Victorian Charm

The fantastic photographer Debra Oakland of Debra O Photography was so kind to share her shots of this cake a did two weeks ago.  The setting was Forepaughs, a dramatic yet charming Victorian mansion in Saint Paul.  The flowers are all handmade from fondant, and based off the brides bouquet of champagne roses, white hydrangea, and peach hypericum berries.  The piping design mimics the scroll design of the couple invitations and the bride's dress.  Elegance never goes out of style! 

The couple also had a unique request for a cake flavor.  The two are huge fans of a dessert at Aqua in White Bear that features butterscotch pudding, caramel, and crunchy sea salt.  We translated this into layers of white cake, butterscotch pudding, and scratch-made caramel, with bits of sea salt procured from Trade Winds Spice Company in Stillwater (who also provided the culinary lavender for Ashley's lemon lavender cake!).  Nick and I had fun experimenting and tasting our trial runs!

I would also like to point out this cake was made the weekend it was in the 90s and our air conditioning went out in the bakery!  I had to do all of the piping sitting on a bucket in the walk-in refrigerator!

Thanks again to Debra for sharing her artistic eye and congratulations to Bonnie and Paul!

xo,
Rachel