I couldn’t decide which background I liked best so I included both!

This is a ‘cake of firsts’ for me. First time making David Austin style roses. First time creating the fabulous Maggie Austin frill ruffles. And first chalkboard cake, though I’d been dying to do one for a while. This cake is a birthday surprise for my sweet mother in law, so I took the opportunity to try new techniques. I’m a lucky girl to have such a wonderful mother in law!

The top tier is White Velvet cake with White chocolate buttercream filling & white chocolate ganache. The bottom tier is my Southern Italian Cream cake, whose filling I could just sit down & eat with a shovel right out of the mixing bowl! Ha! Roses and leaves are all sugar.