a beautiful fall wedding

A multi-tiered fall wedding cake with multi-flavours.  This is Sarah and Eddie's romantic cake, one of my favourite projects for the year. A pair of love birds created by the bride herself sits atop this 5 tiered cake.

The gold trimmings on the flowers and the base of each tier are patterned after the china that was used for the wedding reception. The pleated design of the cake base complemented with tulle and crystal beads is taken from the bride's dress.

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay sweet,

Bebsy

a caribbean wedding

I created this cake for a couple who had an intimate wedding ceremony in the Dominican Republic. Following their honeymoon, a special Caribbean themed reception was held for relatives and friends back home in Whitby, Ontario.

This 3 tiered cake is made of lemon, chocolate and red velvet. All floral decor on the cake are edible. 

I hope you're enjoying your summer.  Have a sweet week!

Bebsy

silver

I have been married for 11 years now.  I love my husband to death but all you married folks out there know that marriage is a LOT of hard work.  (Remember Oscar Best Director winner Ben Affleck's speech? LOL)  It is for this reason that I have deep appreciation for couples who celebrate longevity of their union.

I enjoy creating wedding cakes because of its representation of true love and a dream of lifelong togetherness.  Anniversary cakes to me have a totally different meaning.  It is a celebration of the work and the devotion to the commitment and the promise of togetherness.  It makes me happy when people celebrate wedding anniversaries.  Silver, pearl, ruby, gold and diamond most especially.

They've made it this far without killing each other? Yay! ...Now let's eat cake!

Thess and Melvyn recently celebrated their silver anniversary, and I created this
3 tiered all chocolate cake for the beautiful couple.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!  Stay sweet!
Bebsy

book of love

Jinkie and Michael share a love for books. Ironically, they first met aboard a cruise ship named 'The Titanic' (seriously?! someone named a cruise ship The Titanic??), with unfavourable first impressions. They eventually realized how much they have in common, literature playing a huge part. It is from this passion that their friendship blossomed into something deeper and stronger.

On the anniversary of their first date, their love story has culminated into this ultimate sign of love and commitment.  I am fortunate enough to be part of this beautiful union, providing the couple with this 4 tiered literature-themed wedding cake with a touch of Asian flair.

Share your passion with somebody you love this week.

Stay sweet!

Bebsy

bridal fragrance

There lies an outrageous but true ritual behind the popular tradition of getting married in the month of June.  It dates all the way back in the 15^th century, when Spring came around and people would come out after the long and very lean winter months and bathe communally.  Yes, communally.

It made sense that June was the best time to get married then, when people still smelled nice and that suggested a symbol of a good beginning for couples.  

Interestingly enough, brides used to carry fragrant bouquets of flowers not for aesthetics, but to actually mask the body odor that was asserting itself again.  (And there is no known historical record about what the grooms did on their end!)

What’s even stranger is the history behind the wedding cake.  In ancient Rome before icing was even invented, marriages were sealed when the groom smashed barley bread over the bride’s head for good fortune.

All this is too wild a trivia for me and I’m glad I live in a time when women do not smell putrid and have bits of bread all over their heads on their wedding day.

Last Saturday, the lovely Katie Federchuk married the love of her life Billy with a reception held at the beautiful Crystal Banquet Hall in Markham, Ontario.  She wanted a simple mostly-white wedding cake with a little touch of femininity. 

cake table adorned with fresh flower petals
notice that adorable 'i do' beneath the cake?

This 4 tiered cake is made of both Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd Buttercream and Strawberry Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

view of the bride & groom and guests of honour

My Cricut Cake (that was about to be put up on Kijiji this weekend, details of which will be discussed in another post) was put to good use when I decided to give it whirl, and craft a white-on-white design on 2 tiers of the cake. 

By coincidence, the edible flowers on the cake matched the dazzling floral arrangements by Precious Flowers ‘N Things.  The reception hall looked divine, beautiful and um..yes, fragrant!

Best wishes to the happy couple!

Stay sweet!

Bebsy

More wedding cakes to be posted. Stay tuned!