You may recall a blog entry I did this spring about a truly elegant, seasonally themed wedding cake created by Fearrington’s cake decorator Jill Leckey. Well in preparation for a wedding ceremony this past weekend, Jill created another confectionary masterpiece, showing her versatility. Here she went in the opposite direction, toward whimsy and informality - by creating a rock climbing cake!
When Jill spoke with the bride and groom during the planning phase, they told her how they had met at a rock climbing gym, and wanted to incorporate this fact into the cake. But otherwise they gave her free license to be as creative as she wanted.
The result was a cake about 2 feet tall, designed to feed about 100 people. The climbers were made to look like the bride and groom. All of the items on the cake were made from either fondant or gumpaste which are both edible sugar doughs.
Jill said the challenging part of making this cake was making the climbers: “I made them ahead of time so that they could dry. But you still have to keep in mind the final shape that they will have and how that will coordinate with the shape of the cake tiers.”
The cake was unveiled at a Garden Terrace event after their garden ceremony, and, no surprise, was the hit of the evening.