Congratulations to the Benes

Sometimes the whole job is knowing when to stop.

Texture instead of decoration

Both tiers are plain white buttercream, combed round and round in even horizontal ridges so the light catches every line. That is the only thing happening on the cake itself — no piping, no fondant, no colour.

Getting those ridges even all the way round is the work. They have to keep the same spacing as the comb comes back to where it started, and the seam has to land somewhere it will not be looked at. On a soft buttercream this is a single pass, done confidently, or it is done again from scratch.

One spill of flowers

The flowers come in from one side and stop: peach and blush roses, a yellow ranunculus, white blooms, blue delphinium and a few yellow craspedia standing up out of the top of the cluster. They cascade from the top tier down over the seam between the tiers and no further.

Because they are all on one side, the cake has a front. Set on the table with that side facing the room, the plain half is what holds it together and the flowers are what everyone remembers.

A black script topper with their name finishes it.

What's inside

Red velvet cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Congratulations to the Benes

Wishing you a lifetime of love, laughter and happily ever after.