Today, we present to you a slice of magic, Kaitlyn and Eric's celestial sugar moon garden wedding cake at Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. Inspired by the bride's blue-gray Hayley Paige wedding dress and multiple celestial and mystical fashion references, this enchanted wedding cake was covered in hundreds upon hundreds of hand-made edible silver sequins and stars. To add just the right dash of magic to this spellbound cake, the sequins were made in various shades to convey the effect that light was hitting the beads, giving them an iridescent quality. Real sequins do this on their own, but in edible form, this illusion must be entirely crafted by assembling the right shapes and colors next to one another. It was very important that the edible sequins have the signature punch-out in the center and proper dimension. Gilded fireflies danced among the tiers.
In addition to the mystic bead work, the cake was topped with sugar flowers whose shape took on a thematic star-like form. Sugar dahlias, nigella, and clematis are all present with some moon garden (gardens designed to specifically be seen at night) inspired sugar greenery and garden roses to finish.
Accompanying the celestial wedding cake inspired by Kaitlyn’s wedding gown, the bride wanted to surprise the groom, Eric, with a secret groom’s cake. The cake features an all sugar replica of his beloved green mini cooper car, and their four dogs, one of which is hanging out the passenger side door. The dogs include one rescue dog , one Carolina dog, and two King Charles Spaniels . They are sculpted in micro-sugar scale to match the scale of the car. The car also features some impressive structuring to elevate the roof of the car off the body, to make the cab area of the model entirely open, airy, and accessible. The tier was finished with clean black and white stripes to compliment the colors and shapes of the car. Coincidentally, it also matched the groom's attire at the wedding The inside of the cake was a solely blue funfetti inspired version of our white buttermilk cake, with blue sprinkles inside to echo back the color of the bridal gown and main bridal cake.
Kaitlyn was a dream to work with. She was extremely detail oriented, as most of my brides are. Essentially, she reminds me of me. Kaitlyn is, absolutely, a girl after my own heart. We had many talks about fashion etc since she shares that interest with me. I think I may have found a kindred spirit in Kaitlyn. I have included a few extra event and couple pictures from her photographer Todd Pellowe. Follow Todd on Instagram here. The Weekend Wedding Warriors were also involved in this one. They come highly recommended as day of coordinators to keep your Kentucky wedding day in order! Follow the Wedding Warriors on Instagram here. It was such a beautiful wedding with such a beautiful bride (and a memorable wedding dress) !
📸/Post Production on Cake Images: Natasha Raichel Photography. Follow Natasha on Instagram here.