Wedding Dress Rose Inspired Cake

I love using fashion as inspiration for wedding cake design.  Especially when the bride is in love with her dress, as most are.  Our bride Laura Meeks came to us with this photo and her color swatches (yay for color swatches) and let us design something original.

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The first thing we did was to sketch our idea for the cake with a right cascade for a more modern placement.  The scripty "L" tied in with other design elements of the reception.  The main unique attribute - the bride wanted a gray cake! We love gray, but know that there is a fine line between a yuck gray and a beautiful greige, we tread lightly. 

The bride loved the sketch, so we proceeded with the next phase.... testing our ideas.  At our bakery we use new or invented techniques every week, but try to iron out any wild card ideas way in advance in case the execution is not what the bride had in mind.  In this case we pinched fondant in a rose shape to get the three dimensional texture that makes the dress so rich and lush.  Here is the result of our test:

Although we felt like geniuses, it ended up not being what the bride had in mind. She really loved the graphic feel of the original sketch.  We decided to do the rose piping in the deep ivory/light yellow in her color swatches. The scripty "L" monogram was made of gumpaste and royal icing, custom made for the 4" topper.  Here was the final cake:

We love to hear what design details brides get excited about.  Taking those details and incorporating them in the cake design is even more fulfilling!  Thank you Laura for trusting us!

Wedding Chicks Feature!

We are excited to announce that The Sugar Suite has been published on a national blog for the very first time!

We were excited to this amazing vendor list with Brittany Sobering of Tickled Pink Brides, Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., Binary Flips, Lee Forrest Design and Dubsdread!

For more photos of this beautiful wedding with incredible details click here to see the full post: Wedding Chicks Feature!

Jennyfer teaches wedding cakes at The Notter School

It was an honor to teach a wedding cake class at The Notter School of Pastry Arts, a European and design focused pastry school in Orlando founded by celebrity chef Ewald Notter.  Just four short years ago I was looking into The Notter School as a student, so personally it was an INCREDIBLE opportunity and milestone to be asked to teach their wedding cake class.  The students did an amazing job, and the last photo is of their mini wedding cakes!  They have some super talented instructors, and it was an honor to even be considered for this class!

Mother's Day Cupcakes at The Sugar Suite!

This Saturday May 12th we will have our mom's favorite flavors from 10-2 at The Sugar Suite!

When deciding what flavors to make for Cupcake Day, we asked our moms what THEIR favorite flavors are, and here is what they said:

~Joann's pick (Jennyfer's mom)~
Lemon Poppy - lemon poppy cake with purple (her favorite color) vanilla bean buttercream and raspberry filling

~G.G.'s pick (Zenobia's mom)~
Chocolate and raspberry - chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream and raspberry filling

~Sherry's pick (Erin's mom)~
Chocolate and Salted Caramel - chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream and sea salted caramel ganache
*Winner at the 2012 Festival of Chocolate for "Best Chocoalte Cake" and "Best of Show"

~Hyacinth's pick (Andree's mom)~
Pina Coloada - white coconut flavored cake (no flecks), vanilla and Meyers Dark rum buttercream and caramelized pineapple filling

The cupcakes are $3.00 individually and $20 for 8
Last time we sold out of all but one flavor by 12:30, so pre orders are recommended!

To pre-order email hello@thesugarsuite.com

Hope to see you this weekend!

Spring Cupcake Day at The Sugar Suite

Saturday, April 7th is Spring Cupcake Day! Come by our shop in Maitland  on Saturday April 7th from 10:00AM - 2:00PM.

We will have four flavors available for sale:

Coconut - with almond cream cheese and shredded coconut

Lemon Poppy - with vanilla bean buttercream and raspberry filling

Strawberry Blonde - vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream

Carrot Cake - with cream cheese icing and caramelized carrots

All in our festive Spring decor!

The cupcakes are $3.00 Each and can be purchased individually.

For orders of 12 or more, please order in advance.

To RSVP or to place an advance order email us at

hello@thesugarsuite.com

The cupcakes are $3.00 Each and can be purchased individually.

The cupcakes will be on a first come first serve basis so plese RSVP if you would like ensure you get your favorites!
To RSVP or to place an advance order call the bakery at (321) 972-8650 before 10:00AM!

Bunny Cupcakes

We will also be featuring our little bunny cupcakes!  These little guys were popular last year!

They are specialty order only and can be ordered

5 for $30.00

Order your bunny cupcakes before Wednesday, April 4th by clicking here:

Email Jennyfer@thesugarsuite.com

Extreme Flowers with Ron Ben-Israel!

Yesterday I got back from an incredible flower class taught by Ron Ben-Israel. The class took place at Custom Cakes in Savannah, GA at the bakery of Minette Rushing whom I affectionately call my Fairy Godmother of Cake! 

Ron is a wedding cake designer from NYC that specializes in sugar flowers and really spectacular wedding cakes.

Not only is Ron an credible talent, but he is an excellent business man and very generous with his knowledge and experiences.  The last half our of each class students are encouraged to ask questions about cake, business and himself... he's an open book!

The title of the class was "Extreme Flowers" meaning extremely large and extremely small.  

First was the rose. Below is my rose which was approximately 7" in width,  These roses don't exist in nature, but during the Victorian time people would place additional petals behind a rose to great a giant flower called a Glamelia.

The next extremely large flower we made was the Orchid, which also measured 7+"  the flower is made up of 7 wired petals and and the center was hand painted with the red detail.  To finish the petals we added a small amount of pearl dust to give it a shimmer.

Then we moved onto the extremely small. 

The traditional wedding flower the Stephanotis and the mini-mini Lilac. We also made some Lily of the Valley, Princess Kate's wedding bouquet choice!

These are the roses that Ron made with his signature spiral and pointed edges.

Here is the lucky gradutate "hug-posing" (my new move) with the flower guru himself! :)

Ron giving instruction on the wiring of the orchid

My Fairy Godmother of Cake

Our first intern Brooke is now working full time at Custom Cakes, we are so proud of you Brooke!

Excellent class, incredible teachers and lovely fellow students! If anyone is interested in finding out more about these classes I recommend visiting 

Minette Rushing Sugar Seminars Blog

Tiffany Tile Pattern

When I met with Alex and Ron to design their wedding cake, I asked them what their favorite thing about the wedding was... and Alex quickly answered the invitation!  They loved the detailed pattern of the tile pattern in tiffany blue & deeper blue and was especially drawn to the masculine chocolate brown lines.

Although the idea for the sketch seems simplistic, the piping sure was not! In order to get the level of detail in the invitation I would use a royal icing and invert the pattern.  To top it off, we made a custom "AR" topper with intertwining lines as their monogram. For gay couples and couples where the bride is not taking the grooms last name I recommend using the first name initials for the monogram.  It keeps the traditional feel of a monogram, but customized to the modern couple!

 An voila, our detailed modern Tiffany Tile pattern cake.