As with polka dots featured on Monday, stripes are also a great customisable cake design that work for lots of occasions, whether you're going for smart stripes or whimsical striping. Cotton candy pink and soft brown make a pretty combination in our feature cake (above left) by Zoe Clark of The Cake Parlour, with smart blue and grey creating a chic and unique colour combination in an elegant cake design (above right) by My Cupcakery. Blue and white stripes with a hint of beige makes an ... Read More...
Midsummer Night’s Dream Wedding Cakes
The Shakespearian tale, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a beautiful, classical theme for a summer season wedding, providing lots of design inspiration for a nature-inspired, fairytale wedding cake. The magical forest setting of A Midsummer Night's Dream is captured wonderfully in the wedding cake designs above by The Butter End Cakery (left) and Sky's The Limit Custom Cakes & More (right, image by Crystal Stokes Photography). Below, a sprinkling of wild flowers adds a touch of the ... Read More...
Pinwheel Cakes
Pinwheel cakes are one of the prettiest cake trends around at the moment, especially for summer parties - and they are so simple to create, whether it's a pinwheel cake topper or a pinwheel side design for your cake. Our beautiful featue cake above in teal ombre is by Australian blogger, Kara Conaty of Butter Hearts Sugar (photography by Enchanted Empire), with three colour co-ordinated pinwheel cake toppers arranged at different heights for added effect. Vintage patterned paper makes ... Read More...
Balloon Cakes for All Occasions
If you're stuck for a theme for a quick cake design for a last minute order, then you can't go wrong with party balloons. Balloons work for almost every occasion, in pastels for young children right up to grown ups in more sophisticated colours. Above, we have two fabulous balloon theme cakes in pretty pastel shades from from Lyon's Bakery, Hong Kong (left) and Blissfully Sweet Cakes, Australia (right). A teddy or baby animal topper holding a balloon always makes a beautiful children's ... Read More...