Sugar roses, oh my!

Hello Everyone:

Ever wondered how much time it would take to make 435 sugar roses? Two and a half weeks. Each rose, hand done on this cake was made to match the bride's wedding color. I must say it was a spectacular event. The cake serve over 350 people. The bottom tier itself is an 18 inch square. The cake weighed 140 pounds. The size of a small human being. The event was held on the family's property just outside of Franklin, Tennessee at the end of June, 2010. Absolutely stunning event.

This cake is a buttercream cake (below) that went to the Hermitage Golf Course (http://www.hermitagegolf.com/), in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The event was a One Source Weddings (http://www.onesourceweddings.net)event/ spear headed by Wendy Binns. The cake has satin ribbon around the base of each tier that matched the bride's turquoise color and a light taupe color icing accent touched with edible glitter. The topper is fresh flowers supplied by One Source Weddings.

The buttercream cake (below) is also a One Source Wedding (http://www.onesourceweddings.net/) event held in Lebanon at The Mill (http://www.themillatlebanon.com/). The colors from her wedding are reflected in the ribbons around the base of each tier. The buttercream is deliberately not smooth to pick up the rustic elements in the hall. Fresh flowers were applied at a later time by One Source.

This lovely fondant cake (below) is embossed with swirls painted pearl on the bottom and 2nd tier from the top. The alternating tiers have a white filigree touched with edible glitter and small tweedia sugar flowers. The sugar flowers on the cake matched her fresh flowers...they are small blue tweedia (the bride's favorite) and white mums. The event was held at The Spring Hill Union Hall in Spring Hill, Tennessee (uawlocal1853.org/union-hall).

Thank you everyone for viewing, tell your friends to come visit also.

~Stacy and The French Confection Team

Some June Cakes and other Past Favoriets

Welcome Bloggers:

Adding some images of cakes that are still from June and some that are a little older that we still just love.

This cake with the cascade of purple flowers was for a couple who held their reception in their back yard. The roses are handmade with two colors of her light purple. The background is a deep ivory with light ivory designs around the center of each tier. The bottom tier is a square with two round tiers on top. Such a sweet cake for a perfect backyard reception.

This groom's cake (below) is Hans Solo in Carbonite.
The couple was so sweet....we loved working with them.
Their wedding cake will show up in another blog.
The cake is covered in rolled chocolate and highlighted in silver.
By the way, ignore the date on the cake, it was just this year....not 2008 (ha ha).

This cake was a year or so ago. It was delivered to The Hermitage Hotel (www.thehermitagehotel.com). It is just simply one of our favorites. It has a hexagon shaped bottom tier with round tiers on top. There are two different shades of ivory on the sides of the tier separated by a gentle gold colored vine with leaves and Wimsey flowers. The topper for the cake was sugar flowers, hydrangeas, orchids and roses. The coordinator was Alice Hendry (www.alicehendry.com). The photographer for the event was our buddy, David Wright (www.davidwrightphotography.com) - his pictures of the cake are so much better than this one....he is a true artist.

This cake is also a blend of shapes with the bottom two tiers and the top tier being square and the second tier from the top, a round tier. The pattern is hand painted on the sides of the tiers with a pattern the bride liked. There are brown satin ribbons around the base of each tier and a double satin ribbon around the center of the round tier. The event was held at The Bellemeade Mansion (www.bellemeadeplantation.com) with Alice Hendry (www.alicehendry.com) as the coordinator and the caterers, Chef's Market in Goodlettsville, Tennessee(www.chefsmarket.com). The band for the event was The Blue Tones...truly a super band.... love them!!!(www.bluetonemusicusa.com)

Until, next time.

Stacy and the French Confection Group

Fun and Funky cakes

Hello:

This batch of photos from the last couple of months has fun and funky.

The next two pictures are the same groom's cake, but different angles. It is a chocolate cake with ganache icing......but sugar work on the sides that reflect the groom's interest. He plays bass guitar, likes to boat on Percy Priest Lake, rides his motorcycle in Laconia, and has a blue Corvette. The reception was at the bride's home. The caterer is our friend, Jim Hagy from Chef's Market. Chefsmarket.com

This wedding cake is a buttercream with sugar birds created from chocolate, with white sugar roses and feathers. This reception was held at the Holiday Inn on Elm Hill Pike.

The groom's cake in this photo actually belongs with the buttercream bird cake. It is cupcakes arranged like pool balls. The cue is sugar also.

Sometimes we do more than just wedding and groom's cakes. This 3D tooth was for a young lady graduating from Dental school. All the items around the base of the cake were sugar. This event was held at a swanky new reception venue in Cool Springs, Tennessee called Durego. durego.net

Please feel free to visit our website: frenchconfectioncakes.com to see more cakes.

Thanks.

~Stacy

New June Photos

Hello:
NEWS ITEM: our newest cake magazines are at Davis-Kidd and Border's Books. Please stop by and pick one up. Every cake in the magazine is a cake that we have created for someone. Like our website...there are no display cakes... only real ones :)

We are back to blog mania. These are just a few of the cakes that we delivered in June and July of 2010. There are so many more.... we have just been busy caking.....which is wonderful!!

This wedding cake went to our friends at The Union Station. It is a buttercream cake with fresh flowers. The design was inspired by the couple's wedding invitation.

The boots are a groom's cake for a groom who wore his boots completely out while on an expedition through the mountains. He came back and took a picture of his poor worn out boots. So, we created them out of cake, like the picture, for his wedding.

This was a little birthday cake for a former bride. We thought it was too cute not to put on the blog.

Blog to you soon.

Stacy and the crew at The French Confection

www.frenchconfectioncakes.com

NOVEMBER CAKES

Hi Everyone!!
November this year had some super cakes. This is just a few of the ones we delivered this past November. More to come. :)



1) This cake was for a Grand Opening at the Belle Meade Winery. The chocolate wine bottles were created to look like their wine bottles with imitations of the actual labels hand painted on the bottles. The grapes are also white chocolate. An imitation of their actual brand is on the side of the crate - also hand painted.



2) Groom's cake for a base ball fan..... just kidding. The groom specified that the puck have the correct texture on the side with the official language...except instead of saying "Made in Canada" the puck said "Made in Detroit"



3) This is the wedding cake that went along with the Detroit Red Wing Hockey Puck Cake. The cake has rolled fondant design on the sides in two colors of ivory and the gold. Sugar flowers on the top of the cake. Check out how the cake is displayed....on glass raised with glass vases. The coordinator for this cake was Alice Hendry, the venue was The Hermitage Hotel. The florist was A Village of Flowers.




4) The next two pictures are of a Genie cake we did for The Hardin School's fundraiser held at The Factory in Franklin. It was "Laughter for the Children"
This picture is the entire cake with the Genie coming out of the chocolate lamp and coming to a stand. Most people didn't know it was a cake until Kix Brooks cut the cake!!!!



This photo is a closer view of the Genie laughing. The theme for the evening was a Magical theme with an Aladdin flair. The entertainment was comedians.....

5) This simple but lovely cake was ivory candy coating (fondant) with chocolate ribbons. Fresh flowers were the topper. This was a wedding cake for our friends over at Randi Lesnik events. The reception was held at "The Avenue" on 3rd Avenue. Such a beautiful venue.

6) This is the Standing Eagle cake for The Marines.

We have done the birthday cake for The Marines here in Middle Tennessee for the last five years and it is such an honor. We appreciate all the generous men and women who serve our Country...and love working with them.

This picture is of everyone who worked on the cake: Me, Stacy to the back left, Abby to the back right and my partner in cake crime, my mother, Dianne, in the center front.

This is a close up of the Eagle.......very fierce....ready to take a bit out of any terrorist!!! Every "feather" was put on one at a time....they are all dark chocolate.

Next installment, more favorites from the past.... and more cakes from November.

Thanks for looking

Stacy Snyder and the gang at The French Confection

see other cakes: www.frenchconfectioncakes.com