The wedding cake was ordered 1 year in advance, giving Rick a good amount of time to discuss with our bride Kathy and plan for the design, which was inspired by Italian art and architecture. Rick was thrilled to make an Italian themed cake and Kathy shared with us her desired colors, orange, yellow, green and red, and gave Rick carte blanche to design the cake however he wanted. A lot of love was put into this cake. An estimated 20 hours was spent making the cake including all the handcrafted pieces, the sculpting of the cake, a cobblestone cake board, and the detailed handpainted artwork on the cake. It was the closest any of us would get to Italy without actually travelling there. Kathy and her (now husband) Ernie love Italy so much it was only appropriate that their wedding reception would take place at
Cafe Sistina, a popular authentic Italian restaurant with incredible floor to ceiling frescoes painted by the Chef/Owner Sergio Mitrotti who is from Torino, Italy. The cake was a perfect match in that location! Not surprising also was their choice of cake flavors to serve their guests,
Banana Blueberry Mascarpone and
Banana Nutella, both of which have Italian ingredients. We were fortunate to have a chance to congratulate Kathy and Ernie when we delivered the cake. Their look said it all! They were touched and in awe of their cake, jaws dropped, and we started feeling emotional seeing how happy they were with their cake. Rick finished their cake on his birthday to prepare for their wedding the following day, and was thankful to have a beautiful piece of art to work on that day. A big Thank You and Congratulations to Kathy and Ernie!
4 comments:
This is sooo exciting to see! Ernie & I feel so privileged to have had our wedding cake made by Cakelava! This was my dream & Rick & Sasha gave that to me! We are ever so thankful for all the time & hard work put into our cake....and on Rick's birthday! We love you guys! Mahalo Nui, Ernie & Kathy
I love the dome and steeple detail at the top. I think it's the detail that pulls everything together for this couple's italian themed wedding. Gorgeous!
BEAUTIFUL!! Did you make a side cake to serve? Too beautiful to eat it! That is in your top TEN definatly! Rick ... need your own food network cake show, everyone would watch it. :)
Blessings, Kim
Kathy and Ernie! Thank you both for giving us such wonderful inspiration to work from! We love making cakes for the two of you and are super excited to make Kathy's birthday cake in a few months! We love you guys too!! ... Angela and Kim, thank you so much for the comments. Angela, we agree, its the details that we love the most.. Kim, no side cake was made, and I'm sure it was difficult for them to cut into but they chose delicious flavors which we hope helped make things a little easier.
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