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Vintage Cakes with Feathers

Downton style wedding cake with vintage feathers from Pinterest (left) and cake with feathers by FireflyIndia on Cakes Decor. com (right)

Nothing says vintage quite like a dramatic ostrich feather. And with the Roaring 20’s the vintage period of choice for many brides this year, we’re finishing our 1920’s wedding series this month with “Vintage Cakes with Feathers”. (See also our earlier features: Gatsby Wedding Cakes and Art Deco Wedding Cakes.)

Our feature cake above left simply oozes vintage sophistication with a single statement ostrich feather held in place with an antique brooch in a fabulous design by Intricate Icings Cake Design.  To the right, Indian cake designer Parvani Kaur of Firefly India has created a beautiful composition of delicate sugar flowers with an opulent gold feather in a sophisticated palette of pale blue, gold and white.

Whilst there are a large selection of vintage style feathers available from millinery stores, you can also craft feathers from petal paste (gumpaste) if you want to create an entirely edible cake design. We have two tutorials here that show you how:

  • edible feather tutorial from Cupadee Cakes
  • gumpaste feather tutorial from McGreevy Cakes

Top Canadian designer, The Cake Whisperer incorporates feathers in a number of her couture cake designs, the first of which is the superb wedding cake below left. To the right, the fabulous Sweet Sensations have created an art deco classic, also in a beautiful gold and white colour scheme (image via Style Me Pretty).

Vintage feather wedding cake Gatsby style by The Cake Whisperer (left) and art deco Gatsby wedding cake by Sweet Sensations (right) via Style Me Pretty, photo by Sean & Amanda

The Pastry Studio, always ahead of the newest trends in cake design, feature the beautiful feathered two-tier cake below left in their wedding cake collection. To the right, we have another statement cake from The Cake Whisperer with a stunning composition of sugar blossoms, pearls and a gold-tinted feather for a luxury single tier design.

vintage feather wedding cakes by The Pastry Studio left and The Cake Whisperer right

Below, we have an elegant silver and white  jewelled design from The Fondanista Files (left) where you’ll also find a great rice paper feather tutorial. To the right is a vintage lace design topped with a feather and floral arrangement for an extra touch of vintage glamour available from Solbijou on Etsy.

vintage feather wedding cakes Gatsby style by The Fondanista Files (left) and from by Solbijou on Etsy (right)

For the ultimate in glamour, the showpiece wedding cake design below by The Cake Whisperer is an absolute scene stealer with it’s luxiurant sugar bow, oversized flowers and feather arrangement – a study in sugar wow (with inspiration also from Kate Sullivan).

vintage feather wedding cake by The Cake Whisperer inspired by Lovin Sullivan

Below left, we have a Gatsby-inspired vintage feather wedding cake by cake superstars Connie Cupcake Luxury Cakes (left) and a beautiful jewelled and feather design by the super stylish Australian designer, Chrissy Lau of Miss Couture.

Gatsby style wedding cake with vintage feather by Connie Cupcake (left) and vintage feather wedding cake (right) from Pinterest)

Up and coming Northern Ireland cake designers Cake Couture Northern Ireland, have designed a beautiful Gatsby-esque wedding cake incorporating art deco design, jewelled detailing and an elegant feather accent, below. (Image by Chris Semple Photography).

vintage feather wedding cake Gatsby theme with art deco design by Cake Couture Northern Ireland, Chris Semple Photography

The  much admired Little Cherry Cake Company have created their own unique take on the 1920’s theme with their vintage feather wedding cake below left, texturised with on-trend ruffles and pleats. To the right is another elegant example, incorporating feathers, peonies and petal ruffles, highlighted with pearlised lustre by the wonderful Coco Cakes.

vintage feather wedding cakes by Black Cherry Cake Co left and via Pinterest right

Flapper-style cake designs are perfect for a 1920’s themed wedding and Zoe Clark of The Cake Parlour  has created a stunning interpretation of this unique style (below left). You’ll find full instructions to re-create this elegant cake in Zoe’s latest book: Chic & Unique Vintage Cakes.

The beautiful black and white “flapper” inspired wedding cake below right is designed by Cupcakes by Louise, featuring elegant art deco detailing.

vintage feather wedding cakes for Gatsby-theme-wedding-from-The-Cake-Parlour-left and Cupcakes by Louise right

Black, white and tan make up the sophisticated colour palette of this unique wedding cake design below in a decidedly 1920’s style with a contemporary edge. (Image via Pinterest).

vintage feather wedding cake with flapper style details and vintage pearls Italian wedding cake via Pinterest

Vintage style feathers are artfully arranged in the two elegant wedding cake designs below by The Vanilla Bakeshop (left) and via Studio Wed Nashville (right).

feather wedding cakes from Style Me Pretty (left) and Studio Wed Nashville (right)

For the ultimate in wedding glamour, Connie Cupcake Luxury Cakes have designed the decadent gold feather cookies below to add that lavish touch to a wedding reception as favours or as part of a wedding dessert table. (See feather pen/quill mold below).

luxury wedding cookies with gold feather motif by Connie Cupcake Luxury Cakes


You’ll also find more on decorating with feathers in our features on Wildlife Inspired Autumn Cakes, Autumn Wedding Cakes and Boho Wedding Cakes with Feathers

For more on vintage cake decorating, see our features:

  • Gatsby Wedding Cakes
  • Downton Abbey Wedding Cakes
  • Art Deco Wedding Cakes
  • Scalloped Cake Designs
  • Chandelier Wedding Cakes
  • Metallic Gold Cakes
  • Pale Gold & Champagne Wedding Cakes
  • Jewelled Wedding Cake Designs
  • Jewelled Sugar Flowers – Crystal Centres
  • Jewelled Sugar Flowers – Glamorous Gold
  • Beaded Wedding Cakes – Silver Beading
  • Beaded Wedding Cakes- Pearl Beading
  • Vintage Pearl Wedding Cakes
  • Vintage Cameo Cakes
  • Vintage Jewellery & Locket Cakes
  • Birdcage Veil & Tulle Wedding Cakes
  • Vintage Accessories Cakes – Gumpaste Gloves, Parasols & Fans
  • Vintage Hatbox Cakes
  • Vintage Suitcase Cakes
  • Vintage Birdcage Cakes
  • Vintage Floral Piped Cake Tutorial
  • Pomander Wedding Cakes
  • Pedestal Wedding Cakes
  • Petal Shaped Wedding Cakes
  • Toile Cake Designs

Coming Up Next: The cute new cake trend – Birdhouse Cakes for Spring.

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