Anniversary Flower Cake

I'm afraid I must apologize again for not posting in a while. As I have quite a bit of catching up to do, I'm going to try to keep this short and sweet - pun intended ;)

This cake was for a friend of mine who wanted one to share with her husband for their anniversary. She told me she trusted my judgement and basically gave me free rein of the design. I went to Pinterest for some inspiration, and ultimately decided to go for a modern, clean cut design with a few bold colors. I also took the opportunity to try my hand at making fondant flowers, as it really opens the door to so many different cake designs.

To get started I watched a lot of YouTube videos; I found there are quite a few helpful ones that you can find with a simple search for "fondant flowers." After a while there was nothing left but to just jump in. Here was my first attempt:

Red fondant flower

Two things I learned:
1) Try to roll out the fondant as thin as possible, without compromising the integrity. If the petals are too thick, the bottom of the rose will get way too bulky.
2) If you have a way of hanging the rose upside down to dry, do so, because drying it any other way results in the flower looking misshaped.

For my two bold colors I decided to go with black and red since the two of them together look quite captivating. Since I was also going for a modern style I thought the motto "less is more" worked well in this case. And of course I decided to put a few hearts on it too, because what's an anniversary cake without hearts? The black hearts have a little gold heart on top to add just a little extra color and dimension.

I also sprayed the cake with a little bit of the Wilton Color Mist, in the shade of "pearl" so it just gives it some shimmer.

The final design was simple, yet elegant and romantic, with the flowers being the center of attention. 

I'm happy to say it was very well received! I just wish I had been able to taste a piece. That's the only downside to making cakes for other people ;)