Ivoire et blanc

A few moths ago Tim and Marijke asked me to make their wedding cake and I was delighted. Today is their wedding day. 

Tim, a former colleaque, told me ones; if I'll ever get married, I want you to make the cake. And so I did.. 

The bride to be loved a lot of my cakes and pointed uit some favorites. I made a design and with a few adjustments, their wedding cake was ready to be made.

The cake is in traditional colors, with a hint of gold and pastel pink. On top a pastel pink gerber, as the brides bouquet has pink gerbers. 

The top cake is carrot cake with a vanilla  cream, the middle one is vanilla cake with fresh, home made strawberry jam and the bottom cake is chocolate with praline cream.

The couple picked up the cake last night and were very happy with it. And  that's still the most important and beautiful thing about cake making.. 

Have a wonderful day Tim and Marijke! Wishing you all the best! X

2011

Again, Christmas is almost over and it's only 6 untill 2012....
It's amazing how short a year seems to be....

I've made 32 cakes this year and I loved making them. 

Yesterday, I've made my last cake of the year and I wanted to show you my favorites cakes of 2011.


Thank you for all the visits and comments and I wish you a wonderful last week of 2011!

Update..

Hello my dear followers!

It's has been a while since my last post. I hope you guys didn't forget me...
For now I hope you are happy with this short update.

As you know I moved out and my new home is almost ready. Soon I will post some pictures!
It's becoming a cosy, white shabby chic home and I love it :)

The past few weeks I also made a small cake and cupcakes for two weddings, but I haven't found the time posting them. I will show you the pictures here and I will make the topic later.

How about this...

Jorinde from "The perfect wedding - Je must read trouwblog" made a topic about Tessa and me. She wrote such nice things about our cakes and cupcakes and I'm sooo happy with the result!
I immediately wanted to share it with my readers.

Here you can read (it's in Dutch..) her topic:

http://www.theperfectwedding.nl/blog/2011/11/inspirerende-bruidstaarten-tess-en-nadines-cakes/

Golden Wedding

This is hopefully the last cake in this warm wether.... It's been to long, to warm..

As it is my last bigger cake for the next weekes, I can take the time painting my new home :)

My friend asked me to make a cake for her friends, that celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Half a century together... isn't that amazing?!

As it is a golden wedding anniversary, I thought it would be pretty to make them another
"wedding cake" in white and ivory with golden details. The ribbons match perfectly with the fondant :D It's a first that I've used the higher baking tin for the 15cm/6" cake.
Making the 50 with royaling icing would be prettier, but I still haven't taken the course...
I would love to take the PME Royal Icing Course... Untill then, I'm happy with my number cutters. And also with the result!


Have a great sunday all!


Hopelijk was dit de laatste taart die ik bij dit weer moest maken... Het is al te lang, te warm....  Aangezien dit mijn laatste grotere taart voor de komende weken is, kan ik nu alle tijd besteden aan het klussen en verven in mijn huisje :)

Een vriendin vroeg mij een taartje te maken voor een bevriend stel dat vandaag hun 50ste huwelijksjaar viert. Een halve eeuw samen... is dat niet geweldig?!

Het is een gouden huwelijk, dus mij leek het mooi een tweede "huwelijkstaart" te maken in wit, ivoor en details in goud. Vind het ook zo mooi dat het lint perfect bij de kleur fondant past. Heb nu ook voor het eerst het hogere bakblik voor de 15cm taart gebruikt.
De 50 had ik met royal icing sierlijker kunnen maken, maar ik heb de cursus nog niet gedaan... Wil ontzettend graag de PME Royal Icing gaan doen. Tot dan, ben ik blij met mijn letter- en cijferuitstekers. En met het eindresultaat!

Fijn zondag allemaal!

Victorian wedding cupcakes with a vintage twist

Yesterday was a BIG BIG day, my friend Eva got married! And I had the honor to be her witness. The day started out with some clouds, we had some rain but not at the important times.

Eva was a georgous bride! I was there the whole time as the pictures were taken in the gardens of the location. It was so much fun, I even had the chance to be de photographer's assistent. My job was to make sure the train of the dress layed perfect and her hair was out of her eyes.

Can't wait to see the pictures...

Months ago she asked me to make 80 wedding cupcakes as dessert, she liked the combination of white, ivory and peach with gold details.

The cupcakes were a succes and Eva loved them.

It was such a beautiful day, I wish you guys all the luck and hapiness! XO 

Gisteren was de GROTE dag, mijn vriendin Eva ging trouwen! En ik had de eer om haar getuige te zijn. De dag begon met wolken en we hadden wat regen, maar gelukkig niet tijdens de momenten dat we buiten waren.

Eva was een prachtige bruid! Ik mocht er bij zijn toen de foto's van het bruidspaar gemaakt werden in de tuinen van Mondo Verde. Wat was dat leuk zeg! Ik mocht zelfs de fotograaf "assisteren", mijn taak was ervoor te zorgen dat sleep mooi lag en Eva's haren niet voor haar ogen hingen. Ben heel benieuwd naar de foto's!

Maanden geleden vroeg Eva mij of ik 80 cupcakes wilde maken, die na het eten geserveerd zouden worden. Ze vond de combinatie van wit, ivoor en perzik met gouden details erg leuk. De cupcakes waren gelukkig een succes en Eva was er erg blij mee.

Het was een geweldige dag en ik wens jullie alle geluk toe!! X

Simplicity in white and latte

My first wedding cake I made by myself. It's a bigger version of my "Eggplant Elegance"

The couple and I decided to use a white base and open flowers in latte macchiatio. Matching his suit.

The result, I think, is very simple but oh so chique and elegant.
Now that it's finished, I just love the colour combination. Although it was difficult to get the colour of the ribbon... But the trick is; brown, red and black.

They just picked up the cake and were very happy with it :)
I'm so glad they loved the colour latte!