Silver and White Wedding Cake

This cake goes back to last year - A friend of my sister's asked me if I would be able to make her wedding cake. I was a little uncertain about it because she wanted these specific flowers on it, which I had never made before. I'm more of a royal icing flower gal, and not so much into fondant/gum paste flowers. Fortunately Wilton makes a kit for a very similar flower and I was able to make them (not without a little stress!).

As I type this I remember decorating this cake - it was getting to be the middle of the night and I was so tired, putting those silver balls on the cake one at a time with tweezers. My husband helped me with them too. We worked mostly in silence except for sound of my music and the sound of those little balls bouncing off the table onto the floor. The next morning when I swept the floor the dust pan was half full of them! They are hard to hold onto with tweezers!

I assembled the cake at the hotel where the reception was being held, very carefully putting on those little silver balls around the base of the tiers. My husband helped me deliver it so he was there help me again!

There is something about this cake that I really like, and I'm not actually sure what it is. Maybe it is the flowers since they are out of my norm, or maybe it is the million little silver balls that give it so much sparkle.

It was a rainy day, but the hall was beautifully decorated, the cake assembled and the bride was happy so I would say it was a success!