Glamuptials: Le Gâteau

I can't seem to say it enough, my wedding day was perfect... and so was my beautiful cake. It was literally a show stopper or should I say a conversation starter. All our guests commented on how unique and glamorous it was, and it made me extremely happy to know that people actually paid attention. I wanted something unique, and thanks to all you readers, I finally had the perfect balance of brown, ivory and design.

For my cake topper, I used a vintage crystal glass that my step-mother had and used the remainder of the arcylic crystals that I used for my escort cards. I put a tealight candle in the glass so that way at night our cake would have its own mini chandelier.

The pattern on the cake wasn't exactly the one from my invitation. It was extremely hard to do (though I attempted to cut out the pattern on a clear acetate) Luckily my baker had a pattern sort of like what I wanted. In the end, the result was awesome... and its not like my guest remembered the pattern on my invites. ;)


We had a chocolate Ferrero Rocher crisp dessert included with our meal so we served the cake later on with the sweet table. Since I figured not everyone would eat cake at night, I decided to make cake flags to go with our oh-so yummy dessert. It basically had our names our it with our wedding date and the clock element found on our RSVP cards. Matchy Matchy ;)

Sorry for the blurry picture, this is the only proof that my cake flags existed.

For the portions, I decided to make a cake for only 70 people (though I have over 150 guests) and I have to say it was too much because we had tonnes left over. I had more than half the cake untouched... but I even forgot the leftover cake at the hotel. Oh well... ;)

Flamingo Glamnuptials recap:
Beauty Time Part 1 * The Guestbook * Decor Elements * Prep Time * Ceremony Part 1

Photography: IPI-Events

Cake help needed...

A couple of weeks ago, I asked your help to choose my cake design. The response was really great, but the votes were really split and now I'm torn between the two models. I really liked having the chandelier in the design... like many of you have mentioned its different and most definitely has that WOW factor.

So with all your great suggestions, I've decided to make some modifications. Here is round 2. (click to enlarge)

Just to clarify things, here are the specifications of the cake.
- Round
- 3 tier or 4 tier
- layer of each (vanilla, chocolate and marble cake)
- fondant all over
- airbrush design for all the patterns (chandelier and invitation motif)

So once again I need your input, which one do you prefer?

Cake beauty... help needed

Because I want my cake to match my whole themed wedding, I thought it would be easier if I designed it rather than try explaining everything to my baker over email or phone. Depending on how many slices we will get, it might be a 3 tier or 4 tier cake.

After looking at all the options available this is what I came up with: (for a 3 tier cake)

At first I wanted my invitation pattern on 2 layers of my cake and on the other layer opt for a quilted design. (option 2) Very simple yet elegant. But then everything changed...

A weddingbee reader sent me a link for a chandelier inspired cake and I truly fell in love. This is the cake... isn't it stunning? I think there are just too many chandeliers for my liking, so I modified it a bit. Obviously this cake is the inspiration for Option 1.

Cake designed by: I Dream of Cake
Image source: Zenadia Design blog

Which one would you go with? Would you make any modifications?

Cakes Galore

When looking for images for cake ideas, I've come to the realization that I like almost everything. You think it makes it easy on me? Not really... go ahead and try to mesh everything together... it'll look horrible.

I know I want a fondant cake. I find that it looks stunning but I am aware that not many people like it. Luckily my baker adds flavor to the fondant. As for the colors I will most probably go brown, pink and Ivory. Or maybe just brown and ivory... At least that part is not complicated. As for the rest... I haven't even started to think about it. I think it time now... wedding in less than 2 months away.

Here are some of the few images I've collected throughout the wedding process.

I heart all sorts of bows and not to forget cute dots - source
I love contrasting colors - source


Floral patterns, lines, dots, even embellishments... I love them all . -source

Having edible lace on a cake is such a great idea. It looks stunning too.
I also love the mixture of simplicity paired with a bold piece. -source

These cake designs, you have all seen before. source


I love the idea of having shapes made with fondant. source

Do I want a round cake or a square one? Do I want a pattern, or do I go simple? Do I want embellishments or no? Do I want 1 flavor or 3? These are just a few questions I have to answer. In order to get all the elements I like into one cake, I think I will attempt to design the cake... wish me luck :)

Did you design your cake? For those of you who are married, did it come out like you envisioned?

Our Baker - Sweet as cake

Even though we are having a dessert included in our 5 course meal, I've always wanted to have a wedding cake and the extra dessert wasn't going to stop me. Just more sugar for my buttocks - for better or worst right? What's great though, is that Mr.Flamingo will have his ultimate favorite dessert at the end of our meal, and I will have a beautiful wedding cake. It's a win win situation.

We decided to hire Sophie of Les Fantaisies de Sophie. She is really talented and not to mention extremely sweet. Sadly, ten years ago her daughter Catherine was born with a severe handicap and Sophie (our baker) decided to change her career choice to something which allowed her to be with her daughter and give her the attention she deserves. Luckily for us, she became a baker and honestly not only did her story touched me but her positivity and look on life blew me away - we hired her on the spot.

Shes very popular in my area and I am so happy to have chosen her. She has done a cake for the famous Celine Dion and other local stars and you'd think because of it she would charge accordingly. Well to my surprise, her prices were the best I had found and her cake ... so yummy.

Shes also the master behind this beautiful black and white cake which was featured on Style me Pretty DIY contest. This is the design that first caught my eye, I love the simplicity and the design elements... so pretty. And could you believe this cake is only 2.95$ / slice and a pretty big slice might I add.

The patterns - like she explained are "spray painted" on, which allows to have intricate designs for the fraction of the cost. Especially since our cake will be served at midnight with the sweet table ... no need for a really expensive cake design. She's done lots and lots of cakes, but unfortunately the pictures on her site don't do justice to the beauty of her designs...

Did you hire a vendor not only because they were good, but because you were touched by their story?

Next up ... images and images of cakes.... mmm mmm mmm

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