Kathleens Bridal Shower Cake

This past Sunday was Kathleens bridal shower, and I was asked to do her Bridal cake. She said she wanted a fairy tale theme and I couldn't wait to start making it. I strategized for a few dayas to what her cake could possibly look like..I wanted to make it funky but not childlike. I know she liked the color purple, I knew it would be covered in fondant, chocolate edible butterflies, and pulled sugar roses.

A few days before the bridal shower, I went up to Michaels Arts and Crafts and came across EDIBLE GLITTER!!! I was so excited, this was definitely something I could use for Kathleen's Cake. So I went and bought Purple and Gold Glitter.

I made the cakes 2 days before the bridal shower, I wrapped them in plastic wrap and put them in the fridge to get chill.

TIP: IF YOU ARE GOING TO TORT CAKES IT IS MUCH EASIER TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CHILLED BEFORE TORTING...LESS MESSY :)


I torted the cakes and filled them with strawberry puree mixed with almond extract, and made a simple buttercream.

TIP:When you want to put a filling in the center of a torted cake you must put an buttercream or icing around the edge with a pastry tip and bag. This Helps keep the cake from sliding and keeps everything in place!!

The next day(day before the shower) I put the fondant on the cake, I colored the fondant with Wilton Violet Gel (only a few drops). I will honestly admit I never put fondant on a cake before, so I was really nervous. I received some advice from my chef, I would say that it helped a bit but it sure didn't ease my butterflies in my stomach. All I could think about was I could absolutely ruine these cakes if I mess up putting on the fondant. I took a deep breath and just covered the cake with fondant, It turned out awesome but I was still uneasy about continuing with the rest of the cakes. By the 3rd tiere I was definitely more relaxed!

TIP:WHEN PUTTING FONDANT ON A CAKE MAKE SURE THE CAKE IS COVERED IN EITHER BUTTERCREAM OR ICING. MAKE SURE IT IS SMOOTH, AND PUT CAKES IN FRIDGE WHILE GETTING THE FONDANT READYY, YOU DON'T WANT THE BUTTERCREAM OR ICING TO BE REALLY SOFT!!!

You always want to smooth out the fondant with you hands or a fondant smoother, always start from the top of the cake then the sides.

I glued the butterflies on the cake with tempered chocolate, I heated the ends of the pulled sugar roses so it would stick to the fondant.I put the edible glitter all over the cakes, but I put a heavier amount of glitter on the bottom of the cakes and lighter as I went up the sides. Where there was butterflies I put gold glitter around them to give it a different look.

When I was assembling the cake I stacked the cakes on top of eachother, but when I looked at it it looked to formal, and that was not the look I was going for. So I thought why don't I angle the cakes so that they were not stacked perfectly on top of each other.


So here it is!!!!.....(more pictures will be added very soon! I wanted to get this up)


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