Cyclamen & Ivory Hexagons

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6, 9 & 12in hexagonal cakes covered in cyclamen fondant and decorated with lustre painted ivory royal icing pearls and ribbons. Top & bottom tiers were chocolate cake with coffee buttercream and middle tier was vanilla cake with Bailey's Irish Cream infused dark chocolate ganache. Survived a 2 hour journey in 80 degree heat (thank goodness!). Based on Mich Turner's Vanity Fair design.

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Thank you everyone! Whilst this cake looks a simple design - it was a lot more work than I had bargained for! It took me 2 1/2 hours to pipe all the pearls on and my hand went into spasm several times! The following day it took me about 1 1/2 hours to paint all the pearls with lustre, and my hand, still sore from the night before, went dead 3 times! My bride and groom were over the moon about the cake though - so it made up for the pain!

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gorgeous cake!!!!! it looks absolutely perfect!!! wow! and all those hand-piped pearls.....amazing! awesome job!

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I have a book with several designs like this in it and I've always wanted to try one. I LOVE the look, and your's turned out beautifully!!

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omg yours turned out gorgeous!!!! I love the colors!! I know exactly what you mean about how much work goes into it. It looks so easy but it's very time consuming.

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Thank you everyone! Whilst this cake looks a simple design - it was a lot more work than I had bargained for! It took me 2 1/2 hours to pipe all the pearls on and my hand went into spasm several times! The following day it took me about 1 1/2 hours to paint all the pearls with lustre, and my hand, still sore from the night before, went dead 3 times! My bride and groom were over the moon about the cake though - so it made up for the pain!

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gorgeous cake!!!!! it looks absolutely perfect!!! wow! and all those hand-piped pearls.....amazing! awesome job!

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omg yours turned out gorgeous!!!! I love the colors!! I know exactly what you mean about how much work goes into it. It looks so easy but it's very time consuming.

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I have a book with several designs like this in it and I've always wanted to try one. I LOVE the look, and your's turned out beautifully!!