I have hunted high and low to find a picture of a cake I like and I know some of you are a lot better with computers than I am. I need a picture to take to the cakemaker so they have some idea of what I want. I know I would like a 3 tiered square cake. My wedding theme is butterflies and my favours, decorations, bridesmaids and my dress are all either pink, ivory or silver so I am looking for something to fit in with this. I am looking for a cake thats is quite a simple design, any help would be really really appreciated xx

hey sweety have you had a look on projectwedding??

http://www.projectwedding.com/photo/browse?tag=cake

this was my absolute fave site for browsing pics and pinching other people's ideas...
xx

I love the butterflies on this one. will have a look and see what i can find x

http://www.maisiefantaisie.co.uk/home.html

right i have loads!!! your theme sounds lovely. obviously some of these arent perfect but are good pictures that you can say "but id like it square" or "id like it with pink detail" etc etc!!!

Here it goes...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26133265@N07/3571002868/
Classy one, maybe in silver?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16934890@N03/2718349674/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieanderson/695668053/
But obviously square

http://www.flickr.com/photos/letthemeatcakes/2407012480/
Again but square. thought this one was cute!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bondservant007/3193182672/
Again but square and with pink detail (as you can see there were a lot more round cakes available)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42256787@N00/3452575124/
I liked this one a lot but without that flower!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharoncakes/2376316556/
Wild card lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28457869@N02/2655071441/
Cute but obviously not square

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fannybygaslight/3617475233/
Another wild card! cupcakes!! so cute i had to add them

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25339673@N05/2389863894/
Heart shaped cake is quite funky actually

http://www.flickr.com/photos/banquetpictures/1959644406/
A bit different!

Quite enjoyed looking!! Not sure what your style is so got a variety of examples. I will keep looking for more! hope you fine the right one for you! Love hte butterfly theme by the way!

x

That second one is gorgeous hd!

I LOVE all these cakes - slurp!

Making me hungry for my own wedding cake - 60days to go!

Will try and post a pic of mine - not too good with the ole posting malark:

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PP - i think yr IMG at the start needs to be lower case!!

I wish i could help hun but i had an italian wedding cake which was fab but nothing like the traditional ones we have over here - i'll try n post a pic when i get home!!

I'm loving the 2nd and 3rd ones JT posted!! xx

Oh I can't ruddy do it - stupid picture posting!

GGrrr

Is this it?

i'm hunting down some pics from TheKnot for you but i would highly recommend looking here - so many great ideas:

http://www.lvcc.co.uk/iced_collection_main.asp

try this link for some ideas

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=butterfly+wedding+cake&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

ok lots of ideas but, like LC said, it's a good idea to take a few pics and show her what you do and dont like from each

firstly there's a mass of resources here:
http://weddings.theknot.com/Real-Weddings/Cake/results.aspx?type=3&wedding_details=Cake

http://media.theknot.com/ImageStage/Objects/0003/0036839/large_image.jpg
http://media.theknot.com/ImageStage/Objects/0003/0040059/large_image.jpg
http://media.theknot.com/ImageStage/Objects/0003/0033755/large_image.jpg
http://media.theknot.com/ImageStage/Objects/0003/0030541/large_image.jpg
http://media.theknot.com/ImageStage/Objects/0003/0006217/large_image.jpg

http://jasonscelebrationcakes.yourpapwortheverard.co.uk/userfiles/image/candy%20butterfly%20wedding%20cake.jpg
http://www.1812hitchingpost.com/wphotos/Butterfly_Wedding_Cake.jpg
http://www.nickygrant.com/images/iced/images/rice-butterfly%202.jpg
http://www.cake.bz/portfolio/Sugar_Sugar_WEDDING/images/Pink-butterfly-wedding-lrg.jpg
http://www.pinkrose.co.uk/images/pink%20butterfly%20cake.JPG
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2071/2461451006_28f150428f.jpg
http://www.cakesbyann.co.uk/images/butterfly%20wedding%20cake.jpg
http://www.thefunkycakeco.co.uk/web%20photos/contemporary%20butterfly.jpg
http://www.conceptcakes.co.uk/3%20tier%20(butterfly%20wedding%20cake).jpg
http://www.honeywelldesigns.co.uk/butterfly.jpg
http://veiltales.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/butterfly-wedding-cake1.jpg
http://www.designer-cakes.co.uk/USERIMAGES/Butterfly%20b.JPG

well done MrsRodders :-))) that my cake

xxx

Thanks for all the links ladies!! I love the pink butterflies on Jellytots round cake, but I love the square design of your cake Pink Princess, I may have to steal it!! I like how the top tiers are at different angles but instead of flowers having pink butterflies placed about each tier, if you know what I mean?? Thanks again ladies!!!! xx

missfancyshoes - where are you based? I can't reccomend my cake maker highly enough - the 4 tier cake (bottom base is lemon, then carrot, then madiera sponge then choc) is costing me £247!

She did free samples which were beyond a doubt the best damn cake I ever had.

I too wanted a simple WHITE cake and as our flowers are lily's, it seemed fitting to have that as a cake topper. The pink ribbons won't be as pink as the pink in my wedding is quite light n subtle.

You could absolutely customise it with butterflies for sure!

Email me if you need more info :-))

PP84 x

Thanks PP, I am in Scotland, I am getting my cake made entirely of sponge, it is costing me £150, you have a great price for your cake though!! Especially for 4 tiers and 4 different types of sponge. It is a local cakemaker I have gone with, they only have 2 shops. Some of the cakes I looked at were nearer £500, which I thought was rather expensive seeing as its only gloing to get eaten!! So I was pleasantly surprised when I priced my cake with the local bakery. I take it you have a pink theme too? My dress is pink ivory and silver thats why I have picked those colours, its ronald joyce 55043. I am having my bm's in silver, what date is your wedding? x

Hey missfancy!

My wedding is in 59days!! OMg - getting close. My theme is also pink/ivory and i'm marrying in pink!! (i know, more over barbie right?)
£150 is a fab price to pay - good choice on sponge too, so many people turn there nose up at a non fruit wedding cake so good on us eh!

My BM's are in ivory - they look fab, I love there dresses (kept threatening them with a floral atrocity but couldn't bring myself to do it snigger)

roll on 5th September - when is your wedding ?

xx PP84 xx

no way PinkPrincess, my wedding is 5th September!!! I am marrying in pink and having pink/ivory theme, with a little silver thrown in as its on my dress! What dress are you having? xx

It's Nicola Anne - Brooklyn - it looks way awful on the website and MUCH better on - so don't look at it cos I remember someone showing me when I was looking for a pink dress and thinking 'shudder' I hate it.....
Then when I went dress shopping, the bridal owner brought me a pink dress to try on and I fell in love. Went home to google it and lo-and-behold it was the dress I didn't like!....just goes to show how different it looks offline.

Are you on YAYW at all?

PP84 x

I'm not on YAYW much at all, my babyexpert obsession took over :) I agree that the dresses look much better in real life, pictures don't show the detail. We will probably be tcc at the same time, how exciting. xx

I know - so exciting! Think Sept is a really popular wedding month this year for some reason!
When are you officially starting to try> I'm trying to convince OH that mid to late august is good for me but he's worried that if we catch quick, then i'll have pregnancy symptons on honeymoon........i've tried explaining that I probably wouldn't even know until we were on the way back from honeymoon........but he is just a boy bless him.

I can't ruddy wait

xx

I finish my pill on 23rd of august, then will have 1 week off where I will get my withdrawal bleed, so will be upsiing from 1st of September. We will definetly need to post pics afterwards, I took the picture of your cake to my cakemaker so I can have the same shape, I loved it, only keeping it 3 tier with butterflies all round it. Sorry for copying but it was lush, I couldn't resist

morning Miss - oh so glad your using it - I fell in love with it the minute I saw it. Then I went to a wedding fayre not long after seeing the image on the tinternet and there was my cakelady with the most simplest, white cakes ever in the off-set tier of the style I found - I saw it as a sign.....The fact her samples were quite possible the best cake ever sold it for me....So glad you've copied it!! :-))

Wow - so not long for you in the TTC stakes then - defo around the same time as me if H2b get's his own way.

Bet your glad your pilll and withdrawal don't coincide with your wedding? Thats the one thing I cant be sure of right now cos of not knowing my cycles properly yet!

Must start taking some folic acid soon both of us eh?

PP84 x

I have been saying to myself for the last 2 months, I will start taking my vits, I will start taking my vits. It hasn't happened yet!! If my pill and withdrawal bleed had to coincide with the wedding I would have kept taking it until after my wedding. I just need to hope af doesn't show early. Its not possible, is it?! I hope not anyway, but I doubt I would get af only 5 days after withdrawal bleed.

I didn't realise wedding planning would be so stressful! Its stopping me falling asleep at night thinking of all the things I still have to do. Do you have your dress yet? I don't, I haven't even had my first fitting as it hasn't arrived at the shop yet, I have been waiting 6 months!! I ordered it and paid the deposit in January, it has taken ages!! Its stressing me out xx

haha - one of my first buys was my dress - ordered it a year before the wedding LOL - it arrived safely in March and is now holed up in my mums spare room.
I know what you mean about plannin and stress - the other night I was still awake at 1am just thinking of stuff - so the next night me and H2b made a list of everything we had left to do - been sleeping like a baby since!

We finally chose our first dance last night so now thinking of ways to actually dance to it....

I still need to find underwear for the dress - thats doing my nut to be honest - all the major stores have such lame bridal underwear IMO...it all looks the same.

We're off to france next weekend to grab the wine for reception lol - I don't drink so a wasted trip for me but H2b and inlaws love wine so they are dead excited about it bless um!

xxxx