{"id":1603,"date":"2014-01-07T21:50:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T21:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:57:19","slug":"vintage-hat-box-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/vintage-hat-box-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Hat Box Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A vintage hat box cake is one of the ultimate “go-to” cake designs for lots of occasions – birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day cakes, engagement cakes and wedding cakes too. We have two exquisite hat box cakes above\u00a0 by We Want Cake UK (above left) and the much admired Cotton & Crumbs <\/a>(above right).<\/p>\n

Rosalind Miller Cakes<\/a> have created a beautiful vintage, yet quirky hat box wedding cake design\u00a0 in pretty pastels with gold accents (below left).<\/p>\n

Leading Italian cake designers Nana & Nana Cakes<\/a> have incorporated antique panelling details in their take on the vintage hat box cake trend (below right) in a beautiful mint and pink colour palette.<\/p>\n

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Below left, we have another beautiful design from Cotton & Crumbs for an elegant 18th birthday party complete with miniature stillettos.<\/p>\n

Love Island Cakes\u00a0 <\/a>in Cyprus have incorporated a vintage box style handbag and draped pearls in their beautiful hat box cake design (below right), which also make a beautiful birthday cake for a young lady’s 21st birthday cake, 30th birthday and well beyond.<\/p>\n

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A vintage hatbox cake works perfectly for a baby shower also as the two designs below in powder blue and white stripes show via M Bakes<\/a>\u00a0 from the Cotton & Crumbs hatbox class, below left and from Katie’s Cake Box, below right. (You’ll find a fabulous little miniature sugar shoes cutter set<\/a>\"\"
\nhere from Frankly Sweet to make the tiny little accessories).<\/p>\n

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Vintage shades of sage green and soft pink provide more colour inspiration with a beautiful cake below left with a very elegant stencilled lace side design from Sweet Tiers UK<\/a> . (You’ll find a lattice lace stencil<\/a> \"\"here to re-create this side design.)<\/p>\n

Fonant swags and pearls add a classic touch to the second hatbox cake below right also in pale green and pink by Cakes by Mina Bakalova<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another pretty vintage hatbox cakes via M Bakes from the Cotton & Crumbs hatbox class ( below left) this time in the more unusual but yet complimentary shades of lavender and duck egg.<\/p>\n

A cameo silhouette adds a beautiful touch to the vintage hatbox cake design below by Pasteles Alma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Below right, Eileen Fry Cakes<\/a> have created a very elegant Mother’s Day cake in a lavender hat box cake design.<\/p>\n

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And it’s not just pastel shades that work with hatbox cakes, strong colours work wonderfully too as you can see in the fabulous examples below by Cakes by Suzanne<\/a> (left) and\u00a0 by Pasteles Alma<\/a> (right).<\/p>\n

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To create your own vintage hatbox cake, you’ll find a tutorial here to help you, including how to make a fondant bow: hat box cake tutoria<\/a>l.<\/p>\n