Flowers, Flowers, and more Flowers

I have taken on the always daunting task of making a wedding cake. Only my second to date, but my perfectionistic self always worries that it won't be absolutely perfect. On ones wedding day, they deserve perfection...although I know that I will be the only one to see the flaws, I will still see flaws. However, here goes! The bride has asked for a hawaiian themed cake with basic white fondant and Hawaiian colored flowers. (Do you know how many colors of flowers there are in Hawaii?) When I think of Hawaii, however, I picture pinks, corals, and yellows so that is where I will take this.

I started by doing lots of research on line. I looked up Hawaiian flowers, weddings, cakes, everything that I could think of. I finally concluded that I needed to make a few flowers in a variety of colors or the small cake would get overwhelmed. I decided on the Hawaiian Wedding Flower (Stephanotis), Plumeria, Calla Lilies, and a coral colored forget-me-not type flower that doesn't really exist (the bride saw vines with flowers on the other wedding cake that I did and loved them.)

I was not quite sure how to make the plumeria so I went back to the trusty old internet and watched a you tube video. I would highly recommend this. It is not hard, but there is a trick to rolling or twisting the petals to get them to look just right. It also takes a bit a patience (not something I have to spare) and some time. There is another post with step by step instructions if you are interested...

The cake itself was pineapple (top and bottom tiers) and strawberry (middle) with vanilla buttercream and a white chocolate, marshmallow fondant. All fitting with the theme. I am very pleased with how well the cake turned out. Those who were already at the wedding site when I delivered loved it and I am very anxious to hear what the bride and groom thought (they were busy getting ready and the wedding was just last night). Was it perfect, of course not.....but I am pretty sure that I am the only one who could see any faults. I guess that it the curse of the perfectionist baker!