My other half asked me to make a get well soon cake for a friend who has been ill for a several months. He was expecting a basic round sponge with a straight forward get well soon message piped across the top.
Close up of sugar flower and sugar message tag
Well, at Pink Rose Cakes we don’t like to do things by halves and instead create a delicate pink, mint green and white two tier cake which I think is particularly pretty.
Get Well Soon Cake
The cake inside is a moist chocolate cake layered with a rich dark chocolate ganache buttercream.
On the outside the tiers were covered in white fondant and then decorated in pale pink icing using a combination of brush embroidery and piping.
The sugar flower is made from my own homemade pastillage, using a five petal cutter. Three rounds were frilled then allowed to dry before being stuck together. The centre was then decorated with little pearl balls and then sprinkled with a little bit of glitter. In this instance the pearl balls were plastic and inedible though normally I have edible pearl dragees. Unfortunately, I have no idea where I have stored them at the moment!
The Get Well soon tag was also made out of pastillage then decorated with Wilton edible food colour pens. Normally I would dowel tiered cakes but with such a small 4″ cake on top the bottom cake was well able to support this without.
Finally the cake was finished off with a little mint ribbon which complements beautifully the pink and white and stops it from being too saccharine pink.
Close up of sugar flower with pearl balls and glitter
Would this cake make you get better quicker?
My other half asked me to make a get well soon cake for a friend who has been ill for a several months. He was expecting a basic round sponge with a straight forward get well soon message piped across the top.
Close up of sugar flower and sugar message tag
Well, at Pink Rose Cakes we don’t like to do things by halves and instead create a delicate pink, mint green and white two tier cake which I think is particularly pretty.
Get Well Soon Cake
The cake inside is a moist chocolate cake layered with a rich dark chocolate ganache buttercream.
On the outside the tiers were covered in white fondant and then decorated in pale pink icing using a combination of brush embroidery and piping.
The sugar flower is made from my own homemade pastillage, using a five petal cutter. Three rounds were frilled then allowed to dry before being stuck together. The centre was then decorated with little pearl balls and then sprinkled with a little bit of glitter. In this instance the pearl balls were plastic and inedible though normally I have edible pearl dragees. Unfortunately, I have no idea where I have stored them at the moment!
The Get Well soon tag was also made out of pastillage then decorated with Wilton edible food colour pens. Normally I would dowel tiered cakes but with such a small 4″ cake on top the bottom cake was well able to support this without.
Finally the cake was finished off with a little mint ribbon which complements beautifully the pink and white and stops it from being too saccharine pink.
Close up of sugar flower with pearl balls and glitter