Do you all remember the Super Mario Brothers birthday cake that I made for a 30th birthday earlier this year? Well, the girl that I made that cake for is a bridesmaid in an upcoming wedding and since she was helping to plan the wedding shower, she asked me to make the cake. I was very much looking forward to it since I have yet to do a fall-themed cake (my favorite season!), and they wanted the cake to incorporate a number of different elements, which I was excited to put together. The cake was made of 10″ and 6″ tiers of white cake with a chocolate-hazelnut ganache filling and vanilla buttercream. All of the decorative details were done in fondant.
The cake was to include the following:
- The wedding color scheme (wine and tangerine);
- Daisies (which the bridesmaids will carry);
- A spray of roses (which the bride will carry);
- The tree and leaves design from the Save the Date cards;
- The personalized stamp they had designed {the design from the stamp is on the front of the bottom tier};
- A border that looked like a ruler (the bride is a teacher);
- A man on one knee holding an apple (ties to a story about the bride and groom’s first date).
The bride loved the cake… Mission accomplished!
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Tags: Cake, Decorated Cakes, Wedding Shower
Gorgeous! You are so talented.
awesome…magnificent…
just beautiful…wow!
its so pretty
This cake is splendid!
Cheers,
Rosa
What a stunning cake…I’m sure she did love it…I’m sure everyone did!
First, what a list of elements to include! Then, what a lovely result – you are amazing!
Oh my GOODNESS…. That is absolutely STUNNING! You have more talent in your pinky finger than I will ever possess in both of my hands. Keep up the awesome and beautiful work!
Awesome! I hope her wedding cake is as pretty… my first thought when I saw your cake was that it was better looking than MY wedding cake
This is beautiful. Gorgeous details, and those first date silhouettes must have some great back story to them. Great job in incorporating all their wishes!
That is gorgeous! I love all the small details!
LOVE this! The colors, the daisies, the personal touches. Great work!
BEATUIFUL !!!
Michelle, this is absolutely stunning! I love how you personalized the cake with so much detail that was meaningful to the couple. I’m sure the couple was in awe.
Oh my! The cake is stunning! I love it! You are so talented!
Really beautiful!! Love the colors
Gorgeous!!
It’s just perfect! I love the rulers, they are a great personal touch!
Love how you put so many fine details about the couple into the cake. Chocolate-hazelnut ganache sounds delicious
Oh MY GOSH!!! You are amazing!!!
Georgeous cakes and cookies on your site. Impressive and mouthwatering
Beautiful! Very impressive.
You made that? Wow. I love how you incorporated so much personal detail into the cake itself. That is like a tremendous gift all by itself – no doubt that she loved it!
that is so beautiful you are very talented…love the fall colors..
Just beautiful and fall is my favorite time of year. Love the colors!!!!
Oh how pretty! Love the daisies, you did an incredible job!
Absolutely beautiful! I have no patience for decorating and am just in awe of what you have put together. Excellent job!
I really can’t thank you enough for this cake! They gave you a long list and you made everything work! I loved it — as did everyone who saw it and ate it!
It was my pleasure Sarah! I’m so happy that you loved the cake!
Oh my goodness. Sooo pretty.
This cake is STUNNING. The colors, the motifs…everything!!
Your cake is fabulous, you’re obviously very talented! Beautifully photographed too
You had me at “chocolate-hazelnut ganache!”
Michelle, this is one of the most gorgeous cakes I have seen in my 88 years – you are a very talented young woman who has learned her craft exceedingly well. Continued success in your endeavors.
AH. MAZE. ING.
I’d sure love to have your talent. Maybe you’ve talked about this before… but where did you learn your mad skills? Especially those flowers?!?
Hi Anissa,
Aw, thank you! I actually took two Wilton cake decorating courses at a local Michael’s – course 1 was basics/buttercream, and the second was Wilton’s course 3 for fondant. The fondant class is where we learned fondant flowers. It was a lot of fun!
This is a gorgeous cake! Fall is my favorite season, too.
Any chance you could move to Dallas? I need your cake-makin’ skills!! That is such a beautiful and creative cake. I’m so impressed, but not at all surprised by your talent!
That is absolutely beautiful!
Oh, I love the style!!! The colors are amazing…and the stamp is too cute…
^_^
I saw this on facebook this morning and was blown away. Gorgeous.
what a colourful cake
Wow, stunning cake!
we were all so thrilled with it, and it was sooo yummy — still have a giant piece in my fridge!
wow, this is beautiful! those flowers are amazing.
This is a very lovely cake though I can’t think of the fall at all yet with temps still in the 90+. We’ve now are about 5X the numbers of 90+ days we should have in a year where I live. YUCK!
Wow, what a cake, it’s gorgeous! I’m so impressed! How long does it take you to make a cake like this?
Hi Kerstin,
That cake took me about 15 hours total – that includes making and baking the cakes, making the filling, assembling, crumb coating it, final ice, and then all of the fondant work and final assembly.
Fall is my favorite time of year too! You aced this cake!
That cake is COMPLETELY gorgeous!!! In fact, I’m pretty positive it is the most beautiful wedding cake design I’ve ever seen – no joke!
Beautiful job, Michelle! That chocolate-hazelnut ganache sounds amazing.
What a gorgeous cake. I love it!
Soo awesome. That must have taken soo long!
What a beautiful cake! Fall is my favorite time of year, and seeing your cake has me in the mood for some cooler weather and pumpkins!
absolutely beautiful! you are so talented and creative!
That is absolutely beautiful. You make me feel like I bake with an easy bake oven…LOL
this cake is awesome this is wht i want to be able to do. U said you didnt take a class just learned, That is gorgeous
looks beatiful.I ALSO TOOK THE FONDANT COURSE AND IT JUST GOT OVER LAST WEEK. i MADE A FALL THEME CAKE CHOCOLATE WITH ORANGE ACCESSORIES FOR THE LAST DAY OF THE COURSE. VERY AMATEUR LOOKING ON THE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING PART (COULDN’T GET A SMOOTH FINISH-ANY TIPS ON THAT? ) BUT EVERY BODY LIKED IT THE OTHER THINGS. I HAD PUMPKINS,ACORN,LEAVES…ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN’T SHOW ON THE CALSS. ANYHOW THE QUESTION I HAVE HERE IS HOW EARLY CAN YOU MAKE THE FONDANT FLOWERS AND HOW DO YOU STORE AFTER YOU GET THE ORDER TO MAKE THE CAKE.
YOUR REPLY WOULD MEAN A LOT TO ME.THANKS
You can make fondant flowers as far in advance as you’d like – they will dry hard and not go bad. I will make them up to about 5 days in advance. To store, you can keep them on a piece of parchment, on the inside of a box lid – anywhere you have room!
Wow! This is so pretty! I love fall! Thanks for everything you post on your blog! I have tried many of your recipes & love them all! I use many of your recipes for my cakes & they turn out delicious! So glad I found your blog while recipe testing! Keep up the awesome work & recipes!