Breakfast at Tiffany's

For years I have wanted to make a Tiffany box cake.  I saw a picture of one back before Pinterest was even a thing and wanted to make one.  This was before I actually "made" cakes.  I just loved the idea of that pretty blue box in cake form. After I started taking cake orders I kept secretly hoping I would get a Tiffany box cake order.  When that didn't happen I decided to put it on my list of cakes to make just for fun.  Imagine my delight when I actually got an order for a Tiffany cake!
This cake was for a Breakfast at Tiffany's themed bridal shower, which happens to be my favorite shower theme of all time (it was my own shower theme).  The original order was just for a blue cake with a white bow, but I knew I wanted to do more!
I know that fondant covered cakes are so popular, and this is because they look beautiful and although they take an extra step on the part of the baker- they really are easier than a smooth buttercream cake.  Fondant is great for covering little air bubbles or slight lumps in buttercream.  However, I prefer only use fondant for accents on the cake.  Of course if the client really wants a fondant covered cake, I'll do it.  Buttercream just tastes so much better than fondant and a cake that isn't covered in fondant costs less to make, which allows me to charge less for it- which everybody loves.



This cake is a 9 inch square vanilla cake with fresh strawberry slice filling and sweet vanilla buttercream.  The only fondant on the cake is the ribbon and bow, the ring, and the strand of pearls.  The pearls are actually hand made and strung together with a needle and thread which allows them to drape just like a real necklace would.  The ring was airbrushed with metallic silver food coloring and the diamond was dusted with luster dust- as were the pearls, ribbon, and bow.  I am so in love with this cake.  It was so wonderful to cross something off my cake bucket list!