Glittery Gold Wedding Cake

Sprinkled with beautiful gold accents, this Glittery Gold Wedding Cake is just the elegant touch your wedding needs. Perfect for a small wedding or anniversary party, this three-tier cake is sure to be the centerpiece of any sweet table. Use Gold Cake Sequins Edible Decorations to embellish the bottom and top tiers of this cake and show off a dessert that tastes just as good as it looks.

AmountAbout 60-74 servings

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Bake cake.
Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool three 6 in. cake layers, three 8 in. cake layers and three 10 in. cake layers. Trim one 6in., one 8 in. and one 10 in. cake layer to 1 in. high for three 5 in. high tiers.
Decorate 10 in. tier.
Prepare buttercream icing following recipe instructions. Tint 5 cups icing gold using color combination provided. Using spatula, ice 10 in. cake layer smooth on 12 in. cake circle.
Lightly center 8 in. cake circle on top of 10 in. cake layer. Cover 10 in. layer in Gold Cake Sequins. Remove 8 in. cake circle.
Decorate 8 in. tier.
Using spatula, ice 8 in. cake layer smooth on 8 in. cake circle.
Decorate 6 in. tier.
Using spatula, ice 6 in. cake layer smooth on 6 in. cake circle.Roll out 24 oz. white fondant; cover cake layer. Tint remaining fondant purple using color combination provided. Roll out strip, 5 in. wide and 20 in. long. Using Burlap Fondant Roller, texture fondant. Lightly dampen back of strip with water; wrap around 6 in. tier, trimming as necessary.
Using “B” heart cutter, make imprint on center front of tier. Prepare decorating bag with piping gel; cut small hole in tip. Using piping gel, attach Gold Cake Sequins to tier, outlining imprint of heart.
Stack cake.
Using bamboo dowel rods, prepare cake for stacked construction.