{"id":2483,"date":"2012-02-06T19:44:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T19:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2012-02-23T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T11:47:03","slug":"bridal-fair-wedding-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"Cranbrook Bridal Fair Wedding Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have spent the last year building an amazing bridal\/wedding cake portfolio! \u00a0We have done some amazing cakes (if I do say so myself) and I am extremely proud to show you the wedding cakes that we took with us to the St Eugene Bridal Show at the end of January. \u00a0The St Eugene show is now the premier spot to showcase your wedding goods, and boy were we ever ready for the brides! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The following is an overview of the cakes that we took with us to the Bridal show . . . can you guess which <strong>one<\/strong> I made, and which <strong>ones<\/strong> Paul made??<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #d87093;\">Love Birds:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2539 aligncenter\" title=\"Red and Black Love Bird Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2569.jpg 397w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2569-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This cake is a topsy turvy cake, with a completely edible love bird topper!\u00a0 Paul carved and sculpted these two cute love birds out of fondant and gum paste.\u00a0 The topsy turvy is covered in fondant, wrapped the the ribbon and twigs were applied to give it a sparsely wooded feel to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #d87093;\">Purple Swirl Wedding Cake:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2542 aligncenter\" title=\"Purple Swirl Wedding Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2570.jpg 397w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2570-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This cake is a three tiered square one, covered in white fondant, and wrapped in two different shades of purple satin ribbon.\u00a0 The swirl work is completely edible, as it is edible paper, cut out from our <a title=\"Cricut Cake Decorating Basics and Review\" href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=2138\" target=\"_blank\">Cricut Cake<\/a>.\u00a0 To finish it off, the edible paper was airbrushed with a purple sheen and attached to the cake with gum glue, which is a mixture of gum paste and water.\u00a0 Last second touch ups had to be done to the swirls, as they started to peel away from the cake, with the humidity that was inside it&#8217;s traveling container!\u00a0 Good thing we were prepared for everything!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #d87093; font-size: large;\">Black, Red and White Lily Cake:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2543 aligncenter\" title=\"Black, Red and White Lily Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2571.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2571.jpg 397w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2571-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This cake is a two tiered round cake, wrapped in red and white fondant.\u00a0 The tubing work wraps each layer of the cake, as well as where the colour change happens on the top tier.\u00a0 To make the tubing, you have to be REALLY good at rolling out fondant into tubes!\u00a0 Size consistency is key to creating the smooth, look of this cake.<\/p>\n<p>The lilies, roses and small black buds are hand sculpted, and you can watch a video of mine on how to make calla lilies on our YouTube channel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CupcakesandCardio?feature=guide\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #d87093;\">Anemone Cake:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2544 aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Anemone Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2573.jpg 397w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2573-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I first saw these flowers from my friend Geneva&#8217;s site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threekidsinthekitchen.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Three Kids in the Kitchen<\/a>.\u00a0 I asked her to give me a tutorial on them, and she said that they were too easy . . . so with that knowledge in hand, I set out to figure it out on my own!\u00a0 And, yes, they are easy, but they look very fancy.\u00a0 Creating the flowers involves a lot of ball tool work, molding and waiting for the petals to dry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I had the petals together, I applied a liberal dusting of luster dust and then made a half ball centre, in which I poked a bunch of holes into with my pointed tool, and then stuck the stamens in. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The blue ribbon is satin and applied to the cake with hot glue . . . which you obviously wouldn&#8217;t do if you were making this to be consumed!\u00a0 The anemone&#8217;s are stuck to the cake with gum glue.<\/p>\n<p>This cake is simple, but beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d87093;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cherry Blossom Cupcake Tier with Cutting Cake Topper<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2545 aligncenter\" title=\"Cherry Blossom Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2550.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2550-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the top tier of a cutting cake and below is how we had it on display on our table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_26031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2546 aligncenter\" title=\"Cherry Blossom Cake\/Cupcake Tier\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_26031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_26031.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_26031-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I made the fondant covered cupcakes to match the colour scheme of the cherry blossom tree. \u00a0I also had &#8220;P&#8221; and &#8220;J&#8221; monogramed cupcakes, but apparently Paul didn&#8217;t like them enough to take a picture \ud83d\ude09\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2547 aligncenter\" title=\"Fondant covered cupcakes\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2467.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_2467-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I hope you have enjoyed having a look at wedding fair display cakes! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jjscustomcakery.com\/cake_gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Visit our 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