A Wedding Tea Party

This shabby chic wedding tea party was my first ever cake photoshoot. The wonderfully talented Lora, from Lora Grady Photography, asked me if I would make a cake for her wedding tea party-inspired photoshoot, and of course I said yes! After discovering that the colors were pink and yellow, I went to work. I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

We needed some sort of pastry at the tea party (because what is a tea party without sweets?!), so I decided to make little delicate cupcakes. Simple yet beautiful.

This cupcake was my favorite. 

And we can't forget about the star of the show...the cake!

I went with an ivory buttercream, the bottom layer being swirls, the next layer waves, and the top two layers as petals; all surrounding an almond cake with raspberry cream filling.

I love shrub roses, don't you? They're timeless.

I supplied my own flowers for my desserts, but the remaining gorgeous floral work was done by Lauren at Lauren Hickman Design.

The beautiful bride and groom...

Starburst Cake

I made this cake for my good friend's bridal shower. Her wedding colors were tropical in theme (bright pink, green, orange, yellow, purple). This was a strawberry cake that I covered in a lime buttercream frosting and Starburst [fondant] flowers.

It was a big hit at the party.

Note to self: Starburst fondant is way tastier than regular fondant.

Simple Textured Wedding Cake

This was my first wedding ever. EVER. I was super intimidated by the task, but the cake turned out wonderfully. 

The bride wanted something simple: textured ivory buttercream with layers of raspberry-filled vanilla cake, and fudge-filled chocolate cake. It tasted a little bit like heaven.

The happy couple :)

Chocolate Dream Cake

It all starts with some dark chocolate...

It's dangerously addictive stuff.

Look into the center of this cake...keep staring...yes, you will feel yourself getting very sleepy...

v e r y    s l e e p y . . . 

Finish it off with a glass of cold milk.

It doesn't get much better than that.

The Whiteout Cake

This was my first layer cake ever.

I was super nervous because I thought it was going to topple over and stuff.

But it didn't. 

Phew...

Layers of vanilla bean cake all squished together with a white chocolate creamy dreamy frosting.

Gahhhyummm...