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This is a collection of some of the newer trends that seem to be gaining popularity. Though the styles are most often used for weddings, showers and other adult events with a little creativity these styles can be adapted for almost any party and will really grab your guests attention.
Pallette Knife Buttercream
Using different sized pallette knives, buttercream is used to build up texture on the cakes surface. This technique is often used to create what looks like a 3-d painting of florals, water, fur or feathers.
Tiered with Sails
Rice sails can create dramatic height and a shimmery sparkle to take even the simplest tiered cake to the next level. Completely edible, these sails can be made into any shape or color to make a delicate but bold look.
Mixed Shapes
Mixing cake shapes and combining techniques can be just stunning. Here, mixing a standard round and square tiers, buttercream wrapping, sugar paste flowers and stenciling are used to make a simple yet complex design. Topped with an isomalt sail, more flowers and coordinated chocolate truffles, this combination made a beautiful centerpiece for the dessert table.
Top Front Style
Top Front Style
These Top front style cakes add a new and eye catching twist on round cakes. Frosted on all sides these cakes can be decorated to look like almost anything. This elegant styled cake is buttercream stenciled with silver flake and a boho ring bouquet of peonies and mums.
Buttercream Wrap (Tall)
Buttercream Wrap (Tall)
Blue and white American Buttercream marbled then wrapped around an extra tall cake. Topped with an isomalt sail, filled with colored truffles and chocolates, accented with hand painted silver edges.
Buttercream Wrap (Standard)
Buttercream Wrap (Standard)
3 colors of buttercream marbled together and wrapped. edged out in silver and topped with chocolate truffles and sheres for a sophisticated birthday cake.
Carved Buttercream
Carved Buttercream
Multiple layers of buttercream applied in thin layers then carved to reveal the depth of colors below the surface. This style can be adapted to almost any theme with almost endless carving and color combinations.
Watercolor Drips
Watercolor Drips
Sugar roses accent the soft flowing colors of watercolor drippin as it creates a beautiful abstract and artistic flow.
Chocolate Sphere Stack (Pyramid)
Chocolate Sphere Stack (Pyramid)
This pyramid of chocolate spheres are encasing a vanilla custard and vanilla cake layers the octopus is sculpted, hand painted and completely edible!
Check out the "Surprise inside" tab under "Specialty Designs" for a look at this cake cut!
Chocolate Sphere Stack (Cube)
Chocolate Sphere Stack (Cube)
27 dark chocolate spheres are covered in edible gold and splashed with silver and black to set off the fresh flower accents. Hidden inside each sphere is a rich combination of chocolate mousse and chocolate cake.
Check out the "Surprise inside" tab under "Specialty Designs" for a look at this cake cut!
Square cakes
Square cakes
An eye catching change from the usual round cakes are elegant squares for an even more dramatic vibe think about mixing square and round tiers for eye catching height.
Sails
Edible sails can be crafted from chocolate, Isomalt, rice paper (as seen here) or a number of other items. Some are more opaque while others lend a softer more translucent visual- these elements add depth and character to cakes that just take it to the next level.
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