Polka Dotted Cake - Taking a Stand

As I've mentioned, my cake baker and I were able to incorporate my favorite aspects of several different inspirational polka dotted cakes into the one singular cake that will be the unique Star cake. There was one picture that I loved that I just couldn't get out of my mind, though, and that was this one:

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I really think the cake stand makes this cake. So I did a google search for black cake stands and came up with this one that I adore:

Trouble is, not only is it not 12" across, it's almost $50, which I really can't justify adding to the budget at this point. 

My search on Etsy didn't really yield anything, either, although I'm not ruling out an alchemy request to try to get someone to custom make me one. I don't really care what material it's made out of (whether it's ceramic, wooden, etc.), so that could be an option.

I finally headed back on over to the CoveredInCrafts blog where I first found the cake picture to see where she got her stand and as it turns out, she made it! She says she took a pillar candle holder and somehow attached it to the cake board. I'm not really sure how to do that myself or where to find a black pillar holder, but I'm thinking of trying!

So what do you think, Hive? Should I keep searching for an affordable stand to buy, put out an alchemy request on Etsy, or try to make one myself? Does anyone have any links to share with me?

Polka Dotted Cake - Decision Time!

So after getting all of your wonderful feedback and opinions on our polka dotted cake options (thank you, ladies!!), I had a meeting with our cake baker. I showed her some of the same pictures that I showed all of you and told her what I liked about each one. Like some of you suggested, she thought that it would be best to create an amalgamation of all of the things that I like about the cakes I've seen and make it into a unique Mr. and Mrs. Star cake!

Please excuse my TERRIBLE drawing skills, but this was the only way I could think of to give you a good visual of what we came up with. If our actual cake isn't 100 times prettier than this drawing, I'll be shocked.

Like I said, please don't judge. 

We decided on doing the bottom and top tier as white frosting with black polka dots and the middle tier as black frosting with white polka dots. This serves two functions: one, I get some visual interest by having the middle tier be different (a la the green polka dot and striped cake I showed you!) and we also don't have an entirely black cake, which didn't sound appetizing to me. We are also planning on having the polka dots be differing sizes: some larger and some smaller, also to help give it some visual interest. Our baker will also be making two oversized fondant bows and attaching one to the corner of the top tier and one to the opposite corner of the bottom tier. The way she drew it was much cuter, believe me, but her drawing was on lined paper and didn't have colors! This lets us incorporate both the bows (which a lot of you loved) and a little bit of our purple. We'll also have our adorable cake topper on top, which I have yet to show you (but I will soon!). What do you think?

Did you have your cake baker make a replica of a beautiful inspiration photo you found or did you make a "frankencake" like I did?

Polka Dotted Cake

I've known every since we decided to incorporate polka dots into our wedding scheme that a polka dotted cake would be the perfect way to showcase the theme at the reception!

There sure are a lot of different ways to do polka dots on a cake, though! Surprisingly many! I'd love to share a few of them with you and get your feedback.

I like this one because I love the idea of having a polka dot cake with a differently-decorated tier in the middle. Plus, the green is so cute!

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This one is in our colors! And aren't those black bows just too cute to eat? Only thing is, I really want black with white polka dots like the rest of our current polkas.

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Look at this cute little thing! How flirty are those big, white dots? That cake stand has me drooling, too...

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I had to include this one because it's just a fabulous representation of a polka dotted cake, but come to think of it, it really doesn't fit in with our wedding at all. The style is adorable, but it's a little too cutesy for the city vibe we've got going. I love pink weddings done right, though.

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This one is probably closest to the current vision I've had going on in my head. You might recognize it from my teensy little inspiration board!

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This Martha cake is darling, of course. I love that the dots are different sizes and that they're more three-dimensional.

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So what do you think? Which one do you think fits the style of our wedding the best?

POLL:

A. Green polka and stripes cake

B. Big black bows cake

C. Itty bitty black cake

D. Pink polka cake

E. Chocolate polka cake

F. Blue Martha polka cake