I got an order for a wedding cake for the 29th of july,and the only thing I was told was it has to feed about 90 and use cheerful colors 
that really is making me NUTS becuase my options are pretty much wide open and I get to much going through my haed on what I could do with this.how would you handle basically no certain info/instructions or stipluations for a cake?
yeah I have tried to get some more opinions from my sister in law, who is the maid of honor(it being her close friend) and she just says it doesnt really matter,she just wants color.heres the thing.....it is the brides 4TH WEDDING, so I'm guessing maybe she's tired of cake and the cake might last longer than the marriage 
yeah I have tried to get some more opinions from my sister in law, who is the maid of honor(it being her close friend) and she just says it doesnt really matter,she just wants color.heres the thing.....it is the brides 4TH WEDDING, so I'm guessing maybe she's tired of cake and the cake might last longer than the marriage
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THAT IS FUNNY---MAYBE SHE TIRED OF THE SAME O SAME O
WOULD SHE LOOK AT PICTURES TO HELP OUT OR MAYBE YOUR SIL WOULD??
BRIGHT COLORFUL WEDDING CAKE PICS MIGHT HELP HER ALONG
I went to my sil today with some books and even pans,and got know comment accept I said i was trying to figure this out and she said she she didn't know.talk about whatever people. so my thought is this...I don't know this bride from a whole in the wall so I should just make easy,simple not much to it.I don't know how much tablespace i will have so I am going with a 4 tier stacked-14x3,10x3,8x3,6x3.but I have an open oppertunity here to show I can do areally good job in hopes of someone wanting to have me do another cake.if your right and she is tired of the same ol same, I was thinking all fondant with gumpaste flowers down one side,or now I'm really thinking all battercream with colored seashells and white choc corals,since we live on the jersey shore!!
On the photo below(taken from Wilton's Weddings) I think if you make the accents and the ribbons in the "cheerful colors" it would be still be what she wanted and yet classic. I think I'm going to alter this for my sisters homecoming party with flowers instead of hearts and no couple on top. Maybe a sun. Very cheery, indeed.
Of course I don't know if they even want extra decorations like flowers, ribbons, bows, etc.. Good luck and remember to post a pic.
I agree with fmandds - I really love that cake and its different. Ribbons bould be changed, or the hearts could be changed to whatever scheme the wedding is. I also like the idea of stacked gifts....
I hate "whatever" cakes too! Im always worried that Ill love it and they wont really like it...although if thats the case they should have told me what they wanted...good luck!
How about a whimsical cake - You could do it in cheery colors with maybe daisy fondant cut-outs on one layer with fondant ribbon roses & bows, and ribbons thru out. It would be different from the usually wedding cake but it could show off your talent...I also like the gift package idea as well..
I'm doing a cake for a couple next week; it is the second wedding for both...it's three different pastel colors, round tier stacked, with cornelli lace on each tier. With a bow on top (I love "present" cakes!) to complete the design, it's fun without being too over the top, and still looks like a wedding cake.
Let us know what you decide to do!
I'm doing a cake for a couple next week; it is the second wedding for both...it's three different pastel colors, round tier stacked, with cornelli lace on each tier. With a bow on top (I love "present" cakes!) to complete the design, it's fun without being too over the top, and still looks like a wedding cake.
Let us know what you decide to do!
there was a cake I saw at brides.com....let me see if I can find it because it was simple and very cheery, bet it's be acceptable!
Well I couldn't find the one I was looking for but I found this one which I like better, the mums you could just use any kind of fondant cutter, pick your shape. I like how this was arranged.
www.cupcakecafe.com has some wonderful brightly colored cakes on their site as well as www.coriscorner.com. I absolutely love both of these sites and refer to them often for ideas.
I would do a fun whimsey cake. She is probably over the traditional wedding cake looks and wanting something fun.
thanks for all the ideas guys 
to cindy:thats too FUNNY and its funny that you all mentioned a present cake because that was like one of my thoughts last week.I also pondered on the cornelli lace.I thought something with a big gift bow ontop,I just love love love doing those bows.I'll check out some of those sites or ways to modify certain cakes and hopefully I won't be afraid to post the whatever wedding cake 
I have not attempted the whimsicle cakes yet,however I have all the directions printed out and have read them before with hopes of getting to do one,so maybe I should follow this through.does anyone the level of difficulty(spelling) it is?and or they usually 3 or 4 tier,I need to serve 90?
You wouldn't have to do the slanty/madhatter style cake. You could just stack them ( with some sort of rod support of course)
Here are some more cakes for inspiration
i want to make a wedding cake but don't know how to start, i mean, what should i learn first. i'm pretty amazed how those big cakes are baked, decorated and stacked on top of each other. i have been decorating birthday cakes in sheets and round ones, took wilton course 1. thanks! sorry for the boring question but i have to let it out.....
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