Wedding Cake - Cascading Roses

So here it finally is, my first ever wedding cake!

I decided to go for the cascading roses style, as that is quite popular at the moment; and it was quite handy as the decorating theme for the reception was roses too, as you can see from the table! I had already known the colour scheme was red, but I hadn't known about the roses theme, so it was quite lucky really. :-)

I originally made the (49!!) roses on cocktail sticks, with the intention of using them to stick them to, or rather in, the cake. But because there ended up being so many of them I felt uncomfortable with the idea of so many cocktail sticks being stuck in there; it seemed a bit unprofessional; so I took them off the cocktail sticks and stuck them on with royal icing instead. I was terrified that they wouldn't stay stuck and would fall off during transport, but the cake was well packaged in a box bought from www.craftcompany.co.uk (expensive for a box, but well worth the money), so they were all OK and the cake made it to the reception in one piece!

I was especially proud of the fact that I manage to cover all three cakes with icing on the first attempt without any tears or folds, and on the bottom tier I managed to cover both the cake and the board in one go! Yay me! :)

Here is a close up for you:

I have to say I thought I'd lost interest in cake decorating, until I made this cake and heard the reactions of all the people who were impressed by it. I know there are much better cakes out there, but I can't help but feel a little warm glow when I look at this one.

PS. Apparently it was delicious too.