Hey there - any ideas for a 'different' tuscan theme cake - using lots of grapes and vines?
Hi,
I am doing a Tuscan theme cake for a Wedding at a vineyard.
I will be doing grape clusters, I haven't decided if they will all be made from rolled fondant brushed with luster dust or if some will be made with blown sugar. But I will also do grape leaves with gumpaste and luster dust as well as vines.
I don't know if this helps or not, but I generally get more creative as I work on the project, perhaps if you sketch out your cake you will get inspired.
Good luck!
I saw a beautiful cake with grapes etc at Earlenes website (she sells the stress free cake supports too). I think she even sells the directions for it. It's a beautiful cake.
An old urn with grapes flowing from the top.
I WANT TO GO TO TUSCANY!!
Oh, excuse my breakdown--uh, what was I saying?
me toooo
I have promised myself I will see it before I die!!!
As for the cake.....I love the urn idea......or how about stacking different sized round cakes and making a big wine barrel......might even be cute to make a little spicket on it.....like a wine tap and have grapes on and around with wines trailing down it. You could cover the barell in fondant with a wood effect .......there are a million different things you could do
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gailwatsoncake.com/jpg/grapevine.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gailwatsoncake.com/kit_grape_arbor.html&h=300&w=220&sz=13&hl=en&start=14&tbnid=IzaDeIs4Jg
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here's a kind of traditional looking wedding cake with grapes on it
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.creativecakes.co.nz/images/grapesndrapes.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.creativecakes.co.nz/&h=270&w=180&sz=13&hl=en&start=33&tbnid=WYGNtRSiIzDgpM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bgrapes%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial_s%26sa%3DN
http://www.oregondairy.com/images/wed%20-%20grape%20cake%202.JPG
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zehnders.com/new-site/retail-shops/wedding-cakes/images/wedding-cakes-pictures4_jpg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.zehnders.com/new-site/retail-shops/wedding-cakes/pages/wedding-cakes-pictures4_jpg.htm&h=396&w=338&sz=38&hl=en&start=57&tbnid=SpTq-Ja430DqlM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bgrapes%26start%3D54%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial_s%26sa%3DN
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/linzlounz/GrapesCake.jpg
KHalstead,
Thanks for the links to the websites....enjoyed looking at the pics, especially like the last one !!!! saved to my folder.....anyone else have pics to share?
Regards,
Angie.....
p.s. Would love to go to Tuscany also - over 50 myself, so time is running out - will have to make lots of wedding cakes to afford a tkt from the Caribbean to Italy - then where will I stay? Hummmmm!!!!! ONE DAY!!!!
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