Luxury Wedding Cakes – Creating a Swan Lake Inspired Luxury Wedding Cake

Swan Lake Inspired Luxury Wedding Cake

Inspiration for luxury wedding cakes can come from anywhere and everywhere. Why not let your interests feed your wedding cake ideas?  For instance this beautiful elegant cake pays homage to Swan Lake the ballet. I adore the ballet and relished the opportunity to create this cake.

Photograph of a luury wedding cake inspired by Swan Lake
Swan Lake inspired luxury wedding cake Photograph Teresa C photography

Creating the design

The creation of the design started with researching lots of images of Swan Lake.  What a joy seeing all those beautiful ballerinas and costumes. The stage scenery was just as inspiring but I decided to concentrate on the ballerinas for this particular cake.

Ballet corps Swan Lake
Ballet dancers in the ballet corps Swan Lake Beautiful tutus Photo by Michael Afonso Unsplash

I soon homed in on the Prima Ballerina. Her costume was so beautiful and her headdress was simply divine.

Prima Ballerina Swan Lake
Elegant Prima Ballerina with a divine feather headdress Photo by Niki Dinov Pixabay

The next stage is to make a sketch. This usually involves several sketches until I am happy with the overall design.  I then develop ideas for colours and details. During a cake consultation I make sketches to help you visualise your bespoke wedding cake.

Making a luxury wedding cake

Luxury wedding cakes have to be luxurious inside and out. My wedding cakes are baked from scratch with fine ingredients which are locally sourced where possible. Each cake is covered in a coat of delicious chocolate ganache which  is made with Belgian chocolate. This coating of chocolate ganache gives a wonderful firm smooth base for icing, not to mention that it tastes amazing! The cake is finally ready for decoration after application of luxury sugarpaste. For cake inspiration you can find The Cake Pavilion flavour menu here.

Decorating the cake

I love decorating wedding cakes. After all the preparation I finally have a blank canvas ready for all the painstaking and delicate decoration that brings your cake to life.

Hundreds of handmade individual hydrangea flowers were applied to the bottom tier to represent the skirt of the tutu. I wanted something a little different than the usual ruffles seen on the bottom tier of wedding cakes. Creating an individual design is one of the joys of having a bespoke luxury wedding  cake.

Luxury wedding cake with sugar flowers and sugar feather headdress
Hundreds of handmade sugar hydrangeas Photograph by Teresa C Photography

For the next tier I created a sugar prima ballerina headdress. The feathers took hours of painstaking work but every minute was worth it. Each feather was individually made and applied to the cake. The effect was sublime.

Photograph showing handmade sugar feather Swan Lake headdress
Hundreds of handmade sugar feathers Photograph by Teresa C Photography

I hand piped a design on the next tier to mimic the bodice of the tutu and highlighted the design with edible lustre. I think this would be an opportunity to pipe a design taken from the bride’s wedding dress to add a personal touch.

Photograph of handpiped royal icing tutu bodice and sugar feather headdress
Hand piped royal icing inspired by tutu bodice and sugar feather headdress Photograph Teresa C Photography

Wedding Cake Topper

The top tier was finished with lustre and tiny sugar feathers. Two handmade sugar swans with their necks formed into a heart were perched on top of the cake.  They were a perfect symbol of love and a lasting relationship. Call me a romantic but I just can’t help it!

Top tier od wedding cake with lustre finish and sugar swan topper
Lustre top tier with delicate sugar feathers and a handmade sugar swan topper Photograph by Teresa C Photography

 

Photograph showing a pair of swans with their necks in heart shape
Gorgeous swans with their necks in heart shape symbolising love and long lasting relationships Photo by Markus Baumeler Pixabay

This beautiful cake was photographed at Ashfield House which is wonderful Lancashire Wedding Venue that provides the perfect backdrop for your wedding day.

If you would like to chat about your ideas for your amazing luxury wedding cake you can contact me here

 

 

Venue: Ashfield House

Photographer: Teresa C Photography