From Sketch to Cake: My Birthday Celecration 2015

A few months ago, I started off by telling you about my sugar rose adventures. Well I guess the practice and hard work is paying off. At least I was satisfied to see the finished product of a floral bouquet I put together. And this time it was for myself, so that made it even sweeter. 

In my continuation of practicing and studying the sugar rose, I decided to incorporate them into my birthday cake this year. Let's face it, they're so darn darling! 

I get asked a lot how do I come up with concepts for cake or is it just all in my head....my response is always "a little bit of both, mostly the later" lol. My canvas for cake is a lot like my paintings, I don't sketch much, I just have an idea in my head, then as I'm working, God gives me a little something extra and ZAP!, it can all change just that quick!

I'm inspired by many things fashion, paper, jewelry (all things Darling) this year I wanted to make something pink with a black and pink striped hat. So the concept for the cake was built around that. As you can see, here's my rough sketch just to get the idea down. Pen down, then a week later, sketch #2 in color! Which I want to believe is the final sketch but know it's not.

Production time! On to the Cake.

Day 1 began the roses:
I took my time and began early working on the sugar roses. Giving me enough time to prep, plan, make arrangements and make extras (for mishaps) as they are so delicate. 

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Day 2 began the roses plus filler flowers which I'd never taken time to create. 

Of course there needs to be time for them to dry, in the interim, cakes are being baked and I'm making more fillers! Now comes the fun part, decorating the cake!!! HORAYYYY!! I'm excited to see what the end result will be, sometimes it's like I'm not even putting it all together. Cakes have been iced and decorated, now comes the Assembly:

Bottom tier down, now comes that lovely floral bouquet that I worked so hard on (I think the bouquet came along quite nicely). Then bring on the top hat ladies and gents! Pink and black stripes, just as I wanted and with a little flair.

All in all, it took a lot of planning, re-working some things, a lot of love and patience. But guess who ended up happy in the end?!

Yup! This girl ;-)
Happy Birthday to Me!!!