Last week I had the pleasure of working on this order. These photos are just a small sampling of the many cupcakes that I made to match the 6″ cake for the bride and groom. The brides colors were peacock colors, so she requested simple flowers that were green, blue and purple! I love those jewel tone colors!
To make the flowers, I used the Blossom Cutter/Veiner set by Sunflower Sugar Art that I purchased from Global Sugar Art. The cutter that comes with it is the largest size 5 petal flower that will fit in the veiner, it goes right to the edge… but you can use any other smaller sized cutters in the same veiner to get a variety of different size flowers. In addition to the one it came with, I also used 2 of the 5 petal cutters that came in my Wilton set.
Most of my cakes are fondant covered, but this bride requested a buttercream cake… But a proper buttercream finish still needs to be just as smooth as fondant! There is something so satisfying about that super smooth icing! I used Swiss Meringue Buttercream (of course!) and you can check out my post about smoothing SMBC to see my technique!
Cupcake weddings are very trendy right now. I was delighted to be asked to create this adorable design!
Happy Caking 🙂
April 10, 2012 @ 5:04 am
Wow! Ms. Renee this cake is darn smooth and perfect. The colors are so vibrant and beautiful, wonderful job!
April 10, 2012 @ 2:15 pm
Thank you so much!
April 24, 2012 @ 8:56 am
Wait, so those flowers are icing!? lol I am sorry, I am an admirer of baked goods and am just now starting to learn the ropes. I just commented on your buttercream video on YouTube and now your blog is Already in my favorites! I love how you actually try to educate your bloggers or just offer your oh-so-generous tips. So how did you make those beautiful flowers exactly with those molds? What is a veiner? lol,Thanks in advance! =)
-CC
April 25, 2012 @ 1:23 pm
Yup! Those flowers are fondant, mixed with a little gumpaste so they would harden faster. I used the Blossom Set by Sunflower Sugar Art, you can find it at most of the cake supply places. I bought mine from Global Sugar Art. It comes with one size cutter, and I used the veiner with 2 of the others I had already.
April 28, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
Hi Renee, I found you site via Google. I'm a fellow dessert blogger too and as you are, I'm just starting out with my hobby. I have only been baking for 5 months (since December 2011) but have learnt so much in that time.
Your cakes are amazing. Very inspiring. I'm now subscribed to your blog.
-Lisa.
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