Cake Decorating Ideas

This cake is the sixth cake I’ve ever made and/or decorated that I’ve made especially for my mother’s wedding.

It’s a three tiered hexagon cake positioned on a 17-inch fountain set with a 15-inch Styrofoam base, a 12×5 inch tier of french vanilla cake with strawberry filling and 5-inch crystal pillars separating them. The last tier was a 6×5 inch triple chocolate fudge with strawberry filling. The tier was topped by one of two cake toppers. The middle cake of the tier had 1/8th inch dowels for the support of the upper tier.

There were also two cakes in front of the tiered cake and these were His and Her cakes. It included a set of stairs and a bridge in the center to connect the two cakes. The second cake topper can be found in the middle of the bridge. I also added a third stairway that led up to the largest of the tiered cake that I’ve also topped with a “groom” and “bride” doves on each side.

I used white homemade butter cream icing with clear vanilla and butter extract. The butter cream was smoothed using a paper towel and fondant roller, leaving an elegant design on the icing. I then piped the
vines using a homemade medium-thick butter cream icing. On the vines of the cake, I added ruffled leaves to give it a more appealing touch.

There were 50 carnations and 100 roses used in this cake. The roses and carnations were made from gum paste and colored in purple and teal. I also added some shimmer dust to half of the carnations and half of the roses in opposite colors. The roses went along the bottom of the tiered cake alternatively while I placed the carnations on the top of the cakes and at the end of the vines. I also placed one on each side of the middle ladder.

As for the two side cakes, I did the same smoothing technique that I did on the tiers. However, I used a rope border on top by striping the bag and piping with a 21 star tip. I added stars along the top of the rope border to make it blend a bit more. I did a shell border on the bottom of both cakes and also piped hearts on each hexagon.

Few add-ons were the purple Wilton gel coloring to give the fountain a bit of color, ivy leaves to adorn the middle steps and silk roses for the table.

First Name: Charla
City-State: Spokane, WA