10Oct

Sweet Details | Matching the Cake to your Wedding Design

By, October 10, 2013

After choosing your attire, linens, flowers and chairs, and creating a cohesive look for your wedding, it’s time to have fun with one last sweet detail – your cake! Many people think of wedding cakes as clean white canvases, often topped with fresh flowers. However, if you’re in the mood for something creative, the options are endless. As you’ll see below, we work with local cake artisans that are extremely skilled at dreaming up elegant, unusual, and whimsical cake designs. The edible works of art that are crafted out of icing texture, patterns and embellishments are simply magical. If you’re looking for your own wedding cake, these skilled cake designers are sure to come up with sweet choices!

Here are a few examples of standout cakes we’ve captured at recent weddings. Check out how perfectly they match the overall feel of the wedding:

With this white and peach cake with draped pearl accents, Flour Power did a great job capturing the essence of Samantha and Brandon’s wedding. The romantic and feminine embellishments paired perfectly with the furniture, decor and flowers at the event.

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At their Westgate Hotel wedding, Yvonne and Rudy had a regal and elegant “stacked pillow” cake designed to match the interior design of the venue. This cake had lots of intricate details, including gold draping, braided cords, scrollwork and rhinestone accents.

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Sometimes, the cake design is inspired by the architecture of the venue. We love the modern style at Scripps Seaside Forum, and how Sweet Cheeks Baking used the building’s façade as the basis for Danielle and Chris’ distinctive cake .

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If you want your cake to reflect more of a theme than an aesthetic, check out the cake Sumi’s Oven crafted for Erica and Nick’s beach-themed wedding. Each cake tier was highlighted by a pastel aqua wave pattern, creating a cohesive, light and romantic beach look.

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Another approach to cake design is to work with the natural patterns and textures found in decorative flowers. For example, Authentic Flavors played off the twigs in Amy and John’s centerpieces and added bold navy blue streaks to the cake, giving it a modern and exotic feel.

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You can also see the use of floral patterns in Rachel and Ian’s wedding cake. This unique cake, by Cake Ball Love, incorporated the scrollwork used throughout the ceremony and reception, as well as the color purple!

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Lastly, we love how Jamie and Jared broke with tradition altogether, and dished up an oversized strawberry shortcake at their outdoor summer wedding. It matched perfectly with the casual, rustic vibe, and added a touch of country charm :)

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05Jul

Unique Wedding Cakes by Cake Ball Love

By, July 05, 2012

I offer something different to the wedding industry — Cake Ball Cakes! I take a favorite of the modern dessert table, the cake ball, and incorporate it into something that is very traditional, the wedding cake. I like applying new and classic cake decorating techniques to create something fresh and unique. So you’re literally having your cake and eating it too!

I recently had the chance to work with Rachel and Ian, who celebrated their marriage at La Valencia in La Jolla.  Rachel contacted me to make a cake ball cake for her wedding, and I was given free range! Their wedding colors included several shades of purple, so they wanted a cake made of something chocolate and purple!

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I had been wanting to tackle a cake ball cake with an “ombre effect” — colors or tones that shade into each other, graduated from light to dark — so this was the perfect opportunity! This is one of my favorite cakes I’ve made to date.  The graduation of purples juxtaposed against the backdrop of the amazing reception room is just beautiful.

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One of my favorite details about this cake was the bride and groom cake toppers — the chocolate top hat in particular. I thought this looked so adorable.

Unique San Diego Wedding Cakes by Cake Ball Love

I was so excited to see this photo, as I rarely get to see the bride and groom during the wedding. This couple looks so beautiful and completely happy.

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I adore this photo. It’s always fun to see the “feeding” ceremony. There’s so much giddiness and a touch of mischief during this part of the reception.

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Cake Ball Love is about being innovative and creative. Each cake ball is lovingly crafted from scratch, individually rolled, and hand dipped in chocolate. We focus on flavor, quality, and a commitment to producing the best cakes for our clients! 

Bakery: Cake Ball Love
Photography: True Photography
Videographer: NR3
Venue: La Valencia
Musician: Caprice Strings and Party Quake
Makeup: Paula Mayer  
Hair Stylist: Paula Mayer
Florist: Floral Works & Events
Coordinator: Weddings by Design
Wedding Dress: Here Comes the Bride
Linens and Rental: Raphael’s Party Rentals

27Mar

Rainy Day Wedding at Bernardo Winery | Farin & Blake

By, March 27, 2012

Farin and Blake tied the knot on one of the rainiest days of the year! Despite the torrential downpour, this couple managed to be unaffected by the weather, and was full of smiles.  When they look back on the day, they say they wouldn’t change it for the world. The rain actually contributed to the mood, and made their wedding more intimate and cozy. Take a look below as Farin shares all the details, from how they chose their wedding venue to her favorite moment of the day!

Blake and I attended a bridal fair at the Bernardo Winery. The moment we stepped into Rosario’s Pavillion and saw the years of family heirlooms, we knew that this venue was the key to our dream wedding. The landscaping and beautiful lighting were amazing! We booked our wedding the following week, and the planning officially began!

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Blake is infamous for his funky shoe and sock collections. Being that his entire shoe collection is Vans, he wanted each of the guys in a bright yellow pair. Who would have thought that yellow would be out of season? Instead, we both agreed on the grey authentic 106 Vans. Thank you yellow Vans for being out of season. Grey looked great on the guys! And for the ladies, with our rustic/country theme, brown cowgirl boots were a given.

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I decided to wear a girly pair of vans with the guys. I surprised Blake by wearing argyle socks to incorporate his funky style into my attire!

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Who would have thought that the rainiest day in San Diego would be our wedding day? Just three days before our wedding, we realized that we needed to resort to our backup plan! We rented tents and changed the entire ceremony and reception area in two days, squeezing our 175 guests into one small space, where the cocktail hour would have originally been held.

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I knew that in order to pull off a personalized country wedding, we would need to make lots of crafts!  Throughout our seven month engagement, we finished one detail at a time, until everything on my list was checked off. We hand made the mason jar hangers, and wrapped them in burlap. Blake’s mom made our beautiful flag banners. And Blake and his Dad cut old pieces of fence, and nailed them together for our wedding signs. We used scrap pieces of wood for our table numbers and signs. Our florist pulled all of it together with hanging lanterns and gorgeous flowers!

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When it came to a wedding cake, we didn’t want anything traditional. Pie is the way to Blake’s heart, so I asked his Grandma if she’d like to help us bake enough pies for all of our guests. As our wedding gift, she purchased all of the ingredients to 22 pies. Over the next few months, she gave us lessons on how to make each one! We kept them in freezers, and baked them again on the morning of our wedding. I paired them with small chalkboards so our guests knew which flavors were available.

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We had a wide variety of pie flavors, from pumpkin, to pecan, to cherry, to peach. Everyone absolutely loved them!

San Diego Wedding Photography: Homemade pies at rustic country wedding at Bernardo Winery

The entire day was a dream come true! The most special moment for me was my father-daughter dance with my Grandfather. As we danced, he reminded me of the love that he has with my Grandma. He told me that with the way they love each other, they have always been rich. Hearing him tell me that’s all he wants for Blake and me, to share in the same love they’ve had for 58 years, was truly an memorable moment. With neither of my parents present, he told me how lucky he was to have given me away, and how thankful he was to be the one dancing with me. I owe so much to that man, for his strength and love he’s always given to me. In that moment, it was just him and I dancing to “Stealing Cinderella,” forever his little girl.

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Hiring True Photography as our photographer was the best decision we made throughout the entire process.  I have so many “favorite” images from the day. Here are a few of them!

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Michael and Janis were on top of everything, and caught even the smallest moments. Our pictures will be with us 50 years down the road, and we look forward to sharing them with our kids and grandkids. To me, you can’t put a price on that. We appreciate the entire team for working with us from the beginning to the end and then some! True Photography made us feel like a part of their wedding family!

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