Sneak preview of some amazing shots the talented Mark Davidson took of my new display cakes!!! Close-up of a sugar ranunculus and a cascade of sweet ruffles :)
1/26/12
1/20/12
Seacoast Weddings 2012: Part 1
The newest issue of Seacoast Weddings (formerly known as Seacoast Bride) just hit newsstands and WOW! The magazine is looking beautiful and can you believe it, I have 9 cakes (or parts of them) in this issue. Ummm, excuse me???!?!? NINE??!?? I swear I am not related to anyone on staff...Seriously!
Such an overwhelming honor to be featured so many times. So, I wanted to share a little bit more on each of the cakes! This first post I'll focus on the story "Creating In Cake", which starts on page 74.
This first cake is a design that I personally love. I created this for a shoot done by Kate at Beautiful Days. The top part is a croquembouche, which is a tower constructed of cream filled pate choux puffs bound together with caramel and wrapped with spun sugar. Croquembouche is often times served at weddings in France, so using the tower as the cake topper brought together both French and American design. The bottom square cakes are covered in black fondant and wrapped with thin strands of pulled sugar.
Part 2 will be all about the cakes I did for the color themed photo shoots. Sooo many beautiful images to share!
Such an overwhelming honor to be featured so many times. So, I wanted to share a little bit more on each of the cakes! This first post I'll focus on the story "Creating In Cake", which starts on page 74.
This first cake is a design that I personally love. I created this for a shoot done by Kate at Beautiful Days. The top part is a croquembouche, which is a tower constructed of cream filled pate choux puffs bound together with caramel and wrapped with spun sugar. Croquembouche is often times served at weddings in France, so using the tower as the cake topper brought together both French and American design. The bottom square cakes are covered in black fondant and wrapped with thin strands of pulled sugar.
On this next page are 2 cakes of mine photographed by Jay Drinker of Drinker Images. The top row, left, is a pretty black, white & pink cake. Very classic design, but a touch whimsical with the black fiddle head detail towards the top. Bottom row, right, is my Marimekko inspired cake. The bright graphic Marimekko blossoms were hand cut out of fondant and applied running up the sides of the cake. I love bright colors, so this one has always been dear to my heart.
I have to say, Seacoast Weddings did a really great job of picking some of my personal favorite cakes! On this page, bottom right, is a cake that travelled all the way up to the Newagen Seaside Inn this past summer. All of the shells were hand made of gum paste, and tinted with luster dust for a shimmery glow. One of my favorite details was the ruffled bottom tier, which isn't visible in the magazine shot.
Oh and I spied this little cutie towards the end of the magazine in the "Delightful Details" section. Middle row, far right, is a close up of the topper from one of my cakes this past summer.
Here's a full shot of Meghan & Chris' cake at The Seacoast Science Center. Meghan provided the topper & orchids. I loved the simplicity of the waves - both modern and fun at the same time!
Part 2 will be all about the cakes I did for the color themed photo shoots. Sooo many beautiful images to share!
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