Cream & White Christening Cake

Christening Cake with Wafer Paper Petals

Ya’ll… have I got a treat for YOU today! First, I’m sharing this Cream & White Christening cake with Wafer Paper Ruffles with you (ex-ciiiii-ting) and second…

Until NOW! Not too long ago my client Caroline sent me a picture of a Christening Cake to use for inspiration, but she wanted some changes made (size, tiers, colors, etc.) and although I noted all the changes – I kept thinking… I bet wafer paper ruffles would work beautifully for what she wanted.

The cake she sent didn’t have any wafer paper and the design almost looked like scattered petals, but I kept imagining these amazing wafer paper ruffles.

At first I was afraid to even offer to do the wafer paper ruffles – I kept thinking… ‘what if I send her a picture of what I’m envisioning and I then I totally FAIL at making them?!’  That could be bad.

But I couldn’t get it out of my head. In an effort to push myself, I braved up and sent the idea to Caroline.

She loved the look and honestly… I was giddy (and a little scared)!! Finally… I was getting to add a new thing to my list of “I can do that!” cake designs… if only I could do it!

And when I finished this cake… I had just about blown my own mind. I couldn’t believe that had made it!

Christening Cake Cross Topper
Wafer Paper Ruffles

If my count was right, I made around 150 of the smaller and medium petals and over 350 of the big ones… I used the small ones around the plaque on the front of the cake…

Wafer Paper Ruffles Cake

… and transitioned to the medium then big ones on the sides and back! I really don’t know how many we made (my daughter Sarah pitched in and helped me), but it was between 500 and 600 petals.

Wafer Paper Petals Cake Back

In the end, we had quite a few leftovers, but I didn’t mind that at all… Sarah already has a plan to design her own cake with them! 🙂  I love that my little girl is so excited to learn and do what I do…

Anywho… I ramble. Are you excited to try these wafer paper ruffles?? You really, really must try them. They’re not hard at all (although they are time-consuming so I do recommend setting aside a few hours to make them)… but the effect is just stunning!

Cream & White Christening Cake with Wafer Paper Petals

Here are some of the other details of the cake:

And that’s it I think!! But if I forgot something and/or you have any other questions, leave them in the comments!! Happy Caking!

The primary medium for decorating this cake was wafer paper. See more of my wafer paper designs here:

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7 Comments

  1. This might seem like a weird question. I know that the wafer paper is edible. But…do people actually eat it, or do they peel it off? See, weird!! 🙂

    1. Ya know… I don’t know. This was my first wafer paper cake. In my experience, most people already peel off the fondant so they would probably peel this off too. I tasted the wafer paper while working and it really doesn’t taste like anything… it just sort of disintegrates.

  2. Could you tell me how long it took you to make all of those wafer paper ruffles on this cake. Thank you very much! It’s such a beautiful work of art!

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