• Red Ribbon Wedding CakeWhite fondant with champange colored cummerbunds and a cascading red looped bow highlight this four tier wedding cake. Flavors included funfetti with vanilla buttercream, chocolate with hazelnut buttercream, chocolate with raspberry chambord buttercream, red velvet with vanilla buttercream. The cake was delivered to Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, NJ. Get more cakes delivered to you mailbox. Signup here ...

  • 2012-01-14T03:00:15Z A Wedding Cake Blog

    So. Clearly. This is a display cake.  I thought I’d go ahead and just out that gorilla in the room right up front. But seriously…even surrounded by perfume bottles, and with a backdrop that is obviously retail in nature…how in the world could I refuse?  Can’t you just SEE Grace Kelly striding up for a slice in a twin set, pencil skirt, and pearls? Okay, it’s just me. If you know anything about this girl, you know that I am madly in love with anything classic, and just about all things preppy.  This cakes is all of the above.  Alternating layers of plain, but...

  • 2011-01-11T20:20:00Z My Wedding Concierge

    Frilly ribbon wedding cake by the super talented Maggie Austin based out of Washington DC....

  • 2011-06-21T03:00:15Z A Wedding Cake Blog

    There is something simply stunning and sophisticated about the peacock–don’t you agree? It only makes sense that it would inspire a wedding cake..another stunning and sophisticated item.  This three tiered round cake is a covered with fondant and decorated with fondant leaves.  The peacock inspired the green color around the base of the tiers and the peacock blue flowers that are used as the topper.  The peacock feathers are a great way to decorate the cake table and tie in the overall theme. In other peacock news…did you know that typically a male is only called a peacock–and males...

  • 2011-02-18T10:10:00Z Austin Wedding Blog

    Textured wedding cakes are all the rage right now and this DIY Ribbon Cake from Sparkle & Hay is right up your alley if you're a do-it-yourself bride. A certain amount of steady-hand skill is needed for the decorating but thankfully it's a doable project. If you're a fan of homemade buttercream frosting and pretty ribbon swirls, click here to see the entire tutorial.Oh, and did I mention that the cake came from a box! Score!DIY Ribbon Cake tutorialRelated: How To Properly Cut A Wedding Cake...

  • 2012-03-31T04:55:06Z A Wedding Cake Blog

    Aren’t rose petals pretty?  We see them scattered on aisle cloths or lawns.  Sometimes they’re strewn across the cake table (like they are here.)  But this baker goes a step further and actually puts them on the cake. The simplicity of the vision is simple, and perfectly symmetrical, which lends a sense of calm and order to this lovely cake.  Pink roses crown the cake, and petals rest at each corner of the five graduated square layers, which are decorated meticulously with buttercream, royal icing swags, and classic white on white monograms on all four sides of the top layer. S...

  • 2012-02-15T03:00:16Z A Wedding Cake Blog

    I wanted to show you this cake specifically because of the shape. The orchids are pretty, and the simple design is flawlessly executed, but what I really love is the shape. So many brides and cake artists are looking to all kinds of embellishments to set their wedding cake apart, that sometimes we forget something as simple as the shape of the cake can make it unique.  One of my very favorite cakes ever was featured in the cookbook Baking with Julia, and was made by Martha Stewart.  It was such a simple cake really, ivory buttercream, trimmed with marzipan cherries and raspberries.  But wh...

  • 2012-01-31T08:30:00Z Aisle Say : Brides

    Photos: Courtesy of A Simple Cake I'm loving the soft, romantic tumble of dusty pink ribbons on this sophisticated wedding cake by Gail Watson of A Simple Cake, one of my favorite bakeries for elegant, creative, and affordable wedding cakes in New York City. Here, Gail affixed lengths of rose- and ivory-colored satin ribbon to the cake tiers using something unexpected and utterly genius—sparkly hair pins from Shine Trim, how creative is that?! See a close-up photo of the ribbon cake topper after the jump. ...

  • 2011-03-21T03:00:54Z A Wedding Cake Blog

    Do you remember a few weeks ago when I talked all about my friend who had a black wedding cake..and then I totally admitted defeat and told you I couldn’t find a picture? Well thank god for Twitter because I sent out a cry for help and BAM (say it just like Emeril) there the picture was..sitting in my inbox. Here it is. Beautiful yes? My best friends cake. As gorgeous and eclectic as she is. The cake is a three tiered round which chocolate with chocolate mousse cake covered in chocolate ganche..you may be saying..I thought this cake was supposed to be black? Well..in person it was. It...