One of my favourite things about being in this industry, is working with some amazingly talented and inspired professionals. Creating a small piece for the event, we often don’t get to see the end result and it is always exciting to see photos of the event in full swing.

We created a beautiful Demask cake for Alicia at Form Over Function last October and her styling was beyond words.

The Wedding appears in the Winter addition of Real Weddings Magazine.

A cake is just a cake right ? Something sweet to serve at the end of the meal, a tradition.

Weddings are representations of the couple’s style, taste and their love and life together.

We are really lucky to be able to turn client dreams into reality, however big or small. Some of our favourite cakes have strayed from the traditional tiered, sugar flowered creations. Not that there is anything wrong with these beautiful cakes but by thinking of the cake as a canvas or as a sculptural form your life and style can be represented in a stronger way.  You can also treat your guests to a jaw dropping moment and a conversation starter.

In early April Chris was commissioned to fashion a wedding cake into boots, a snowboarding boot and a ski boot for a couple who were mad about the snow.

Why boots? Why not?

Over a week Chris painstakingly sculpted the boots from cake and added the finer details in icing. Closely studying the boots at every new step to make sure the shape, detail and colours were perfect.

We were thrilled with the outcome, what do you think?

When Chris and I first began Cake Occasions almost five years ago, we designed a range of wedding cakes.

One of our most enduring and popular designs The Morocco is still ordered regularly.

What we love most about working with people is they can take some of our original designs and customise them for their wedding.

Last weekend Anna combined elements of our Love Birds cake with The Morocco, to create a spectacular effect.

I love succulents, they are the only plant that I can keep alive and they are such a bold choice to adorn cakes.

Either painted, cut out of icing or fresh they really look amazing

From this…….

To this…..

These are just some of the sugar roses for Catherine’s cake. Chris has also created buds and less open flowers to create the floral cascade.

He is such a trouper staying back late every night to work on flowers and the rest of the cakes he is producing this week.

This week I am going to do something a little different from our normal posts, I am going to showcase Chris making a 5 tier wedding cake from start to finish.

Introducing Catherine’s exquisite wedding cake.

All our cakes start life as an idea and then a detailed sketch, this is to give our clients an idea of what to expect.

How cute are the owl toppers ? The Bride’s friend made them and they really brought the colours of the cake together.

My favourite wedding cake this year. Stephanie had the most beautiful invitations which Chris used as inspiration for the painted Lily and Roses.

Painting a design on the cake makes the most incredible impact and is very rarely done.

Such a cute Jungle themed cake for tiny Vele’s christening. Chris was inspired by the stationary suite his Mum had bought from imprintables