Gemma 
My brother got married at the end of April and, very excitingly, I made the cake! Over the next week, I’m going to be sharing loads of behind-the-scenes sneak peeks, all 3 (yes, 3!) cake recipes AND the plethora of wedding cake-related knowledge that I have accidentally accumulated throughout the process. Whether you’re considering making a wedding cake yourself, want some tasty cake recipes to try out or just enjoy reading about vaguely chaotic, cake-related experiences, this is the place to be for the next 7 days!
The Cake
I’d been planning, working on and honing this cake for 21 months (i.e. the entire length of my brother’s engagement) leading up to the wedding. Excessive? Perhaps! But my brother (and my new sister-in-law) are very important to me, so I really wanted to make this cake as amazing as possible for them.
After lots of discussions, we settled on a 3-tier, deconstructed cake, where each tier was a different flavour. My brother picked one flavour (lemon), which would be the smallest tier, my sister-in-law picked another flavour (chocolate), which would be the largest tier and the middle tier (coffee) was a joint decision, based on taste (them) and the potential for an ombré effect, from brown to beige to cream (me).
All of the cake tiers were comprised of 3 cake layers, filled and iced with American-style buttercream (the favourite buttercream of both the bride and groom!). The lemon cake had an additional filling of homemade lemon curd sandwiched in-between the layers, just for some extra zestiness.
In terms of decoration, the cakes were pretty simple, with the top of each tier adorned with only a little arc of pressed, edible violas.
The coffee tier had a little extra decoration in the form of homemade, gingerbread bride and groom figurines.
This worked out pretty well, because I also made the wedding favours, which were little bags of homemade gingerbread men.
Other than those little touches though, the cakes were very minimal!
Wedding Cake Week: Schedule
So, now you know the basics of the cake itself, here’s what you can look forward to over the next week:
Day 1 (Monday 19th May): The Chocolate Tier: Recipe
Day 2 (Tuesday 20th May): The Coffee Tier: Recipe
Day 3 (Wednesday 21st May): The Lemon Tier: Recipe
Day 4 (Thursday 22nd May): Assembling a Layer Cake 101
Day 5 (Friday 23rd May): Gingerbread Figurine Toppers: Recipe + Tutorial
Day 6 (Saturday 24th May): Behind-the-Scenes: Developing the Wedding Cake Recipes
Day 7 (Sunday 25th May): Making a Wedding Cake: Tips, Tricks & Lessons Learned
Anddddd that’s Wedding Cake Week!
I’m SO excited to share this with you: I really put my heart and soul into all of these recipes and I’m super proud of how they all turned out.
So, I’ll see you back here tomorrow?
Gemma
xxx
