15th Birthday Watercolor Cake

23 Sunday Sep 2018

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birthday cake, chocolate cake, fondant, marshmallow cream filling, watercolor cake

Ok, so I love these water color cakes and am excited whenever someone orders one because they are so fun to do. The other neat thing is that they are so unique…just like the person I’m making them for. No 2 cakes are the same.

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I’ve had the privilege of making beautiful Audrey’s birthday cakes for a few years now and it seems that she always has a specific design in mind. Colors, look, style, everything….which is fantastic for someone so young.

She knows exactly what she wants and it always looks great.

This one is a 5″ and 7″ 2-tiered cake with chocolate cake and marshmallow cream filling. The water color icing is turquoise, silver and white. And she wanted a silver fondant “15” on top. The silver and black plaque and name are also made from fondant.

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I loved the way it turned out, classic and unique–just like Audrey.

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Hope you had a very special 15th birthday, Audrey, I loved making your cake!

Blue Watercolor Wedding Cake

09 Wednesday May 2018

Posted by Laurie in Cakes

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blue wedding cake, Red velvet cake, tiered cake, watercolor cake, white chocolate buttercream

I just love the watercolor buttercream trend…I did this cake last year for a lovely couple who placed it at the bride’s table at their reception. The dessert table included an abundance of cookies and gourmet cupcakes, but this beauty was reserved just for the wedding party…neat idea.

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The 2-tiered cake is 8″-6″, all red velvet confetti (groom’s choice) with cream cheese buttercream between the layers and white chocolate buttercream. To get the watercolor effect, I first iced the cake in a neutral gray buttercream. I then tinted more buttercream varying hues of blues and grays (with a touch of violet) and piped random thick horizontal stripes of it all around the cake. With a smoothing tool (I used a bench scraper), I slowly turned the cake as I smoothed the icing out, blending the colors together.

Really quite a simple technique…the key is not to *mess* with it too much, or you lose the random look.

The bride asked me to include the small bride and groom topper (top pic), which was used by the groom’s grandmother on her wedding cake. Cool throwback touch with the modern cake design.

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