“The moment I saw the inspiration pictures, the first thing that caught my attention was the golden beads around the head scarf! At once I knew that [would] be my cake topper. I normally start out my cake designs from top to bottom— as I understand, many others normally do it the other way round. I combined the top two tiers of the cakes so I could fit in both beautiful mehndi designs given, my second inspiration. Thereafter, I decided between the making of sugar white jasmine flowers (flowers commonly used for Indian weddings) or to add the white bangle design from the picture; the bangle prevailed. Lastly, [on] the bottom tier I’ve used a square cake to achieve a majestic look by creating the impression of lifting the whole cake up. A square cake looks more unique and stable [as well as] providing a perfect base for the remaining inspiration, the Sari fabric. Golden balls representing the beads from the headscarf were used to achieve a division between the round and the square cakes. Dividing the two layers allowed room for more creative piping work to be applied to the surface of the square. I decided to omit adding any sugar flowers and stick to the theme by focusing entirely on detailed piping work and colors. All piping work was done free handed.” — Joyce Marx