Cake Friday: FALLing in Love

When this client brought us their event invitation we were very excited. The invitation included heart shaped leaves so we chose to design a cake that had a tree of love theme. This cake would be great for a fall wedding, engagement cake, or bridal shower. Take a look how it took shape......

First, brown, tan, and ivory fondant
 are roughly kneaded together. 

Both the bottom and top tier are covered.

Using a smoothing tool the
 fondant is smoothed out.

The top tier is stacked and doweled.

Wood grain is hand painted using
black, and white food coloring.

Tan food paint is dry brushed on to add texture.

Shading is added to add depth. 

Next, a heart is cut into the bottom of the cake.

The same heart is cut out of tan to be placed
 into the heart hole on the cake.

Using a touch of water the heart is
placed into the hole on the cake.

Meanwhile, fall colors are
 mixed together to create leaves.

The couples initials are painted on to
 look like a wood carving. 

The fall colors are used to cut
out hearts to look like leaves.

The heart leaves are placed into
 an egg container to dry. 

Using a touch of water the
leaves are placed on the cake.

Using a mold a rope border is created.

The border is dusted with an edible gold luster.

The border is attached with a touch
of water at the base of each cake.

Some of the leaves are dusted with the gold luster.

They are added to the cake mixed
 in with the first heart leaves.

The finished product!!!