So here we are in 2012 and we’re starting the year with a bang. I was very privileged to be the cake designer for a very elegant wedding which took place this weekend at the stunning One Great George Street, a venue rich in history and located in the heart of Westminster just moments from Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey where Prince William and Catherine were married.
The cake needed to be classic with a contemporary twist and have enough presence to hold its own in a grand hall full of marble, chandeliers and gold.
To tie in with the purple and ivory colour scheme, 180 roses were hand moulded in three shades of purple, separating each tier of plain ivory. Pale cream grosgrain and deep purple satin from London’s finest haberdashery VV Rouleaux trimmed the tiers, adding texture and definition.
The finishing touch to this 7 tier beauty was a gorgeous posy of fresh flowers provided by Pesh Flowers, comprising of sensational memory lane roses, anemones, and lisianthus which had to be added with the aid of a step ladder as there wasn’t anyone at the venue tall enough to reach the top!
And because all cake should taste as good as it looks, there were 4 different flavour combinations: Belgian chocolate cake filled with bitter chocolate meringue buttercream, sticky stem ginger cake filled with Madagascan vanilla meringue buttercream, carrot and pecan cake filled with citrus trio meringue buttercream, lemon cake filled with lemon curd and lemon meringue buttercream.
This was a majestic wedding cake, taller than even the giant table centrepieces, and it was a fabulous way to start this year. Here’s to many more glorious venues and grand wedding cake designs!
Absolutely stunning! So grandiose yet delicate…