Top wedding cakes of 2011

Pastries By Vreeke had their busiest year in 2011 and along with that came some fantastic cake designs.

Here is our Top Ten Wedding Cakes of 2011

#1

Erika & Hectors wedding cake at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara

Covered with applique sugar flowers!

 

#2

Replica of Hearst Castle's Casa Del Sol

Westlake Village Inn

#3

Vintage Luggage for a couple Honeymooning in Paris!

Calamigos Ranch Wedding

#4

Time Travel Wedding Themed Wedding Cake

Calamigos Ranch House Wedding

#5

Really Fun applique cake complete with sugar Billy Balls

Walnut Grove Wedding

#6

Crystal Wedding Cake - Westlake Village Inn

Crystals were a popular addition in 2011. Crystals were hanging, wrapped, in centerpieces adorning the entire wedding and reception. 

Brides couldn't get enough of them!

#7

Applique Flowers, stenciling & a stacked fresh flower base adorned this wedding cake.

Spanish Hills Country Club

#8

Fun Topsy Turvy Cake delivered to Hartley Botanica

#9

 

Applique cake duplicated the lace of the tablecloths.

Santa Barbara Polo Fields

(See the complete set of pictures from Style Me Pretty)

#10

Timmy the Gnome!

My list wouldn't be complete without our favorite Grooms Cake of the year

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Cutest Cake Topper!!!

Hartley Botanica Wedding

I LOVE delivering cakes when everything is perfect!

From the moment I arrived, and was greeted by the groom and the groomsmen, I felt the magic. 

The cake was so refreshing.  The monogram on the bottom tier was copied from the invitations.  The stencil was custom made to also match the invitation. The little yellow balls were carried out in the reception decor.

Note from the bride:
Lori!!  Seriously, amazing and wonderful, just as expected. We had an incredible wedding and feel truly fortunate to have had you on our team. The cake was delicious, everyone was dying over both flavors! Also, the gluten-free gals were in heaven, one of them said it as the best gf cake she has ever had! Everything was just perfect.    With much love and gratitude,   R + L

The groomsmen took pictures of the groom holding the cute custom topper that looked just like them, including their doggie

I couldn't help but snap some pictures of the grooms great shoes and argyle socks

Debbie of Floral Fields is so creative.  The table cards were all hung between two branches, topped with flowers.  Each guest had their own card complete with a pin with their picture on it.  So Creative Debbie!

Each table had a different photograph of the family and friends.  Vintage bottles added to the festive decor. 

Pinol Oil - Scalp Treatments

Floral Fields floral arrangement at the entry archway

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs.

Leyna & Rory's wedding was definitely perfect.

Hartley Botanica Wedding

Weddings are always so beautiful when you are outside at Hartley Botanica. I love delivering here, the grounds are so green and lush and there are surprises around every corner.

This cake covered in sugar cherry blossoms was so sweet and delicate looking. It fit in beautifully with the flowers hanging lanterns.

The bride and groom supplied this love bird topper for the cake and it made the cake that much sweeter!

Jennifer from Belle of the Ball Designs once again did her magic with these colorful centerpieces for the tables.

My favorite part of the decorations was the pink draping and crystal chandelier at the entryway to the ceremony site.

Congratulations to the newlyweds; Tracie & Chad!

Pauli Gardens Wedding!

The weddings at Pauli Gardens of Hartley Botanica are always so beautiful. After walking thru an arched lighted tunnel, the wedding guests arrive at a beautiful grassed area surrounded by trees and flowers. Stringed lights are strung over the entire area in the reception area and flowers adorn every table and surface.

Rebecca & Marc - November 8, 2009

There are sugar ladybugs on the top tier, waiting for the newleyweds to eat them up!

Note from the bride:
"Lori was easy to talk to, we felt like we knew her already. She was fun to plan with and listened to all of our ideas, creating a 5 tier chocolate frosted cake with a textured look,as the perfect back drop for flowers. She created two tiny lady bugs on the top tier to hide among the flowers.
We got to have three flavors of cake; she even made decaf mocha chip just for us. The mocha chip was amazing, which says a lot coming from two picky chocoholics. Even a few friends who say they "hate cake" came up to us at the wedding to say how much they loved the mocha chip, not too sweet but just right.
Thank you for your hard work and professionalism! " - Becky and Marc

Flowers By Stacey supplied the greenery and flowers for the cake and created all the beautiful centerpieces.

www.flowersbystacey.net

Tropical Wedding at Hartley's!

Oh, this wedding cake was really fun to create! After redesigning it with the big palm tree and all the flowers, I knew the reception would be beautiful! It was so colorful and the couple are both so sweet!

Alana & Randy's Wedding

Hartley Botanica, Somis, California

Another Great Topper from Toppers with Glitz


All the flowers were so colorful, which made Hartley's Palioli Gardens bright & beautiful!

Flowers by Yamaguchi's

Each guest received a color coordinated cookie favor

created by Pastries By Vreeke

Westlake Village Inn

This was a late morning wedding, which I don't get to many of.

The day was beautiful and was warming up nicely for the ceremony which was held outside by the lake.

This cake had a great marblizing effect that Jennifer did a great job creating!

Susan at Flowers By Susan did a great job with the flowers for both the cake and the reception. Everything looked beautiful at Westlake Village Inn when I dropped off the cake.

Flowers By Susan www.flowersbysusansimi.com

Sabrina & Lars' Wedding

My latest cake was really a lot of fun not only to create but to deliver and put together. This couple was one of the friendliest couples I have met. Not only are the bride and groom wonderful but their parents are great also!
Both families are into dirt bike riding and when Lars mentioned he wanted a grooms cake, I jumped on the chance to create something fun. Why not roost Sabrina's beautiful blinged out wedding cake with a knobby tire completely made out of edible materials. The tire was a chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream, the knobbys were nuggets of chocolate. The entire cake was covered in chocolate fondant airbrushed black. The spokes were made out of a hollow spaghetti and the sprocket & brake was a hardened sugar paste.

This cake was delivered to Hartley Botanica. and as always, the reception looked amazing, thanks to Jennifer at Belle of the Ball Designs

Here's the work in progress! Jennifer is having a great time hamming it up for the camera, threatening to eat the chocolate nuggets we used for the knobbies.