Wedding Open Day, South Bank

The Wedding Open Day at South Bank will have a range of dedicated Wedding Event Specialist's, including ourselves, for brides-to-be! I will be at the expo from 12pm - 2pm with a range of wedding cake displays and samples!

What - Wedding Open Day
Where - Stone Restaurant at Mantra South Bank
When - Saturday 20th June, 10am - 2pm

To register your interest please call (07) 3305 2513 or email - southbankbris.func@mantra.com.au

It will be a great day, so come along. Canapes and sparkling refreshments will be provided!

Different Icings used on Specialty Cakes

The cake is all about the icing!

The style of icing on this wedding cake (pictured) is called Pettinice, which is a smooth type of icing used on wedding cakes and other decorative cakes.

I was inspired to do this entry because so often people think their cakes are going to be iced in Marzipan.

However, Marzipan icing is not white and is not used as the final layer on wedding cakes. It is made from ground almond meal, egg yolk, pure icing sugar and vanilla.
Marzipan was traditionally used on English style cakes. Today it is used under the top layer of icing or as an added taste with fruit cakes.

During the last few years Marzipan has become unpopular due to cheaper versions of the icing being made.

Wedding cakes for today rarely follow the Marzipan trend, except on the odd request for fruit cakes.

Proposal Cake

This week we were part of something VERY special - a wedding proposal!
It is normal for us to deal with Brides for Wedding Cakes or Engagement Cakes - but not Grooms for 'Proposal Cakes'. Our lovely customer Matthew requested we make a cake so he could hide a ring inside it to propose to his sweetheart - Fiona.

This (pic) is what we came up with.

The lid came off like a normal box to reveal the ring inside. CONGRATULATIONS Matthew & Fiona! x

Wedding Themes

Recently we matched a brides theme of the invitation to her cake. We took the colour, look and feel of the invitation image and recreated a similar theme for the cake.