It's always great to get the opportunity to check out a new east London wedding venue, especially in Shoreditch, with all of it's cool venues and street art, and design a fitting 3 tier wedding cake.
Motel Studios is a bespoke event space with 150 year old Victorian architecture, perfect for couples wanting an industrial-chic aesthetic for their wedding day, and it provides the perfect backdrop for the modern abstract buttercream wedding cakes that I design.
For their wedding, design-conscious Jen and Christian wanted a modern abstract buttercream 3 tier wedding cake that would stand out from more traditional cakes and incorporate bold colouring.
The colour palette that they chose incorporated autumnal shades of burnt orange, terracotta and browns, along with shades of green. The buttercream texturing on the bottom and top tiers was achieved using palette knife strokes, which add depth and dimension to the cake. The middle tier was coloured with smoother technique using a scraper to acheive a watercolour effect.
In addition to the colouring, faux silk flowers were used to add an more texture and a statement floral element to the wedding cake. If you're deciding on whether to use real or silk flowers on your cake, check out a recent blog post of mine that discussed the pros and cons of each here
To elevate the luxury quotient of the cake, I added edible gold leaf which caught the light really well and complemented the warm tones of the cake and venue.
As with all of the wedding cakes that I make, not only do they bring lots of design elements together in a complimentary way, they also taste amazing. On the inside of this cake, the bottom tier was a pear and cardamom sponge with a salted caramel and poached pear filling; the middle tier was carrot, orange and raisin cake with a roasted peach and caramelised walnut filling; and the top tier was orange and raspberry cake with a salted honey and raspberry filling. For more information on the flavours that I make, check out the page on my website
Jen and Christian said:
"Thank you so much for the cake. It was absolutely stunning and completely delicious. It was honestly the best cake I've ever had in my life, and we had so many compliemnts."
If you're a couple looking for a luxury modern buttercream wedding cake that incorporates colour and modern design techniques, and is a little bit different from the norm, get in touch with me. Make your wedding day unforgettable with a cake that's delicious and will make you and your guests say 'wow!'
Simon's Bakery is located in Tooting, south London, and I deliver across London, Surrey, Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk. I design luxury modern bespoke Swiss meringue buttercream and ganache wedding cakes and event cakes, characterised by a clean precise finish, with sharp edges, a bold use of colour and other modern design techniques to create interesting textures and shapes.
I draw on my years of cooking and baking experience to cakes that not only look stunning, but also taste amazing, experimenting with flavours and texture combinations to create a memorable taste sensation.
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