Rustic style rainbow wedding cake

I haven't accepted any orders for wedding cakes before, because I never wanted to be under that much stress and pressure.  That's not to say that a birthday cake, or confirmation cake or order isn't stressful, as the cake will always be the centrepiece of the dessert table.  It's just that I've heard too many stories of bridezillas and the like, where the cake maker is under pressure of changed minds and specifications, despite contracts being agreed and whatnot.

So when I was contacted last winter for a wedding cake this summer, we sent many emails back and forth before coming to a mutual agreement of one stunning cake for their centrepiece.  The groom was one of the loveliest young men I've worked with in a long time, wanting to get everything just perfect for his bride.  He was kind, considerate of her feeling and wants, and a pleasure to work with. 

A rainbow cake is fun to make, but quite fiddly and time-consuming.  Then again, all the best things are, aren't they?  And those colours just make me happy!

I really like this shot, showing just a hint of what's underneath.  I had asked the groom to send me along a photo of them cutting the cake, so we could see the interior - but I guess they've got far more important things to remember than me, ha ha.  Like passports for their honeymoon I guess

Wishing Joe and Beth many many years of love and happiness, and a life as happy and colourful as the rainbow cake they chose...

P.S. Here's the update you've all been waiting for - photos of the couple and the cake at the venue...

 Doesn't it look lovely with those pretty pink and green flowers?

 And aww, aren't they just gorgeous!?! 

Wedding favours

A friend, and regular customer, suggested me to a friend of hers who was getting married yesterday.  And even more thrilling, the bride said yes to Becca Bakes!  So we made her some favours to put at the table for the children at the wedding, blue & stars for boys and pink & butterflies and flowers for girls.  We sourced matching individual cupcake boxes, and matching glitter (I do so love a bit of sparkle on my cakes) and the bride was thrilled when she came to collect them.

I made her a treat of a spare one, a Vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream icing coloured blue with blue glitter and she loved it.  So pleased, as she'd ordered without ever tasting anything we'd baked.  We also had some Lemon Drizzle Cake left from the previous morning (I hadn't told you about this, as it didn't go quite according to plan.  The cake wasn't lemony enough by far, and the drizzle was more like lacquer, needing a chisel rather than a knife to cut into it!), so we shared a slice on her arrival, and she loved that too - even the hard/chewy drizzle coating. 

Here she is, looking like a real princess with her Daddy...