The other morning I spent some time behind the scenes of the Today show with Martha and cake baker and Martha Stewart Weddings contributing editor Wendy Kromer, and what I saw was amazing. As they demonstrated on the show, you can have a designer cake no matter where you live. Just have your baker bake a plain cake and decorate it with surprising details of the edible variety, from gum paste stepanotis to marzipan cherries. I also liked the crystallized roses by Meadowsweets (they crystallize over 75 varieties of flowers!). Here are a few shots you didn't see on TV.
The stephanotis and cherries look like the real thing.
Wendy Kromer prepares the marzipan cherries backstage.
A glossary of sugary decorations, including crystallized flowers, sugared fruits, and chocolate curls
Royal icing swags and swirls
From: bon mariage | 1/14/08 at 1:19 pm
They look so real! Nice to know they can ship to anywhere.
From: teardrop | 1/17/08 at 9:07 am
so amazing!!
From: Something New | 3/18/12 at 9:52 pm
Here's a quick and easy way to make sugared fruit yourself! http://www.emilyandrachel.com/2012/03/18/sugared-fruit/