Several times a year an individual who grew-up locally or vacationed here as a child, will return to the area for their wedding. There are two large lakes and we have a lot of summer guests.
This women now resides in IA and wanted a cake very much like her parents. She supplied me with a wedding cake photo from the 70's and I remember the theme of the time so well, as I too married in the late 70's.
I took elements from the original cake, modernized the overall design and this was the outcome.
108 green center, lavender edged hydrangea petals were needed.
As well as 36 mini ivory roses, 54 mini dark purple carnations and 100 pieces of mini ivy, all on wire.
The flower sprays were arranged as follows; a piece of ivy, an ivory mini rose, then three hydrangea petals, two carnations and a rose came next and finished with three more hydrangea petals and two more pieces of ivy.
The cake consisted of a 12" hexagon and a 9" and a 6" round. All Chocolate cake with Bailey Mousse.
The cake was covered in buttercream and featured a puff shell boarder at the bottom of each tier and a forward shell at the top of each tier. A #2 round tip drape swage around the sides and a shell swag on top of the drape.
The flower sprays were placed at each point on the hexagon and then in-between the points on the round layers.
The handblown glass wedding topper belonged to her parents.
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