the variety cake show

Here's a couple of cakes that were ordered for various parties, a wedding, a wedding shower...you get the idea. Nice sophisticated cakes suitable for any event really...

All three are very different as well. The first is finished in chocolate ganache. Ganache is some nice dark chocolate, melted and whisked with whip cream. You let it set up in the cooler then when you are ready to use it you whip it up.

So divine....

The second and third are both done in fondant, the first showing off some spectacular gum paste roses, the last showing off some lacy cutouts.

simplicity and lace

I have found a reoccurring theme this year in wedding cakes. Tone on tone (whites/champagnes/ivories) or complete contrast. Here is a nice example of a cake done in all ivory. So elegant and simple, I adore it. And she's tall enough, grand even, that she doesn't need more. This one is a set of 6"/8"/10"/12" round cakes, the 8" layer is doubled in height.