Wedding fair at Falcon Manor
Having created a wedding cake for a Falcon Manor wedding I was delighted when Emily, Falcon Manor’s ‘Dream Maker’, invited me to their January 2018 wedding fair.
Wedding fair mood board
With a pastel mint, peach and white colour scheme this is their mood board for inspiration….
As one of my favourite features at Falcon Manor is their beautiful feather light fittings I just knew I would have to use them as inspiration too!
Image courtesy of Teresa C Photography
Design process
I don’t tend to ‘wing’ anything. In other words, I prefer to have a plan to follow. Therefore, I sketch all my designs in half scale before starting any sugar work. I can then gauge the correct size of blooms and length of stems to create, so the proportions are correct in relation to the size of the cake. Consequently, once assembled into arrangements, they will all flow and work well together.
Firstly, interpreting the peach element literally, I decided to include some little sugar peaches! The beauty of creating sugar flowers is the artistic license. For example, I added peach blossoms to accompany the fruit which would never occur together naturally! Next, taking inspiration from the mood board, I included roses and Easter lilies, with buds and foliage. Next, I incorporated some succulents. Specifically Pachyphytum-viride from the mood board as they nicely complement the profile of the lilies. Finally, I added lambs ears – their minty colour would be just perfect!
Following the pastel colour palette, I decided to ice one tier in mint and one in peach. Finally, to add a little of the pastel theme to the two remaining white tiers I added some subtle watercolour painting – flecked with a little gold…
Creating
Firstly, I created the sugar roses – various sizes in peach and white…
… and the little peaches… dusted in an assortment of edible blossom tints, namely Sugarflair rose mixed with a little red, tangerine, cornish cream, then aubergine – on their bottoms! Finally, I finished them off with a light dusting of white all over to create a dusty velvety peach skin effect…
… the sugar peach blossoms…
and the lilies…
It took me around five to six hours to assemble all the flowers, foliage, fruit and feathers into five branches. Excuse the poor quality photo – it was late!
keeping the succulents separate due to their bulkiness. I then carefully (breathing not optional) attached the five branches and the succulents to the cake to create the feather/floral/fruit/foliage cascade.
The cake
Here is ‘Lily’ all complete…
Lily: iced in pastel mint, peach and white with watercolour and gold accents, and a cascade of sugar florals, fruit and foliage. The sugar and hand piped feathers are inspired by Falcon Manor’s beautiful light fittings!
and a few close-ups…
Hand piped feathers…
Watercolour with edible gold lustré speckles…
Wedding fair
I’ll be showcasing ‘Lily’ at Falcon Manor’s forthcoming wedding fair on 28th January 2018!
I’ll be sharing delicious cake samples too and look forward to meeting lots of lovely couples and talking all things wedding!
Lovely words
Ultimately, I received lovely feedback from both the couples attending the fair and Falcon Manor’s staff. Check out Falcon Manor’s blog for their lovely words and for details of all the other fabulous suppliers!
With Love, Amanda x
