Everywhere I look, the holiday season is upon us.  Retail stores are prepping for Christmas shopping.  Holiday catalogs are arriving in the mail.  Blogs are posting new Christmas inspiration.  Pinterest is full of crafts and recipes to try!  But I try not to rush the season here on the blog, when possible.  So I’d like to linger and celebrate the feeling of Fall, just a little while longer.  Which happens to be a pretty easy task when you have a spectacular Autumn cake to swoon over!

With deep rich tones and a soft feminine flair, today’s cake is an elegant spin on the colors of fall.  And you’re going to love it!  Shades of grey fade to a shimmery purple.  An abundance of sugar blossoms create a delicate, ruffle-like appearance.   A short but sweet top tier showcases a single rose.  Oh my goodness!  It’s a stunning cake covered in Autumn Blooms, created by Allison Kelleher, owner of AK Cake Design in Portland.

Gorgeous!!  Just gorgeous!  I love the subtle color variance in the blooms and the soft shimmer.  It pairs so nicely with the orange pumpkins (which would be a fun fall centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table).  Let’s get a better look…

Allison of AK Cake Design tells us about her design:

“I was asked to make a purple cake for a Fall/Halloween shoot and was completely stumped until I watched a movie about one of my favorite artists, Andy Goldsworthy, called ‘Rivers and Tides.’  There wasn’t a particular image in the movie that directly inspired me; it was more the idea of creating something unexpected in nature.  A tangle of black blossoms with bright spots of purple seemed to fit the bill – a little brooding, and at the same time, it paired so nicely with the sweet flower ‘pumpkin’ sitting nearby.  I made black and gray blossoms and dusted them with black, purple, and white petal dust.”

I absolutely adore those blossoms!  So dainty.  So delicate.  So spectacular!  Can’t you just envision this cake at an elegant fall wedding?

Thank you, thank you to Allison of AK Cake Design for sharing her lovely Autumn Blooms Cake with us today!  It’s abundant with beauty!

VENDORS & CREDITS
Cake:  AK Cake Design
Photography: Jessica Hill Photography

If you’re a girl like me, who gets weak in the knees over a pretty pedestal, you’re going to flip over today’s Fab Find!  For years I’ve been lining cake stands with everything from pretty papers to graphic fabrics to doilies.  Just to add an extra pop of color and pattern to a display.  I know you do too!  Well finally, something better.  Something reusable and washable.  Something that won’t fall victim to grease stains.  Butter… you’ve met your match.  You will no longer ruin perfectly styled dessert tables.  Cake Plate Clings are here!  Created by Kelly Lyden, owner of WH Hostess, these decorative pedestal liners are as pretty as they are smart!

Offered in vibrant colors and patterns, Cake Plate Clings are reusable liners that cling to your pedestal without adhesive.  What a perfect way to update old stands or coordinate an entire dessert table!

Kelly Lyden, WH Hostess owner and designer, talks about these cuties:

“Cake Plate Clings raises the bar both for everyday entertaining and party decor.  By re-inventing the old disposable paper doilies, we have made it possible for you to update your basic cake stands and serving dishes with our preppy patterns, and personalized monograms, but in a re-usable, slide-free manner.”

Oh my goodness!  I love them!  Can’t you just imagine all of your Christmas desserts on this display….!  And when all of the goodies are gone, just peel off, wash and store the Cake Plate Cling for next time.  Genius!

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With only a few days left in the month of October, I thought we’d sneak in one more day of pink, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Today’s lovely creation comes to us from our friends at The Pastry Studio in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Sherri Meyers and her team once again have us swooning with their refined sense of style and meticulous execution!  Today’s feature is everything a pink cake should be.  Soft, feminine, and simply stunning.  It’s a Pink Ombre Ruffle Cake that will steal your heart!

It’s breathtaking, isn’t it!?  I love how the flirty ruffles gracefully fade from a soft pastel pink into a romantic blush.  Paired with delicate hand-piped scrolls, it’s the perfect amount of sophisticated frill.  Not to mention the gorgeous sugar flower in center stage….

Seriously, this cake just makes me happy!  Everything about it warms my heart and makes me smile!  It’s beautiful.  It’s elegant.  It’s perfectly pink.  And it’s spectacular!

A big thank you to Sherri Meyers and her team at The Pastry Studio for sharing this exquisite Pink Ombre Ruffle Cake with us today!  It is beyond lovely!

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