Tiered Buttercream Wedding Cake at Royal Perak Golf Club (RPGC), Ipoh

The wedding of Deena and Jaya, 23rd June, 2012 at the Jubilee Hall, Royal Perak Golf Course. 

This is a buttercream wedding cake with four real cake on the upper tiers 

and a dummy bottom tier covered with fondant. 

Here's a flower that looks like the anemone. 

Thinning and cupping the petals.

Left to dry in a flower former. 

The stamens using gold thread.

Flowers are to be pink and gold, purple and silver.

A cone shaped paste is attached to the back after the stamens are inserted.

Sort of like a short cut, cheating method. ;)

The letters J and D are printed out from the computer, cut out and use as a template to cut out on gum paste and turn them into monograms.

Gold and silver dragees added to give some bling.

Top two tiers of cake is assembled at the venue.

Each tier has a different texture...and I just love cakes without borders. 

It's my first buttercream wedding cake...happy with the outcome. :)

The flowers are then attached to the cake with the monogram on top.

The photography corner where guests can take photos with the bride and groom after dinner. 

An archway decorated with lanterns and pom-poms.

Walkway strewn with red rose petals.

This is the entrance to the ballroom with a huge and long banner for guests to write their wishes on.

Brangelina aka Mr and Mrs Smith...as Wedding Toppers

The wedding of Mohana and Pratip in Syuen Hotel, Ipoh. 

A picture of the topper is provided by Mohana. 

It doesn't say Brangelina...or Mr. and Mrs. Smith...I just made it up

...cause it does reminds me of them in that movie.

The bride's costume is a replica of what Mohana wore that night.  

Here's how I did the bride...

...and the groom.

Give them heads, faces and hair from royal icing.

Overall, I'm quite happy with the outcome, just a couple of points to remember for future wedding figurines.

Funky designed cupcakes to match.

The cake theme was "nothing serious, and in warm colours". 

Cool backdrop!

This is what you see as you enter the ballroom.

Another backdrop at the far end of entrance.

Pretty and sweet!

Everything in its place and all ready for service.

Cows as Wedding Cake Toppers...and some Butterflies too.

Another cute animal themed wedding cake topper.

It's cows this time!

Plus some butterflies which are among the bride's favourite things.

Cow figurines in the making.

They have heart-shaped hooves.

View from the top.

Cow have elongated heads so when you see from the top, you can actually see the eyes and such.

But when viewed from the front, you get a smiley face...the pink portion where the nostrils and mouth looks like. :)

Cow shaped spots using all sorts of cutters available on-hand.

Making the butterflies.

Using my collection of butterfly cutters. Metal ones are cookie cutters,

black ones are from the Patchwork Cutters range. 

Tutorial for this can be found here.

Attaching body to the butterflies and wiring them.

This is so that you can position them not just on the cake,

 but also between the cake boards used to construct the tower.

The front view.

Can you see the smiley face?

The 'pelamin', the wedding dais, 

where the bride and groom will be seated for the 'bersanding',

 a traditional Malay wedding enthronement ceremony.

Beautiful main table set-up with a small fountain at the front.

This is where the wedding couple and close family will have their 

formal meal with their guests. (source)

Guests table with the dome tray in the middle, which consist of compartments under the lid, for different dishes taken with rice. 

A reception table with the Guest Book.

Items in the gift pack for guests.

Marshmallows in a jar,

cookies with initials (done by me!)

a 'bunga telur', hard-boiled egg with a stalk of silk flower (another traditional item to signify fertility),

and a prayer book with bride and groom's name. 

A Meaningful Cake for a Wacky Wedding

This could be my favourite cake for this year.

Ideas from Nora, a bride who knows what she wants, and among the very few that I did not get a chance to meet.

The topper for Nora and Hasnul's wedding cake.

Dusting of leaves.

Using 18 gauge wire to form a horseshoe shape.

Wind a ribbon around it.

Wind the leaves starting from top to bottom. 

Monogram using Wilton's Color Flow for strength and puffyness.

Air-brushed with black mixed with pearl sheen, both Americolor. 

Using Satin Ice Chocolate Fondant for both birds and branches.

Attaching the leaves.

A simple designed cake full of meaning.

Horseshoe shaped topper for luck.

Monogram of the couple's initials under it.

Two love birds, one flying towards the other perched on a branch.

Autumn coloured leaves, starting from green, turning dark brown to signify a long marriage life. 

I was told these was done by the bride and groom.

A photo booth for guests to take their pictures.

Totally wacky!

A carnival like atmosphere for the wedding, I can imagine the guests having fun.

A side table near the photo booth with the sign "Take One Each".

Marshmallows, colourful pencils and bookmarks.

Momento bookmarks.

Gift packs for all guests...and me too!

The colourful item in the middle is called "Agar-agar Kering"...a traditional Malay jelly seldom found nowadays. Among the procedure is the drying in the sun for at least 3 days. Tastes like Turkish Delights but with a crisp texture on the outside.

Traditional + Wacky + Meaningful

I have great customers. :)

A Cupcake Tower with Brown Cymbidiums and Rose Buds

A wedding cupcake tower on brown, beige and gold for Lya and Ezan.

The exortic brown cymbidium orchids and rose buds to accompany them.

In terms of flower grouping or arrangements, orchids are seldom placed together with roses.

But I like how they turned out here. 

These are cymbidium buds...in their undusted form 

Cymbidium throat.

The final result of the brown cymbidiums.

 

The Wilton method of making roses, or rose buds in this case.

Air brushing the cake in light gold.

Painting gold lustre to royal iced letterings.

The final assemble.

Brown and gold, earthly and elegant at the same time.

An Impromptu Cake Idea

Occasionally, customers do call up for last minute birthday cake orders. Last minute would mean at least three days in advance which I can accommodate, but again it depends on my workload. At such short notice, they just want a cake in any design, as long as there is a name and the age written. 

 This is a cake for lucky Thashan, ordered by his aunt. 

An aeroplane theme birthday cake using cookie cutters. 

An opportunity to experiment with merging two colours, inspired by the current wedding trend for ombre wedding cakes. Here's a link to view examples of such cakes using different techniques.   

Two aeroplanes and a helicopter, part of my cookie cutter collection. 

I shall one day sit down and group my cookie cutters into themes, an interesting activity! 

Will do another post on that if I ever get to it. 

Cut-outs from fondant.

By the way, Wilton has this technique of cut-outs, over-lays and in-lays.

Applicable for this project.

Lastly, decorate and position your cut-outs and add other details, 

according to theme, such as the clouds here.

A fast cake decorating technique...and interesting too! 

You just have to start a cookie cutter collection and group them into different themes. Each theme could be re-used many times but with different positioning of cut-outs and in different colours with different details which would result in a different looking cake each time.