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Cake Decorating: Vintage Wedding cake
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Vintage Wedding cake

Finished cake

Finished cake
finishing touches
Cake with lace
Placing the flowers
Is this your project? Can you share instructions or a pattern with the Craftsy community?

Difficulty:

Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Unisex

Style: Traditional, Romantic, Retro / Vintage, Classic


Materials

Fondant, flower paste, food colour, flower wire, florist tape. lace and cake

What was your inspiration?

The Birde requested soft pink and white and had a picture of the peonies she wanted. The bride also supplied the lace she wanted on the cake.

What are you most proud of?

The flowers. I had to search the internet to teach my self how to do the peony roses. and just made the gold berry from the picture provided.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Regardless of the type of flower you choose to cover the cake with you will need to start months in advance. This cake was large (300 people) and needed many flowers to cover it as well as back up flowers to cover any breakages.

 

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goldengirl305 on craftsy.com
Apr 11, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
The lace cake and matching tablecloth are such a beautiful combination. Great work.
Ancial on craftsy.com
Apr 01, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
This is just beautiful!!!!
kazzybiz862548 on craftsy.com
Mar 19, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Knew you were an Aussie SO GIFTED!!!! Keep up the great work hun your work is awesome, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ps how did you do that fantastic lace work?
jennlovej1257003 on craftsy.com
Feb 18, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Such a beautiful wedding cake .
BabyMJ on craftsy.com
Nov 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful cake, lovin it
TooTTiFruiTTi on craftsy.com
Oct 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
did you learn how to do the roses on the craftsy site?
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Oct 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
No I purchased a set of cutters that had instructions.
Belletain on craftsy.com
Jul 09, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Hi! Really nice cake!! I do have some questions for you, I hope you will help me. - Which how-to did you used to make the peony roses? - Was it difficult to work with sugarveil? - How did you attached the roses to the cake? - And how did you made the gold berries? Hope to hear from you. Greetings Nicolette
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Jul 09, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Hi there... Well where to start... The peony roses are made from petal paste and were shaped over a styrofoam egg on wire. There are lots of tutorials on the net/youtube on how to do this. The lace is real lace not sugarveil. The roses were made into three strands with the other flowers and the wire was placed into flower spikes that were inbeded into the cake. Some royal icing was piped into the flower spikes to help hold it. The gold berries are flower paste balls on wire that i first painted brown then dusted with gold petal dust.. all these things are available from decorating shops.... I hope this was helpful.
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Oct 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
The peony roses are a big flower and a little complex.. The cutters I used had instructions and i found a great vid on youtube. Then changed it a little. The lace is real not sugarveil. And the roses were wired in long stands then i put flower spikes in the cake and "glued" the wire in the flower spikes with royal icing. The berries are fondant with brown food colour painted on then dusted with gold bluster dust.
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Jul 07, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The lace is real, picked out by the bride to match her theme.
kazzybiz862548 on craftsy.com
Mar 19, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Great idea chook and very clever!!!! WE'RE A GIFTED LOT AREN'T WE!!LOL XX
Bite Me Bakery on craftsy.com
Jul 06, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I've 'Pinned' you, by the way. Hope you don't mind! (pinterest)
Bite Me Bakery on craftsy.com
Jul 06, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Gorgeous. Is the lace Sugar Veil?
dzamora on craftsy.com
Jun 10, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
did you use a mold for the lace? it turned out spectacular!
Anointed on craftsy.com
May 30, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
exquisite !
sugarflower on craftsy.com
Apr 09, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
So sweet.. Flowers and lace very nice.
flourshoppe on craftsy.com
Jan 15, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Loved using the lace on my cakes too...sure do miss doing it....the lace cake with flowers is breathtaking....you live in Australia? and you are allowed to do cakes in your home or do you have a shop?
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Jan 16, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I do live in Australia. And yes you are allowed to do cakes at home if you have local council approval and a few other bits and pieces. My family also has a cafe so i can do baking there.. But I am not in business with cakes yet. I just do for family and friends so far. I only started decoratig less then 11 monts ago. I have a 22 month old son and a new baby on the way in May.. So I will look at starting a business when I get back on track...
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Jan 16, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I do live in Australia. And yes you are allowed to do cakes at home if you have local council approval and a few other bits and pieces. My family also has a cafe so i can do baking there.. But I am not in business with cakes yet. I just do for family and friends so far. I only started decoratig less then 11 monts ago. I have a 22 month old son and a new baby on the way in May.. So I will look at starting a business when I get back on track...
flourshoppe on craftsy.com
Jan 15, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Sally, please forgive me for not responding to your AUGUST comment regarding my Gold Monogram cake. I was very new to Craftsy then and had no idea how to respond. This was a Martha Stewart Design and I believe I did it probably in 2003 or 2004 since I left South Carolina in October 2004. It was in her Weddings Magazine. Perhaps you can locate that magazine somewhere. I named it Gold Monogram because I copied the couple's gold monogram on their invitation. Hope that helps albeit many months late...so HAPPY NEW YEAR and hope you find it.
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Jan 15, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks flourshoppe... Yes I had found it. Thanks for responding. I love that cake..
Sally Ryan on craftsy.com
Jan 13, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Feel free to "Heart" or like my projects
bdpd1a64500 on craftsy.com
Jan 11, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful!
allison mcgothi on craftsy.com
Jan 11, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
this has to be just simply beautiful I love it
6rcm1569527 on craftsy.com
Jan 11, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
beautiful! just what I'm thinking for my wedding..
tofreloui351384 on craftsy.com
Jan 11, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
were is the courche anther the cake or over it ......i like your worke very much
deb121760189404 on craftsy.com
Jan 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I LOVE this cake. It is simple but elegant.
Liza7755331451 on craftsy.com
Nov 19, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
nice job, love the lace