Shortly after familiarising myself with cake pops and deciding that I wasn’t sure how I felt about them, irony struck and I was approached by a charming couple who had seen a photo of a cake studded with cocoa dusted truffles and fallen in love with the idea of cake pops. Their wedding was to be truly a spectacular event, held at the prestigious Royal Exchange at Bank, London and with 300 guests they wanted their wedding cake to encourage the guests to move around the space and interact.
The central bar was decorated with hundreds of lemons and the arches lit in colours to match the citrine and amethyst colour scheme.
The flavours too needed to be extra decadent and after putting together a selection of delicious combinations we settled on salted chocolate caramel, fresh mint and banoffee- all double dipped in dark chocolate and then rolled in three shades of finest cocoa powder. The cocoa powder helped to distinguish the flavours and add texture and tone to the final display. Custom ‘display cakes’ were made and covered in a textured chocolate brown and bronze paper before the cake truffles on their bespoke black sticks were individually inserted into the sides at the venue.
My lovely assistant for the day putting the finishing touches to the mirrored base.
There were two displays- one with cutting cake as the top tier- standing on clear plinths dripping with swarovski crystals and placed perfectly opposite each other at either side of the dance floor. At least 360 cake truffles were hand rolled, double dipped in chocolate and dusted with cocoa, a volume of cake truffles I would not rush into again lightly but am glad to be able to say I achieved single handedly! The result was a very unusual wedding cake which added individuality to an elegant and sensational wedding. The venue was a joy to set up at, the grandeur of the building together with the sound of the song the couple would first dance to, created an exciting atmosphere full of anticipation. I’m delighted to also be able to share a teaser trailer of Tina and Malli’s wedding day- a beautiful cinematic video which captures the mood of the day, the cake and the very stunning bride!
If your internet connection can take it, I fully recommend going full screen and HD, the production is gorgeous!A special mention to the incredibly organised Jeannine de Sousa from Illyria Events, who made a spectacular wedding on a large scale come to life, Zenith Cinematography for the incredible video production and Chantal Flores Design for the beautiful flowers and display plinths kindly borrowed for the cake displays.
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