the-icing-on-the-cake. (Jo)
Birdcage wedding cake
So here it is, the finished birdcage cake, I've been wanting to do one of these for ages!
I have to say I fell in love with this!, based (heavily) on the cake featured in the 'how to' part of the magazine 'wedding cakes a design source'*
The cake in the magazine had less flowers and of course just the one bird! (but I always like to keep on adding just a little more!), I thought 2 birds was more apt for a wedding cake. (The birds are made from fondant with added cmc, though the magazine suggested making them from royal icing, I tried and failed at that!).
With the glorious weather we're having I couldn't resist taking the pictures in the garden.
Lemon cake with rich lemon curd and elderflower buttercream filling. (8inch round [though magazine suggested 6inch], it stood about 9 inches tall)
(the cake stand is from BHS, plastic! - comes with a lovely dome top, perfect for posh picnics - found in the BBQ section! £12)
*Wedding cakes a design source, Squires kitchen magazine publishing. Issue 38, Spring 2011, page 106, Based on the design 'Songbird Sanctuary' by Zoe Clark
Birdcage wedding cake
So here it is, the finished birdcage cake, I've been wanting to do one of these for ages!
I have to say I fell in love with this!, based (heavily) on the cake featured in the 'how to' part of the magazine 'wedding cakes a design source'*
The cake in the magazine had less flowers and of course just the one bird! (but I always like to keep on adding just a little more!), I thought 2 birds was more apt for a wedding cake. (The birds are made from fondant with added cmc, though the magazine suggested making them from royal icing, I tried and failed at that!).
With the glorious weather we're having I couldn't resist taking the pictures in the garden.
Lemon cake with rich lemon curd and elderflower buttercream filling. (8inch round [though magazine suggested 6inch], it stood about 9 inches tall)
(the cake stand is from BHS, plastic! - comes with a lovely dome top, perfect for posh picnics - found in the BBQ section! £12)
*Wedding cakes a design source, Squires kitchen magazine publishing. Issue 38, Spring 2011, page 106, Based on the design 'Songbird Sanctuary' by Zoe Clark