Daisies & Lillies & Bows, Oh My!

Two posts in one day! While I sit here watching Richard try to collect one of the last comet medals in Super Mario Galaxy 2 on my behalf, I figured I may as well make myself useful.

Last Saturday, we had a wedding that took place at a quaint, lovely, "old" church (after living in England, I'm pretty sure no buildings in North America are worthy of being considered truly old!) in downtown Ottawa. The bride decided on a cake and cupcake combination; this seems to be a pretty prominent trend these days! Everything was chocolate mint flavoured, as that was her absolute favourite flavour. The flowers on the top of the cake were handmade using gumpaste - there was one Asian lily on top, supplemented with ruby red roses and gerbera daisies. The ribbon and bow that have been wrapped around the cake was made with a 50/50 fondant/gumpaste mix. Each cupcake was in a metallic ruby red wrapper, and topped with daisies. About a third of the cupcakes also had some coarse sugar sprinkled on top, which made them shine - it was a pretty effect.

It was a bit difficult to get a really good photo, as it was quite dark in the basement of the church where the reception was taking place. Hopefully you are able to see the different elements.

While I was working on this, I had a lovely visit from Tracey over at The Lemon Kitchen. We had a nice long chat, and I think we got a bit carried away before I remembered I had a wedding order to finish! It's always great to see her, and she brings a lot of much appreciated energy into the bakery. Check out her blog; she makes her way around Ottawa to all the best foodie places!

OK - I think I just heard the Game Over music, so it's my turn now. Thanks for reading!