Joy the Baker

This cake has Joy the Baker written all over it.  Why?  It’s simple.  It’s chocolate all over.  It has natural elements that lend a hint of color, and quirky chocolate flowers that add a touch of light-hearted fun.  And the cake isn’t perfect- it has stroke marks and rough sides.  Wedding cakes these days are flawless.  Obviously that’s not my style.  I think this cake, even with all of it’s imperfections, is absolutely perfect.  I spent about two days putting this cake together, and by the time I was done, I was absolutely smitten with it.  Big time cake crush.

This cake (on day two I named him Sir Chocolate Monster) was requested for a ten year wedding anniversary and vow renewal.  Ten years!  Something about that struck me…

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Some wedding cakes are more flash than flavor.  This simple white wedding cake was definitely not one of those cakes.  It was all flavor, no flash.  Joe and Jen had a simple, but elegant wedding in a beautiful old hall in downtown Los Angeles.  They wanted to keep the look of their wedding cake simple and clean.  We settled on a white buttercream frosting with a buttercream pearl border.  The cake was decorated with  fresh roses, lillies,  red raspberries and bright mint leaves.

While outside was simple and elegant, the inside had a wallop of flavor.

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