This cake order was really special for me, and also a very fun order to work on. Fahim has been a very supportive client of Lavonne, right from the time he placed his very first order with us, two years ago. So when he called with a request for a birthday cake for his lovely wife Sumreen, I said yes without thinking twice! What made the order even more exciting for me was that Fahim had placed complete faith in me, and I had complete freedom with the design.

The funny back-story is that the same day Fahim placed the order, Sumreen called me to place an order for her own birthday cake. I had to tell her a little white lie about not being in town, so that this order would remain a surprise.

When I sat down to design the cake, I pictured Sumreen in my mind. Since it was her birthday cake, it had to be a representation of her—elegant, graceful, lady-like and extremely pretty. That’s why I decided to make a two-tier cake, with the classic colour palette of light pink and gold, both feminine and refined. Apart from being her favourite colours, they were also the perfect ode to Sumreen’s grace and beauty.