Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. I’d make mine the wedding cake.
Of all the cakes I’ve made, this one is still my favourite. The big coral pink flower is probably the first thing you’ll notice. Look a little higher and you’ll see three dark snake’s head fritillaries nodding on slender green stems. I sculpted them by hand from Belgian white chocolate, just like the rest of the flowers.
Before the flowers went on.
The same blue tiers with the chocolate flowers in place.
Before the flowers went on
Here’s the cake on my workbench before I added a single flower. With just the three powder blue tiers, you can see how tall and simple the shape is. Put that photo next to the one with the flowers in place and look at the edges of the tiers. The leaves and petals reach over them, so your eye follows the flowers down the cake.A floral still life in chocolate
What I love about floral still lifes is the way your eye travels through them. A big, open flower draws you in, then you begin to notice what’s happening around it. A darker flower hangs just above it. A pale petal catches the light. A stem bends into a patch of open space.
A floral still life in chocolate
What I love about floral still lifes is the way your eye travels through them. A big, open flower draws you in, then you begin to notice what’s happening around it. A darker flower hangs just above it. A pale petal catches the light. A stem bends into a patch of open space.
I see that same movement in this cake. The coral pink flower anchors the arrangement, and the three snake’s head fritillaries draw your eye up into the quiet blue at the top. Lower down, small blue flowers and fine gold strands spill onto the bottom tier. Up close, you can see the ridges in the chocolate leaves and the way the pink petals curl at the edges. Those are the details I’d linger over in a painting, and they’re my favourite details to sculpt.
From the side, you can see how far the petals and leaves reach out from the tiers.
A closer look at the ruffled pink petals, golden stamens and veined chocolate leaves.
A Floral Wedding Cake of Your Own
Imagine it in the room you’ve chosen for your wedding. Which detail would you keep? Perhaps it’s the powder blue, the oversized pink flower or the way the flowers spill from one tier to the next. Maybe there’s a flower in your bouquet you’d love me to sculpt in chocolate, tucked somewhere your guests will only spot when they come closer.
I make bespoke floral wedding cakes in Pirton, near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, and personally deliver and set them up at wedding venues in London and Hertfordshire. If you’d like to talk about yours, tell me where you’re getting married and one colour or flower you’d love me to work with. That’s enough to get us started.
If you’d like to explore white chocolate florals for your wedding cake, you can browse the gallery of luxury wedding cakes to see what’s possible, explore the Flavour Collection to discover what goes inside, or get in touch to start a conversation about your day.
Autumn x
