Bizous, (kisses)

Violaine

**Credits**

Cake by Ana Parzych

Photography: Carla Ten Eyck  Photography

Bizous, (kisses)

Violaine

May I introduce you to the Little Candy Cake? Yes, candy cakes. Here’s the scoop… the Little Candy Cake creates these little solid chocolate candy favors in the shape your wedding cake. How do they do that? Glad you asked! You send them a picture of your cake and the chef brings it to life. You can have an array of sizes from a small truffle to a large 4 inch cake. I have to tell you, this is one favor your guests will actually enjoy and will not forget!

Here’s some pictures to fix your eyes on. What do you think?

Bizous, (kisses)

Violaine

The boutique-style designs are exquisite and offer a sophisticated elegance to any special occasion; weddings, baby and bridal showers, birthdays, celebrations, and just because.

Where cupcakes meet fashion.
The chic textile-inspired patterns mix elegant hues like chartreuse, chocolate brown, citrus or soft pinks, making every cupcake look stunning. Each design encourages you to enjoy simple pleasures and savor the sweet life.

Wrapped in Style.
Each wrapper is custom designed and professionally created to ensure consistent and exceptional quality. The designs come in standard and mini size and a variety of styles including floral, swirls and damask. These cupcake wrappers are for presentation only and not appropriate for baking.

They are not only fashionable, they are also eco-friendly. Each exquisite design is printed with soy inks on recycled linen paper. Also because we manufacture our own wrappers we can offer custom designs and logos to suit your needs.

That’s haute!
Make the moments in your life extra special, creative and stylish for you and those you care about. Simply bake or buy your favorite frosted cupcake and set inside wrapper for an elegant finish. No matter which type of cupcake you enclose it around; red velvet, lemon drop, double chocolate, plain vanilla… it is sure to be adored!

Violaine Diogene

What do you think? Aren’t these the most beautiful cakes ever? I love how simple some of them are and still so amazingly elegant.

With cakes on my mind,

Violaine Diogene

My bride Melisa is planning her dream wedding which will reflect truly her personality and style. Melisa is sexy, fun, stunning, elegant with a hint of funky and I love it. Everything so far as far as her décor goes is out of the norm and I thought her cake stand should be the same. And that’s when I logged onto Raise the Cake to show her what I had in mind for her amazing cake. Melisa was floored by these beautiful and amazing work. These are not your average cake stands!

With these amazing work of arts, you will see how your wedding cake will take center stage with these custom cake platforms.  Brightly colored and textured cake stands can match your wedding theme and feature the attributes of your confection, making an elaborate tiered cake even more so or enhancing a small, simple design with added height and interest.  Raise the Cake  allows you to design your stand by selecting a fabric, color and embellishing it with an assortment of broaches, ribbons, pins and buckles.

As you know, it’s my great pleasure to show you my personal favorites in anything I recommend! I had a hard time choosing between the platforms but the first platform had me at the first sight of burnt orange, soft satin fabric  and beautiful broach. What won’t this go with? You can tie this look into your wedding gown, your chair covers and anything else your amazing heart feels like.  My second favorite features the stunning silk dark green fabric with hand-cut flowers and tiny little green crystals. Can you see how stunning your cake will look being displayed on one of these pieces of art?

As always, I what do you  think of these cake stands? How are you displaying your cake? You know I would love to hear from you.

 In love with anything wedding,

Violaine Diogene

Happy Planning,

Violaine Diogene

Trend 1: Black & White
A black-and-white Parisian wallpaper pattern is so stylish when designed on a round cake.

Tip Your cake should blend with the wedding decor, so use the pattern in other places like the place cards or cocktail napkins.
 
Cake by Truli Confectionary Arts, Philadelphia; cake stand by Simon Pearce; wallpaper by Classic Wallcoverings Inc.

Trend 2: Flower-free Designs
Arts and crafts goes chic as sewing-inspired elements are everywhere. Think exposed stitching on invites and fondant vintage buttons on a white-on-white cake.

Tip When talking to your vendors, keep the look wedding-worthy by using keywords like heirloom rather than handicraft

Trend 3: New Shapes
Cakes are scaling new heights — this skinny square cake is offset by a delicate floral pattern for a stunning combination.

Tip You’ll get less cake per tier because of its slender sides, so this is the perfect shape for a smaller, more intimate affair.

Valentino Home china from Michael C. Fina

Trend 4: Coordinating Cakes
Match your masterpiece with mini cakes in the reverse color scheme — this stylish color combo of robin’s egg blue with chocolate-brown accents is flipped for added interest.

Tip Package the mini cakes into individual favor boxes for guests to enjoy as a midnight snack.

Trend 5: Haute Chocolate
You can kiss vanilla goodbye. From a marzipan and dark chocolate truffle cake to designer chocolate favors, give chocolate a moment in the spotlight.

Tip: If you’re scared the flavor might be too rich for your guests, serve cake with a small bowls of fruit.