Cakes and more cakes

My friend Verdie and I worked on display cakes for a friend who was launching his catering business.

  This one is very tall, covered in pearlized rose petals, with a sparkling broach on the top tier and a garland of crystals around the bottom.

Close up of crystals.

Bottom tier of this cake is covered with hydrangea blossoms.  I think we made 18 dozen flowers.  The top tier has a large peony on the side.

Close up of blossoms

Close up of peony on top tier

When you run out of brown colour paste, this is the shade you get.  It's a soft dusty pink.  Verdie had already made the calla lilies.  

Topsy turvey cake with three large roses on the top

Topper

My friend Verdie and I 

A full cake day

Well, here is the order completed for Sunday. Twenty 4" lemon cakes with lemon curd filling and fondant icing and topped with a gumpaste calla lily and leaf; an 8" Jamaican fruitcake covered in marzipan and fondant and a baby cradle; a 10" lemon cake with lemon curd filling and covered in fondant icing, a sugar cross and rosary. And a sugar card. And a couple of dozen iced sugar cookies in the baby theme. Also 6 dozen assorted other cookies. Whew, it was a long day getting it all together.