Ivory, Peach & Purple Rose Birdcage Cake!

My latest cake design was inspired by the Spring/Summer Wedding Window display at Lancashire Floristry, Bolton.









Victoria asked me to create a wedding cake design that she could place in her window to compliment her colour scheme and theme of bird, trees and birdcages.

The colours were ivory with a combination of very pale pinks & peaches teamed with a lovely deep purple.

The cake is four tiers of soft ivory with alternate tiers having a gorgeous white lace border pattern. The top tier was a beautiful peach birdcage complete with a bird!

The whole cake was then adorned with oversized handmade sugar roses & blossoms in tones of peach & purple.


 
 

 
 

 
I love this cake, it's so different to the other colour schemes I've worked with but peach is supposed to be on trend for next year so I can't wait to work with it some more. It also works wonderfully well when teamed with gold so watch this space for more peach creations from Marie Antoinette Cakes!

 

Save The Date Sunday 19th May 2013!

I'm so excited to tell you about my next Wedding Fayre! It's at the fabulous Bowden Rooms in Altrincham on Sunday 19th May, entry is free so if you are currently engaged and planning your wedding or even know someone else who is then spread the word and get yourself down to see us, we'll have a lovely display of wedding cakes on show and will be on hand to offer advice on all things cake as well as providing you with some yummy samples to try!!

 

 

 

This is your invitation to Cheshire's best kept secret and most authentic vintage wedding venue, in association with Channel 4's "Top Blog For Northern Brides " Brides Up North   Join the region's very finest bridal suppliers in this unique setting for a luxury exhibition with a vintage twist   The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham, Cheshire - Sunday 19th May 2013 - 12pm - 4pm FREE ENTRY   Visit www.bridesupnorth.co.uk to pre-register for your FREE welcome bag and speedy entry, while stocks last!   We are very nearly sold out on exhibitor space.  For details & to reserve your place email contact@bridesupnorth.co.uk ASAP

Pretty Tiffany Blue & Blush Pink Pearl & Rose Cake!

Last week I made a beautiful cake for a 30th birthday party. I made the wedding cake for this lucky lady so her hubby came back to me when it was time for another fab celebration and knew his wife would definitely want a chocolate truffle cake!

When we discussed the design, he also knew that she liked the tiffany blue wedding cake from the website so we used this as the basis for the cake.










The cake was quite tall, over 15cm and covered in a light shade of tiffany blue sugarpaste.

I then hand-piped lots of royal icing pearls up the cake and topped it with a beautiful handmade oversized blush pink rose!

The end effect was so pretty and went down a real storm at the party!

Mixing Decks 18th Birthday Cake

Last week I made a mixing decks cake for an 18th birthday party. James' Mum got in touch after speaking to a friend who I've made cakes for before and asked if I could make a cake in the style of a set of decks as her son loves them!

Despite these being very detailed, I jumped at the chance to do something so unique and set to work on my plan!







 
 There were 36 buttons, 8 knobs, 3 dials, 2 round mixers and lots of detailed piped writing both on the cake itself and the individual buttons.

The two round mixers either side of the cake were also made out of chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream before being covered in black sugarpaste.






The 8 dials were airbrushed with silver paint before a black stripe of sugarpaste was attached down the side of each one.

James' Mum & Sister co-ordinated the delivery as it was a surprise for him and their reaction was great with Amanda welling up and her daughter screaming!

I loved making this cake, after lots of prep work, it really came to life very quickly in the assembly!

Beautiful Chanel Cupcakes

Last week was a very busy one for me and today I'm shattered so am going to have a day of sorting things out, catching up on admin, blogging, replying to e-mails etc with lots of tea and maybe even some cake!!








So the first order from last week was a dozen vanilla bean cupcakes decorated in the style of Chanel for a girl who was turning 18 and has a love for all things designer!



 

I decided to stick with classic Chanel colours to keep it pretty and girly with pale pinks, pearl white, gold and black and I LOVE the way they turned out.















I did four different designs, one being the classic Chanel logo in black surrounded by white pearls.

The second design was a white quilted top with a pretty black bow with gold pearls.











I also did a pale pink quilted top with a black Chanel shoulder bag with the Chanel logo on the front in gold.



The final design was a beautiful pearl white flower with a gold pearl centre on a pale pink top adorned with  a circle of tiny gold pearls.

I love these cupcakes and so did the customer, Happy birthday Emmelia! x



 

Stunning "Simply Naked" Cake!

A few weeks ago now I drive up to Northumberland to deliver the wedding cake for a lovely couple, childhood sweethearts Ailsa & Stephen.
















They got married at the fabulous (and I can't stress that enough) Newton Hall on the wonderful Northumberland Coast. Despite the weather being dreadful in the run up to the wedding, the day of the wedding itself brought some beautiful sunshine, so much so that my friend and I (freelance makeup artist Siobhan McGurk) went for a pub lunch after setting up and actually sat outside!

There were a huge amount of beautiful and pretty finishing touches to this wedding, the website pictures really don't do it justice so if you're looking for a wedding venue up in the North East, it's worth popping in to have a look for yourself!








Now to the cake, Ailsa and Stephen fell in love with the Simply Naked cake from the Simply Antoinette range but instead of the traditional Victoria Sponge with Raspberry Jam & Vanilla Buttercream, they opted for three tiers of Luscious Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd Buttercream (my favourite!).

We also personalised this cake with the colours, originally this was designed with bright reds & pinks with roses, strawberries & raspberries.

As Ailsa had chosen deep purples, pale lilacs and beautiful baby's breath, I used these to decorate the cake along with raspberries & blackberries to create a stunning version of the Simply Naked cake.

I always tell Brides & Grooms how easy it is to personalise the Simply Range by changing small details and colours and this really is a great example of that!

I fell in love with the venue and the cake and can't wait to see some more pictures taken by a wonderful Newcastle-based photographer Greg Hails.

Congratulations Ailsa & Stephen!!

Upsy Daisy Cake!

 

 

Another cake I recently made was for a little girl called Grace who was celebrating her 2nd birthday!

 

 

Grace is a massive fan of In The Night Garden and especially Upsy Daisy so her Mum and I decided to make something s little different from all of the other Upsy Daisy cakes that have been done before and came up with a design that consisted of the cake being Upsy Daisy's bed with a gorgeous Upsy Daisy character sitting on the bed.

From the curved foot and head of the bed, to the gorgeous pillow, the pretty daisy blanket and the flowers & butterflies, this cake was a whole heap of girly prettiness!!