Black and White wedding Cake

by Cake Links
(Christchurch, Dorset, UK)

black and white swirled cake

This is a modern design wedding cake, just 2 tiers, made using Chocolate Madeira cake. The madeira cake is then sliced through the middle, and filled with Strawberry Jam and Butter cream.
Coat the outside of the cake with Buttercream and then fridge it for 15-30 minutes.
Cover in soft roll out icing (sugarpaste/rolled fondant).
The bottom cake is dowelled, the dowells are cut level with the top of the icing, and then the smaller cake is on a thin cake card the same size as the cake itself. This is then stacked on top of the cake.
The cake is then left for 2 days to firm up.
Then put a narrow black ribbon around the cake, and use edible food pens to draw the swirled design on the side of the cake - the pattern is completely random! Which actually makes it a lot easier than trying to follow a pre determined pattern.

The ribbon loops are made using gum paste / mexican modelling paste, attached to a wire and left to dry on some foam, They are then put together with beads and butterflies and and placed into a flower holder (posy pic) and then pushed into the cake.

enjoy!!