Okay, I’m not the most creative when it comes to naming my cakes, lol!  This cake I’m calling “White Satin, Pink Peony Cake” is my latest creation that I delivered to the beautiful Eolia Mansion in Waterford, CT last weekend!

For this event I was working with event planner, Meena Lee of 5th Avenue Weddings & Events!  She created a beautiful “Sweet Love” table featuring my cakes.  Everything looked amazing…. it was further styled after I had taken my photos.  I got a sneak peak from Meena… and cannot wait to see the professional photos from this beautiful event!

I am so excited that I got to make this cake!  I really love the beautiful satin finish I’ve seen on cakes, like all of the jaw dropping gorgeous creations from Faye Cahill Cake Design!  I started “pinning” from her photo gallery, but had to stop because I was picking them all!  So, I was super excited when my bride loved my suggestion that we use the technique on her cake.  My cakes are not nearly as beautiful as Faye’s but I still love how the finish turned out!

My bride had requested a “simple” and “elegant” cake… she wanted some “texture” on it, but not overly decorated.  That where I figured the satin finish would be a beautiful embellishment.  I left the details matte white for a contrast in texture. 

The bottom tear features the sweet and beautiful “double wedding rings” pattern.  

On each of the cakes I added pale pink peonies as accents.

The top of each cake had a larger open peony.  I tried to model them after Jaqueline Butler‘s beautiful signature flowers.  Having never had the opportunity to learn peony technique from the master herself, I hope I did justice to her style!  (You can take her Handcrafted Sugar Flowers class on Craftsy to learn Jacqueline’s technique for hydrangea and filler flowers!)

I didn’t want to distract from the delicate, pale color palette.  So instead of making the foliage green, I left them matte white gumpaste so they looked a lot like porcelain.  I love the effect, just a subtle detail on the overall design!

For the middle of the tiered cake, I added s smaller closed peony… I think it was perfect to bring a little more interest to the cake.  The beauty of it, it is draws your eye to the subtle detail of the patterns.