Tuesday, August 12 2008

Cake Tuesday?

New idea (still struggling to manage regular updates during The Season, simultaneously heaven and hell): cake feature every Tuesday. This week I'm showcasing one of my latest favorites, mostly because my clients were so amazingly creative and inspiring. Honestly - you know that feeling as a kid, anticipating Christmas? When you know something so great is coming, and you're bursting with anticipation looking forward to it, and then afterwards, even though it was super fun, you're really sad because it's OVER. That's the way I feel about some cake designs, certainly this one.

We started with the adorable invitations, which the couple designed themselves:

We incorporated all these fun graphic elements into the cake design - the toothy flowers,

the mushrooms (how cute are the mushrooms??), the double chocolate bands:

And then came the toppers. The couple said they were making their own toppers, also matching the invitations. And I've never seen anything like them:

Check out the detail. Are these not the cutest, sweetest, coolest toppers of all time? (that actually describes this couple perfectly.) The groom's head is actually a separate piece on a tiny gold pin that fits into the car.

I was completely blown away, and hope they think the cake remotely met the topper's standard.