A New Look for the Cake Dreams

Highest praise goes to my talented daughter-in-law, Mary, who has created a custom design for my BLOG. I love that the new design is in complete harmony with my website design. She has started a Blog design business and many have already reaped the benefits of her keen eye for design.

Inspired by a photo collage of white on white wedding cake designs that Mary used as a sample entry during the design process, I have reviewed the past years of my own white on white wedding cake designs and created a collage of my own.

There is nothing that screams “I AM A WEDDING CAKE” than a tiered cake iced in white with white designs and flowers or accessories.  The simple designs are just as elegant as the more “artistically inspired” cakes.

White on White Wedding Cakes

From the top left to right, row 1 then row 2

Michelle – Classic scroll patterns in vanilla buttercream with white roses

This is an example of a “basic design” which is one of the most value priced cake designs.  It just shows that the simplest designs stand the test of time.

Dionne – Swiss dots on buttercream with white roses

The most simple of designs, yet it’s simple understated elegance is obvious. This is another example of a Basic Design

Dabney – Buttercream iced with added sugar paste  embellishments

I love the combination of squares and rounds to add interest to the design.  Here is an example of combining three different design elements on the same cake.  The quilted pattern on the bottom square, combined with the vertical fondant ribbon strips and simple sugar pearls are all quite cohesive because the eye moves up the cake as the design elements become lighter on each tier.  My favorite part of this cake are the hand shaped fondant bows.  I used a pasta machine to roll the sugar paste very thin so the bows and ribbon would drape just like a fabric bow.  This is an example of a Basic Plus Design.

Amy – Buttercream iced with sugar paste designs

Cut out diamond shapes airbrushed with pearl luster make a harlequin diamond design on the bottom tier.  Triple Swiss Dot patter on the middle tier and thin fondant ribbon strips on the top tier show once again that combining three distinct patterns on one cake can create an interesting and eye appealing look when the design elements are white on white.  This is another example of a Basic Plus Design.

Aimee Lee – Custom design based on embroidery and piping of bride’s wedding gown

This four tier cake is iced in vanilla buttercream.  Long tubes of fondant form the borders at the base of each tier.  Using an extruder, thin round strands of sugar paste were formed in the same shape of the petals embroidered on the bride’s gown as well as the long piping with loops from her dress.  Small sugar pearls and pearl tipped stamens are added where in the fashion as the beading on her dress.  The entire cake was airbrushed with a pearl luster so that the sugar paste piping would pop and shimmer.  This is an example of an Original Custom Design.

Elizabeth – Custom design based on design elements of bride’s wedding gown

This three tier cake starts with hexagon shaped tiers iced in vanilla buttercream.  I hand cut daisy shaped sugar flowers in two sizes patterned after the floral embroidery designs on the bodice of her wedding gown.  A sugar paste bow tops of the cake.  This is another example of an Original Custom Design.

Liz – Sugar paste flowers on buttercream icing

Alternating random scrolls and sugar pearls create a simple background for several varieties of handmade sugar paste flowers.  White roses, orchids, gardenias, stephanotis start at the top tier of the cake and cascade down three round tiers to the top of the bottom tier of the cake.  The square first tier has a pearl edged oval monogram plaque with the bride and groom’s initials.   This is an example of a Custom Buttercream Design.

Kristin – Sugar paste flowers and fondant drapes on fondant iced cake

Five tiers completely iced in a delicious European rolled fondant create the basic canvas for this French Inspired design for my newest daughter-in-law, Kristin.  Fondant was rolled ultra thin with a pasta machine to create the 30 draped swags that are placed at the top edge of each tier of the cake.  Hundreds of handmade sugar paste flowers and leaves (roses, apple blossoms, white leaves and stephanotis blossoms) are place on the steps and top of each tier of the cake. A small Swiss dot pattern is piped in royal icing where the swags join together.  This is an example of a Custom Fondant Design.

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From time to time I think I will feature cake designs in a thematic way like the White Wedding cakes above. Perhaps one of the collections will inspire you for your upcoming wedding cake.