Just a quick post today, have a day off and a list of errands longer than my arm. Actually, I have a few days off and I have a plan. If I can get the household stuff knocked out that would leave me time to write and to work on gumpaste flowers so I'd have more good stuff to post later in the week. Aha! Now you see where I'm going with this.
In the meantime, this is one of my favorite wedding cakes from a few years ago for one of my best friends from Eureka Springs. All the flowers are gumpaste. There are roses, calla lilies, tulips, and freezia, and then there are a few blue royal icing piped flowers mounted on floral wires. Her favorite color is purple, in case you couldn't guess, and it was perfect for the spring. She wore a pale lilac chiffon dress, just beautiful.
The wedding was out in the country in a tiny, one-roomed 100+ year old church in spring, when all the dogwood, both pink and white, were in bloom. See a few branches of them in the background of the photo? It was lovely. The reception followed and was catered by the bride's mother and aunts who are some of the finest cooks I've ever met. Believe me, even though the mother of the bride is stressed out for weddings, no one would have been happy with any caterer's food. It was fantastic. Unfortunately, the wedding was great, the marriage sucked. But, there's always a silver lining. My friend went on to find her true Prince Charming and is now living happily ever after.
Here's a close-up of the cake set up at home right after I finished decorating. You can see a little more detail:
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Wow...did you make those flowers too?
Posted by: Jeff | September 12, 2006 at 09:59 AM
That's just beautiful, Glenna. It looks like something right out of Bride's magazine--or Martha Stewart. I'm looking forward to seeing the things you will create in the future.
Posted by: sher | September 12, 2006 at 03:58 PM
Thanks to you both. I DID make them all. I used to have a little mini Syliva Weinstock factory going with plastic boxes full of different colors of different flowers, mostly roses, calla lilies, and orchids, because those are my favorites to make. There is nothing in them that goes "bad" so it's a matter of storing them to be dry and covered. In the next couple of days I'll start getting some more things going. Roses and orchids go in stages, though, because they're more complex. Calla lillies aren't quite as complicated.
Posted by: Glenna | September 13, 2006 at 08:18 AM
Oh, wow, that looks beautiful Glenna! One of these days I would like to take a cake decorating course and learn how to make flowers. How did you learn? Did you take classes or did you learn on your own ?
Posted by: Christa | September 13, 2006 at 03:39 PM
Christa--Sign up--you'll enjoy it. Mine started out with a class I took with my mom when I was 10 and then she became a professional, baking out of our house, dragging me along with her. I was her baker and icing maker and then graduated into her jr decorator as I got older. My first wedding cake was in the county fair when I was 12.
Posted by: Glenna | September 15, 2006 at 05:41 AM
holy moly! this cake is just F_A_N_T_A_S_T_I_C!
Posted by: gattina | September 15, 2006 at 11:07 PM
Glenna that cake is beuuuuteefullll! The basket weave looks perfect.
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Posted by: Dana | January 13, 2007 at 07:47 PM
Thanks, Dana! I really appreciate your comment!
Posted by: Glenna | January 16, 2007 at 10:59 AM