Hi everyone! I come to you from England this month. I am over here for a wedding so I thought I would make a wedding type cake for this piping challenge in honor of my nephew and his blushing bride.
I was pushed to the max for time but I got it made just before I left Spain to travel.
I will warn you once again! There is a serious overload of turquoise and even more overload of roses, piped in turquoise 🙂
I loved this challenge because we could decide what we wanted to make, the sky was the limit, so to speak. I got my thinking cap on and came up with the 2 tier wedding cake idea with cascading roses from top to bottom. This will probably be a very long post but I took so many pics because I wanted to document this one visually as I may never make anything like this again. It was a lot of work and a lot of soap but I enjoyed making it immensely once the creative juices got flowing.
So lets begin!
Firstly I got my piping tips ready, I have loads, not for cakes, for soap cakes lol. My favorites are the Wilton 1M open star which I used for piping on top of the cakes, Wilton 104 for piping the roses and a cake boss leaf tip. I use a flower nail and wilton piping bags for large amounts or some smaller disposable bags for little amounts.
I started off making 2 basic cakes, a larger round 1 and a giant cupcake base to turn upside down and place on top of the other.
I fragranced these 2 with Blue Agava and Cacao FO, which is a beautiful fresh scent.
While these cakes were setting up, I piped all my roses. I made 6lbs of my normal soap recipe which includes oils of Coconut, Palm, Olive, Sunflower, Castor and Shea butter. Out of that I got the 2 cake bases and 35 piped flowers/roses. I used a mix of Peacock & Tahitian teal from mad oils for the blue, Champagne & sister golden hair for the cream and TD for the white flowers.
This is the pics of the process of piping a rose, first do 2 cones, 1 on top of the other, then pipe around little arches, 3 arches to start but as the rose gets bigger you need more arches to fill the spaces between. Once I got the hang of things, I made different size flowers in the 3 different colors, blue, white and cream.
After 24 hours, the cakes were ready and so were the roses, so I made another 3 lb batch of soap for piping the cakes, this would be my dual colours in the bag piping to cover the cakes. I colored the soap turquoise and white. I also scored the tops of the cakes, just to make sure the fresh piped soap adhered to the 24 hour old cakes.
Just started building up the piped roses with the wilton 1m open star tip. I piped this first and then embedded the top portion on and piped that to hold it in place.
After piping, I placed the previously piped flowers in a cascading pattern down the cakes from top to bottom, I then piped some leaves in between the roses to finish off the look.
Hope you liked the making process. I know it was very long but it really did take a huge amount of time to make. I enjoyed it so much.
Thanks Amy for once again giving us another great challenge.
As always, Love from Spain………. OH NO! Im not in Spain, Im in England! Oh well, Love from this part of the World 🙂
Carolyn X
Omneya Andrea Acosta Dhmaid said:
You are so flipping amazing Carolyn! When I grow up I want to be just like you. The colors are stunning! The scent sounds amazing but the actual soap…I have no words for. That was a huge undertaking and you went above and beyond. I am speechless.
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thanks so much Omneya! You say the nicest things lovely 🙂 x
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Amy Warden said:
I’m in awe!!! This is just gorgeous, Carolyn! I’m so glad you took the time to make and document this fabulous cake!!
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thank you so much Amy! I’m so glad you like it. I enjoyed making this so much as I love piping soap 🙂
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Belinda said:
This is so beautiful! It’s so great to learn about your process. Thank you for sharing and for the advice and guidance you provided for this month’s soap challenge 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your travels and I look forward to seeing your next creation ❤
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siennalilysoaps said:
Aww Thankyou so much Belinda. I think it is great to share tips, we all start at the beginning and I was once there looking for guidance. Glad I helped a little☺️ Yours is stunning! Well done💕
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Cheryl W said:
Very lovely! Great choice of colors. And a wonderful blog. Thank you for sharing your technique!
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thank you so much Cheryl. Glad you liked my blog post too, I like to share through that and can express myself through writing. 🙂
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Yvonne Massey said:
Carolyn…..the detail in this post! Outstanding! Even before you added the flowers… the piped rosettes were beautiful. Turquoise is one of my faves(and pink lol) so Im already bias to your design.lol then those flowers!!! Giiiirrrrrlllll! great detail and variation of roses. it was all really very well done! And in such a short period of time. so glad you were able to submit!
Love Love!!!!
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thanks so much Yvonne! It was a bit of a push this month but I love piping, so knew I had to get this one done. Thanks for your lovely comments. Yours is stunning too! You did a great job but you always do, you are Queen of piping and will not be de-throned lol. Good luck x
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Robyn Sherwood said:
Carolyn, what can I say! A huge endeavour, love the style, love the colour. You’ve really outdone yourself with this one 💕
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thank you so much Robyn! I enjoy piping 🙂 Yours is beautiful too x
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Yvonne Bækgaard Pedersen said:
This is amizing, just stunning! You really nailed it – congrats & good luck 😊
Yvonne
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thank you Yvonne! Good luck to you too x
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Helene said:
What a fabulous soap creation!! I absolutely love the colours 🙂 Blues are of course my favorite !! Well done!!
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thank you Helene! My faves too, I just love the aquas and turquoise shades x
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Soapchic, Rhonda said:
Love you’re Soap cake, You are very talented. I hope to be able to pipe roses just like you one day! 🙂
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thanks so much Rhonda! I,m sure with practice you will be great at the roses 🙂 I love trying new things and my first time Piping a rose was for this cake. I have piped flowers before and rose pattern straight onto a cake but actual roses, this was my first x
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Argelia Ortiz said:
Like all visiting your post, I am awed at the process and outcome of your beautiful soap cake! Love the colors, the flowers, the cake! SUPER well done.
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thank you so much Argelia for your lovely comments. I appreciate it a lot x
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Michelle Rogerson said:
Seriously blown away by the sheer amount of work, and you make it look and sound so effortless! Beautifully done!
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thanks so much Michelle. I love piping and found the separate roses and flowers not so effortless lol but out of 35, I had some I was happy with. I appreciate your lovely comments x
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Holly said:
This is just incredible! Absolutely gorgeous and the detail is simply amazing. I always look so forward to seeing your creations. 🙂
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siennalilysoaps said:
Aww Thanks so much Holly☺️💕 and same here! Always waiting to see what you have designed. Now! What to do with a huge soap cake🤔😂
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Sara Golding said:
Oh Carolyn, your attention to every glitter filled detail is stunning! I look forward to watching what you create each challenge!
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siennalilysoaps said:
Thankyou so much Sara for your lovely comments💕 Good luck with yours too, it is gorgeous💕
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