Cherry Blossom & Golden Frame Wedding Cake!

At the moment we’re super busy working on a collection of designs to show at the Kingston-upon-Hull Guildhall Wedding Show, which is incredibly exciting albeit tiring! As we finish off our five designs we thought that we’d share some final photographs of a finished cake; our four tiered Rococo-inspired cherry blossom wedding cake…

Pretty cherry blossom wedding cake by Juniper CakeryThis is easily one of our favourite designs in the collection. It is a lovely clean design with detail featuring only on the front of the cake. We created a hand quilted frame inlay of white fondant brushed with glimmering lustre dust before applying pieces of ochre coloured fondant mouldings around the edge and finally hand painting this feature with edible gold paint.

Pink cherry blossom with gold frame wedding cake by Juniper CakeryThe cake displays such a rich design from just the frame-work alone that we decided to keep the florals to a minimum. Originally, we had sketched this design with roses, hydrangeas, apple blossoms and cherry blossoms; however, we finally chose to stick to simple frosted fantasy berries, sugar leaves, and hand-made ruffled pink cherry blossoms!

Sugar cherry blossoms by Juniper Cakery

Golden frame and cherry blossom wedding cake by Juniper CakeryThe little pops of bright pink from the sugar cherry blossoms add another dimension to the cake and help liven and brighten up the white and ivory tiers. Utilising a more simple floral style helps keeps the main focus of the cake on the ornate gold frame as well as keeping the ye moving up and down the design!

Sweet cherry blossom wedding cake with gold painted frame by Juniper CakeryOur entire collection encompasses inspiration from textural fashion (sequins, ruffles, quilting) and antique French elements found in lavish interiors (such as mouldings, scroll-work, and hand painted gold and silver touches). We’re, our course, excited to reveal the remaining cakes from the collection so keep checking back for more news and photographs!

 

Gold & Purple Ranunculus Wedding Cake!

We created this stunning golden four tier ranunculus wedding cake earlier this week. It’s adorned with a mix of handmade fantasy gold and white berries, pale elderberries, bramble berries and bramble leaves as well as violet, lavender, white & ‘picotee pink’ ranunculus flowers. A must for this cake was that it incorporated an autumnal theme. For this we took brighter and bolder colours (purple, dark pink and gold) popular in fashion for autumn/winter collections. We then teamed them with white, ivory and pops of fresh greens to keep them from being obvious autumn hues.

Beautiful gold ranunculus wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Amazing gold and purple ranunculus wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Gorgeous bright ranunculus flower wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Beautiful gold and purple ranunculus wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

The largest tier was covered in individually cut ‘sequins’ of ochre coloured fondant before being hand painted in edible gold lustre paint (lustre dust mixed with a few drops of either lemon juice or vodka) a few times. Despite it taking a back-breaking 10+ hours to complete it’s such a fantastic technique that evokes a gorgeous luxury look to any cake!

Stunning gold, pink and purple ranunculus wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Lovely gold, pink and purple ranunculus cake by Juniper Cakery

The second largest tier at 12 inches in diameter was iced in ivory fondant before we added matching ornate ‘frames’ around the cake. We love how these mouldings as a beautiful antique feel to the cake.

The second smallest tier was dry painted with edible metallic gold and bronze paint to create a an extra element of texture as well as add more luxurious gold!

Detail of ranunculus wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Each berry and flower was hand made from gumpaste / edible modelling paste. The ranunculus (also known as persian buttercups) blossoms and blackberries all took a full 2 days to make (not including leaving the gumpaste buds to set for 4 days before hand). 

Sugar gumpaste ranunculus flowers by Juniper Cakery

Vibrant ranunculus wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

Gold and Purple ranunculus flower wedding cake by Juniper Cakery

The darker pink edged ranunculus flowers were hand painted using a dry brush technique to add the lovely ‘streaks’ of deep fuchsia around and along each petal.

Lovely purple ranunculus cake by Juniper Cakery

Finally, the top tier was covered in a mustard coloured fondant before we painted it with edible metallic gold paint. The use of mustards and gold tones help set off the purples and and dark pinks of the ranunculus blossoms; of course they  incorporate a lovely touch of glamour to the wedding cake.

 

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