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English Rose

A birthday cake made for my mum turning 58. Her favorite color is purple and she loves roses. Cake was double chocolate cake with fresh black raspberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream (made from organic black raspberries that I picked from a local berry farm). Covered in chocolate ganache and vanilla cream fondant. Handmade sugar roses, sugar pearls and sugar lace. Everything is edible!

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Comments (23)

sparkle25 8/1/11 at 8:04am

Beautiful!

kimmisue2009 8/1/11 at 8:09am

have you ever done anything badly? another fantastic cake - yay for you!

frenchfancy 8/1/11 at 8:33am

this is just beautiful

Tat90 8/1/11 at 11:18am

I love the colours :)

lilmisscakes 8/1/11 at 2:32pm

I love the lace border! How did you make it?

ThreeLittleBlackbirds 8/1/11 at 2:45pm

Thank you! The sugar lace border was made by first pressing the fondant (rolled very thin) into a mold I made

ThreeLittleBlackbirds 8/1/11 at 2:48pm

Whoops -hit ok too fast :). A silicone lace mold. Then I trimmed the pieces using a scalloped border cutter. I layered the purple lace with the white lace before applying to the cake, then finished with small pearl dragees.

hrnewbie 8/1/11 at 5:01pm

Not only is the cake gorgeous but your logo is so cute!!!

Evie1976 8/1/11 at 8:24pm

Absolutely stunning!!

Rinashouse 8/1/11 at 9:35pm

Breathtaking....

sayersl 8/1/11 at 9:37pm

Your love for you Mum shines through. Esp. like that you picked the berries for the buttercream yourself. What a lovely gesture, I bet she was very happy

harveybw 8/2/11 at 2:58am

This is beautiful! How do you get your fondant so smooth?