Thanks for being here. I'm so glad you stopped by, and I think you will be too.
As promised, I have a great new Ruffle cake to share with you. I have to say that this cake may be my new favorite. I know I am fickle, and I probably change my mind too often, but this week...this is my all time favorite cake.
Why? Well for a couple of reasons....
First off, the color combo was fab. My favorite shades of my favorite hues.....
Lavender, Ivory and plum-ish, wine-ish, burgundy....ish???
LOVE
Plus, the style just happens to coincide with my own personal style preference. This doesn't happen all that often, so when it does....I die over it. I love it when that happens. Also. if you keep up with my projects, you may notice that I prefer to use fondant. I just like the finish, I love that you can heavily color it without worrying about affecting the taste or dying the teeth of those who eat it. I love the versatility you have with texture that buttercream just can't always allow. But, this is the ultimate exception. I love that this design had a smooth crisp finish on the upper two tiers and the texture and lightness of the ruffles at the bottom. With a focal point being a single large sugar bloom...this is right up my alley.
LOVE
Lastly, you just about always win me over with ruffles. Ruffles of any kind. As established previously here....they are my fave.
LOVE
So, here are a couple shots of my absolute all time favorite cake. (at least for the time being ;-D )
Isn't she pretty???? I love her.....
There's that sugar flower. The color of the flower was intended to match the tablecloths used. I was a little nervous about the final color because I had seen the swatch for the tablecloths just once and was coloring by memory. I think it panned out just fine. This cake was for a large engagement party of 220 guests. WOW! I can't wait to see what the wedding will be like!
The decor as well as the cake was inspired by the bride-to-be's party dress. We decided to have a gold center to the sugar flower to incorporate some gold accent in a subtle way because the bodice of her dress had gold beading. Her dress was iridescent lavender with pick-ups in the skirt. Since they wanted to stick with an all buttercream cake, we went with ruffles to emulate the pickups on the cake. This is a three tier cake serving 100 and we did the remaining servings in kitchen cakes. These are smart cookies! A huge money saver without losing any of the presentation.
I love this cake, and I hope you do too!
Flour Girl
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