake, she had very specific orders on how she wanted the cake to taste like... bet you can't guess she wanted marzipan instead of fondant :)

Marzipan is much like fondant but made from almond paste.  It's not quite as sweet and has a beautiful ivory color.  I loved this cake.  The ivory with just a touch of the purple in the flowers gave this a simplistic modern beauty.  With any type of art.. sometimes the more simple, the better.  

This cake followed that rule perfectly.

Thanks Christian for letting me be apart of your wedding.  

Gerbs with a Modern Design

I got the privilege to do Jenny's cake.  She was such a sweet bride and drop dead gorgeous! We played around with a few designs and finally came up with this one.  I loved the straight, modern lines on this cake, the colors were fabulous together, and the gerb daisies added a lot of texture and color to the design.

"Fall"ing Leaves

I love the changing of the seasons... especially fall! There is something amazing about crisp air, the smell of rain and vibrant colors on the trees. It makes me smile.
I made this cake for the Bridal Show last July at LaCaille. White Chocolate autumn leaves airbrushed and hand painted are a great addition to any fall wedding cake. Not only do they look realistic, they taste incredible too! Who can say no to any type of chocolate?

Fall or Summer, Orange is a fabulous color to use in your wedding. Fruit has been a popular trend this year and I love the how Alesha wanted oranges displayed in her cake stand. For those of you who may be "anti-fondant".. here's a buttercream cake for you to take a look at. Buttercream has a softer texture than fondant, and you can still make it nice and smooth. Some people think it tastes better than fondant.. but it's all personal opinion.
I don't do a lot of buttercream cakes these days.. it's fun to get back to them every once in a while.

The "IT" Color!

Candy Apple Green is THE Color! It's been a popular one this year. I was lucky enough to do Bethanie's cake for her. She is the cutest girl! They wanted something fun and simple. They were using green apples (from their own apple trees.... cool!) as part of their decor, so wanted to implement the color into the cake. I think the green and purple were a great color combination. As for the flowers... they were done by the best RETIRED florist around... my own mom! It was fun to work on a wedding with her again.

A Black Wedding Cake???

So if you are brave enough to want a black wedding cake... you just might see that you can pull off an elegant, amazingly different cake that will be a show stopper. I was impressed with Heidi and Tobin when they came to our consultation saying they wanted and all black wedding cake (and even more impressed that mom was on page with their idea's!) Not too many people are brave enough to go with such a bold color. This cake turned out awesome! The black looked beautiful and then we put the bright pink flowers on it and the cake came alive. It's always a HUGE compliment to me when guests start snapping pictures of my cakes. This was one of those cakes. As soon as I moved out of the way, there were about 5 people snapping pictures at the finished product. I don't know if they'd ever seen a black wedding cake before.
Thanks Heidi and Tobin for stepping out of the box and going bold! I LOVED working on your cake and I hope you loved it to!

Pop Art

This cake reminded me of something I would see in an art gallery. With the bright white canvas (fondant in my case) and the bright red flower covering all three tiers, this cake "popped" in artistic design. This reception was at the totally cool Scholorship Room at the University of Utah. I love this venue because the whole room is full of windows so you've got an amazing view of good ol SLC and our beautiful mountains as it's back drop.

Wedding Cakes on a Budget

I love this color combination! Yellow and brown look amazing together.. especially when you add huge sunflowers! This wedding cake was for an awesome couple who wanted a small wedding for mostly family. The only request......CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE!!!! I was honored to find out that they sampled about 4 different companies chocolate cakes, and chose me and my popular Chocolate Truffle Cake. For those who haven't tried the Chocolate Truffle, it's 6 layers of rich chocolate cake filled with a whipped ganache filling and then frosted with more whipped ganache. It is heaven on earth for chocolate lovers.. but make sure you have a tall glass of milk close by!
If you are doing a small wedding and are budget conscious, two or three small layered cakes sitting next to each other are a great option for you. With a few fresh flowers a cute patterned ribbon around the bottom, you have a great looking cake display that could be under $200! This is also a fun idea for bridal showers, engagement parties, bachelor parties, etc. etc. Anytime you have a special event.. you can always make a simple cake look fabulous while having it fit your budget.

Traditional with a Twist!

If you are ever lucky enough to chill out at LaCaille for even 10 seconds... you will understand why this is the COOLEST venue for a wedding. It is beautiful, romantic, and the closest thing to a castle you'll get without heading to europe! Alli's wedding was absolutely gorgeous with cream and brown as the main colors with reds, yellows and oranges as accent colors. This cake was unique in that it wasn't stacked in the center as a traditional wedding cake, but it was stacked so all the back corners matched up. It was a great, elegant look with a twist. I think it turned out great.

Art turns to Cake

Rob and Sara were the coolest couple to work with. I had so much fun designing and creating this Salvador Dali inspired cake for them. I have to admit, this is one of my favorite cakes I've ever made.
When I met them several months ago and The Bridal Extravaganza they showed me a picture on their phone of Salvador Dali's painting of "The Persistance of Memory". I love modern art, and I was immediatly, drawn to this couples creativity and imagination for not only the idea's for their wedding cake, but for their whole wedding. We got together and sketched out several different designs.. and this is what we came up with. The groom made the copper trees for the gumpaste clocks to hang on which I think were fabulous. Once again.. Rob and Sara.. you guys are amazing. Thank you for being so fun to work with. I wish you the best of luck in your marriage!