Blooming Rose Cake.....

My bride Hillary asked me to create a cake I had done previously, that was based on an original design by Sweet and Saucy. I iced her cake in ivory buttercream. Then I created a center rose to be the center point where the petals bloom from. I hand cut the rose petals from fondant, and then ruffled them a bit, and dried them in different ways so I would have some flat, some with a curve, etc.. I placed ivory ribbon at the base of each tier. The bride's in laws made the stand out of a tree stump that they lacquered....which was so beautiful in person. Photo by Kevin Paul Photography.