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Cake Design - Weddings For your special day you have only one chance to display the cake that is going to say it all. Your ideas, colour schemes, flowers and shape will be interpreted by an artist with flair, imagination and an international reputation for excellence both with traditional and modern contempory designs. Your cake can be any shape, made with any ingredients: traditional fruit, modern American, French style croquembouche, gluten free, wheat free or dairy free.
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3 tier hexagonal cake - This 3 tier hexagonal rich fruit cake took 16 hrs to bake. It was left to mature for 3 months to ensure maximum flavour. The cake was put on an offset stand in order to focus on the three sprays of sugar flowers. These sprays took 50 hours to make and the colour scheme complimented the “gold” theme of the day.		2 tier hexagonal cake - A traditional tiered cake with bridge and extension work on the sides. This is extremely difficult work and can take up to 35 hrs. The bridge is built up with layers of piped royal icing , each layer has to set and dry before the next layer can be over piped. Then the extension is piped down onto the bridge. Steady hands, good eyesight and the correct consistency of royal icing is very important. The top decoration represents a crown and was piped in six sections. The daisies were made and wired together into a chain and placed on the surface of the cakes.

Painted picture of Castle Stuart - The bride was not able to get the cake she wanted and came to me a month before the wedding. I painted the picture of the castle in food colours on a sugar card and it took 10 hrs plus a migraine!!! The calla lilies and ivy matched the bride’s bouquet and the tulle around the side of the cake complimented the design in her dress. The flowers took 3 weeks to make.
Over the years designs have changed. Some brides are choosing a more contemporary American style. These may look deceptively simple to do but a well designed cake takes a lot of thought. A high level of skill is required to obtain a flawless covering. The decoration can be fresh flowers, silk flowers or exquisite sugar flowers which can be made to mirror your fresh flowers. Click here to see Diana’s Floral work. The designs you see here are the result of careful planning and several meetings with the client.

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