A Wedding Challenge

I have a whopping 4 sisters and number 3 is about to get married. I've bought myself a pretty pink dress from Ellis' in Broomhill, it's from a Fairtrade label I'd not heard of before called Goose Island http://www.goose-island.co.uk/

But even more exciting than buying a dress that isn't second hand is my wedding task - I am decorating the cake!

Initially I wanted to do a brightly coloured one or something akin to the huge gypsy wedding ones but then I remembered this wasn't a cake moist dream and I must think a little more traditional - yes, my mother will most certainly be wearing a hat!

So I settled on a cake that resembled her dress:

This swinging number is from Justin Alexander and it looks so cool on my sister. So, the three tiers are going to be:

• Top Tier - 3D sugarpaste flowers hand painted with lustre and with pearly stamens.
• Middle Tier - Buttercream in a textured sweep(like the sash) with brown sugar to give it a nice colour
• Bottom Tier - Plain ivory trimmed with a toffee coloured ribbon

Wish me luck!