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For a Christmas photo shoot we followed florist's brief of Scandi-chic, with a wreath of sugar eucalyptus foliage, pine cones and berries, hand piped snowflakes and sugar baubles, to create a design which could easily translate into a wintry wedding cake.
Iced in a delicate rose quartz colour, this cake features gilded hand piped paisley and a variety of sugar flowers.
Golden wedding cake with sugar parrot tulips & dendrobium orchids, symbolising perfect love and strength, hand piped detail and gold accents.
A rustic design, silver birch-inspired, with vibrant sugar sunflowers, African violets and berries to match the bridal flowers.
Art Nouveau-inspired wedding cake, influenced by the work of Alphonse Mucha, in a pastel colour palette including 2017 Bridal Pantone 'Greenery'. The marbled tier complements the curved lines of Art Nouveau style and the circular monogram plaque is reminiscent of the halo often used by Mucha in his commercial art.
The bride’s love of lavender (the flower, the colour and the flavour!) were the inspiration for this wedding cake with a sugar lavender flower garland, ombré ruffles, lace piping to match the bride’s Blue by Enzoani ‘Dillon’ wedding dress, and sugar David Austin rose.
Indian-style wedding cake with hand piped lace, beading and a pop of colour to match the dress, hand piping and monogram to match the luxury invitations and sugar rose to complement the fresh floral styling.
A pastel shabby-chic design to reflect the stationery suite with hand piped lace inspired by the bride’s Pronovias ‘Primadonna’ wedding dress.
A classic clean design with a delicate sugar peony and rose blooms, to reflect the bride’s fresh flowers, trimmed with gold lamé to complement the venue décor.
A romantic wedding cake crowned with a sugar flower bouquet of peony, sweet peas, ranunculus and stocks, interspersed with pretty snowberries – to match the bride’s bouquet. Delicate hand piping inspired by the bride’s Romantica of Devon ‘Olympia’ wedding dress
An elegant design with hand piped beading to reflect the bride’s Blue by Enzoani ‘Iva’ wedding dress, topped with a classic ivory sugar rose.
A vibrant wedding cake design which screams ‘Summer’, bringing to mind flower-filled cottage gardens, sitting in the sunshine sipping pink lemonade – or quaffing Pimms! Inspired by Liberty fabric, with sugar mallow-style appliqué flowers, blossoms and hand piping, topped with sugar David Austin roses. For couples who love colour!
Inspired by Joanne Fleming Design exquisite 1920s flapper-style dresses, iced in bridal Pantone colour, Rose Quartz, this wedding cake features a sugar tree peony, cornflowers, gilded lace brush embroidery and sugar feathers. Vintage opulence!
An opulent boho design inspired by Claire Pettibone ‘Notre Dame’ wedding gown, with hand piped jewels and lace, gilded lace brush embroidery and garlands of sugar foliage.
A pretty wedding cake with rustic influences, with small bouquets of sugar roses, astrantia, stocks, nigella, and piped astilbe to complement the pretty bridal flowers by Elise Flowers.
A pastel colour palette of sugar flowers – roses, lisianthus, sweet peas and ranunculus. The eucalyptus and quirky addition of gum nuts are a nod to the bride’s Australian roots and the delicate hand piped lace matches the bride’s dress.
A vintage-style design with sugar David Austin rose, buds, sweet peas and snowberries inspired by Wedding and Events Floral Design's boutonnières. Ruffles, gold accents and hand piping reflecting the flowers complete the design.
Autumnal wedding cake with an arrangement of sugar flowers - giant sugar rose, dahlias and calla lily - to reflect the fiery colours of the season, leaf sprays to match those on the wedding stationery and gilded lace brush embroidery inspired by the bride’s Berketex ‘Piper’ wedding dress.
Inspired by Erica Berry Flowers’ beautiful floral displays, decorated with hybrid tea rose, cotinus, scabiosa seed heads, calla lilies and berries... and leaves in gilded piping for a touch of opulence... a riot of autumnal colour!
Wintry white with giant sugar roses and gypsophila and hand piped lace brush embroidery to match the bride’s St Patrick ‘Eresma’ wedding dress.
Claire Pettibone ‘Beauty’ wedding dress is the basis for this design with delicate hand piped detail to reflect the shoulder and neck lace, circular beaded back, floral lace bodice and chevron-edged lace hem, decorated with peachy/pink roses, flimsy appliqué flowers and contrasting ribbon. Serves
The bride’s Naomi Neoh ‘Dita’ wedding dress with silk rose corsage and Chantilly lace inspired this design, epitomising femininity and romance, in ivory with one blush tier, with sugar rose corsage, hand piped floral and chevron lace, crowned with blush & ivory roses, posies of scabious and a sprinkling of wax flowers – all to match the fresh floral styling.
Christening cake with a bouquet of sugar parrot tulip, pompom dahlia and ranunculus, and lace brush embroidery inspired by the Christening gown.
Astrid: Blush pink Christening cake with a stylised bouquet inspired by the Rifle Paper Co invitations, including poppy seed heads, rosehip berries and little coral blossoms, and starflowers to reflect Astrid’s name.
I’m excited to release a number of sugar flower tutorials and thought I’d share my first one here - it's available to download in PDF format and covers tools, materials and method with step-by-step, fully illustrated instructions. http://www.amandaearlcakes.com/sugarcraft-tuition/
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