The Cake Makers Cake

It took 2 years to design and 10 minutes to be eaten.  Was I pleased with it?  Umm not 100%.  There was nothing wrong with it, but I felt it was a bit of an anti-climax.  I think I would never have been 100% happy regardless though as there were too many people giving their opinions on what it should and should not be some of which I agreed to against my better judgement.   This meant I ended up with a whole tier that was bodged and a feeling of uneasiness about the structural integrity. 

The compliments received were all good but it didn't soothe my disappointment in the finished product.  *sigh*  I think that's what you get for putting too much pressure on yourself huh?  ( Dont think it helped that the toastmaster kept picking fault.... git)

The Bottom tier was fruit and has a ring of flowers mimicking the detail on my wedding dress.  

Then there was a tier of carrot cake which had a quilting effect on it.  This is the tier I dislike due to it being uneven and having poor detail.  I knew I didn't want to do this design but it was a compromise I should never have let happen.  Luckily the camera angle disguises the errors.  I finished this tier off with a length of ivory lace and some 3mm Berisfords Cypress Green Ribbon.  

Then we had a tier of chocolate cake simply finished with 50mm Berisfords Cypress Green Ribbon and an antique brooch I picked up at an antiques fayre.

Then we have 2 tiers of lemon cake.  The 2nd to top was finished with a pretty ruffle effect mimicking the effect of bridal underskirts and the top tier had pleated detail similar to that on the bodices of both mine and the bridesmaids dresses, finished off with a larger flower in the same design as the bottom tier surrounded my crystal picks made by my talented Stepmum.