Last week my sweet cousin got married. I’m the oldest of the cousins in my family, and I used to take care of her when we were younger! It’s crazy that she’s old enough to get married! And she made a beautiful bride. When she got engaged I offered to make her cake as my gift (which I do for all my cousins, and husbands cousins although they don’t all take me up on it).
She came over for dinner with her fiancee and mom to talk about the cake design. She had a few inspirational photo’s of her own, and then I pulled out the laptop and showed her my Cake Pinterest board. She wanted to go with all white, and we also wanted the cake that was inspired by her gorgeous dress.
Seriously? Could that skirt be more beautiful? Anyway when scrolling through my pinterest board we found this gorgeous ruffled flowered cake and decided to go with it!
I worked on the main flower centerpiece for a few days and I am SO happy with how it turned out! I also made about 100 petals ahead of time and dried them, but when I tried to use them on the cake they were TOO curved and kept getting in each other’s way. So in the end it worked better to make fresh petals for the cake and I only used about a dozen of the dried petals on the top of the flower.
It was a HUGE cake and it turned out amazing! I was SO pleased with how well it turned out. All 4 layers are different flavors as well. I’ve had a lot of issues with my cake baking since we moved up here to UT on this mountain. I finally think I figured out a trick that works for me and these cakes are the best I’ve made in 2 years!
Renee Simmons
Can I be your cousin, and make me a baby shower cake for my daughter! LOL! Great job!
Ashlee
HA! your so cute! When and where is the baby shower?
Amanda Joy
That cake is beautiful, and her dress is jaw dropping gorgeous!
Ashlee
I wish I had a shot with the front of the dress too, simply amazing. Thank you so much.
Kara
That cake is gorgeous!! You did an amazing job!!!
Ashlee
Thanks Kara! It was SOOO fun to make, I’ve been excited about this cake for so long, glad it’s done and it went so well.
Renee' Petermann
Simply amazing!!!
Ashlee
Thank you so so much!
Kara
Oh my gosh Ashlee, that cake is breathtaking! It would have made me cry to see them cut it. So, so pretty!
Ashlee
It’s actually pretty funny watching the newlyweds try to cut into a cake. It’s like they know their going to be cutting a cake and don’t think about it, but once they are standing there with the crowd and cameras all of a sudden they realize they don’t know how to cut a WEDDING cake! It’s so cute watching them flounder through it. After that I was actually the official cake cutter, and it has never bothered me cutting into my cakes! If it did I guess I couldn’t do it.
Jamie M.
The cake is BEAUTIFUL!! And her dress is amazing, the skirt is gorgeous!!
Ashlee
thank you so much! The whole dress is just incredible! The gathering of the bodice and the laced up back… Just an amazing dress, her mom works for a dress shop in SLC so she got a great deal on a spectacular dress.
Kristyn
AMAZING, Ashlee!!! Seriously – you did an incredible job!! I absolutely adore that cake and wish I had your mad cake decorating skills. XO
Ashlee
Thanks so much Kristyn! I had SO much fun making this one, it’s always better making cakes for family and friends!
Renee Simmons
We are in Oregon, and the baby shower is Sept 17th!!
Ashlee
Bummer I’m 37 weeks that weekend and my birthday weekend… Pretty sure my Dr. doesn’t want me traveling that close to the baby! But I sure would LOVE an excuse to head back to Oregon, it’s where I grew up and since my parents moved away 12 years ago I have only been back about 3 times.
Hollie
Absolutely Gorgeous!
Ashlee
Thanks sis!
Brandi
Ashlee-
The cake is amazing! I love the look of white on white – it’s clean, simple and absolutely gorgeous!
xoxo
Brandi
Ashlee
Thanks, I think the white on white looks great too! It was a fun cake to make!
Messy Missy
Holey Schmoley. That cake and that skirt are FANTASTIC. You, lady, have some serious decorating talent. Pinning this (only for drooling at…I could never duplicate it!!).
Ashlee
thank you so much! I’m happy with how it turned out, although I can see how I would do it a BIT different next time. BUT as I don’t like to ever do the same cake twice that won’t happen! Still I learn something new from every cake I make!
Leanne
That cake is gorgeous (just like the dress). You always do such an amazing job! Thanks for linking to my party.
Ashlee
Thank you so much Leanne! I was really pleased with how it turned out, and she looked just GORGEOUS!
Steph @ Crafting in the Rain
Amazing! And–no joke-I totally thought the cake looked like it could be an awesome dress, even before I saw the dress! Nice job 🙂
Ashlee
That’s so funny! I’m glad it looked good enough that it make you think of a dress! It means I did it RIGHT!
Theophanie
That is amazing! And, what a beautiful dress!
Ashlee
Gorgeous dress, huh? And a lovely bride!
Michelle
WOW! Amazing cake!
Ashlee
Thank you so much!
Kara
I am so totally featuring this tomorrow! Glad you linked it up. 🙂
Ashlee
Thanks Kara! It’s so fun to be featured, esp by friends!
angie
sounds like an amazing cake with all layers different flavors and oh so pretty
Ashlee
Mmmm it was so good! Funny enough it was the first cake I’d made in quite awhile I actually got a piece of. Kind of funny how that works out, as many cakes as I make I EAT very little!
Megan
I LOVE that dress! it is so gorgeous! where did you find it? i’d love to take a look at something like that for my wedding! and the cake is such a perfect compliment! nice work! 🙂
Ashlee
Ummmm Her mom works for a bridal shop here in SLC, I forget the name of the designer or store, I’ll try to remember to ask her this weekend when I see them!
Krystle
This is the first time I’ve been to your site. Love it! Imagine my surprise as I’m wandering through and realize that I KNOW your cousin! Same high school and college 🙂 What a small world! The cake is beautiful and I love how it ties in with the dress!
Ashlee
CRAZY! I’m assuming you mean the bride! It is a small world! Thanks so much, the cake was super fun to make and with such amazing inspiration as that dress it was easy!
Johnna Hale
What type of icing did you use for the flower?
Ashlee
it’s all fondant the center was made ahead of time and given time to dry