Finalizing the Cake

Yay! I finally buckled down, designed my wedding cake and chose the flavors. After being subjected to countless options via all my wedding websites I settled on a simple yet elegant design. Since we decided against using fondant, becuase frankly it tastes like crap, we were limited to design that could be done in buttercream. So we ended up with 3 tiers each being a different shape and a different flavor. The top tier is round with a dot inverted swag style (that looks like an arch created by hundreds of dots). For the flavor we chose strawberry cake with milk chocolate mousse. The middle tier is a hexagon flavored with chocolate devil's fudge cake and ameretto mousse. One of the flat fronts will face out and will showcase our monogram. The monogram will be in cursive script (APA) that will be done in gold lettering and set on a fondant oval. The other sides will be decorated with a dotted fleur de lis pattern. The third and bottom tier will be square shaped with a french vanilla cake, white choclate mousse with grand mariner and raspberry glaze. The bottom design will be an all over pattern of heavy (elegant) scroll and dots. Each tier will be lined with a deep purple ribbon at the bottom of the tier.

After months and months of searching for the "perfect" cake topper, I've decided to just go the flower route and call it a day. It's not for a lack of creativity, just the simple fact of not finidng just the right one. So.....the other day while making my monthly trip to Michael's, I found these HUGE large single blooms of deep purple flowers. The first contender looks very similar to a dahlia but has "spikey" petals. I think that might be the one that ends up on the top of the cake. The second contender is an oversized peony on steroids. It's HUGE.

Both flowers are the perfect deep color purple and just the right size to pull the cake together to make it look "finished". I'll make a final decision soon (probably the day of the wedding), but I'm leaning towards the dahlia.

Yay!

Another check off my list.
I also paid off the balance on my cake, so it's exciting to have that taken care of.