PATTERN PLAY
“This design was inspired by an ink drawing from artist Karina
Puente,” says Sweet & Saucy Shop’s lead cake designer, Kyong Bell.
The Cali-based baker used potters’ tools like an extruder and
clay-shaping molds to painstakingly fashion the appliqués. “I layered
pieces of fondant cutouts to create highlights and shadows, adding
visual interest and tonal differences to the cake,” she says. $15 per slice,
Sweet & Saucy Shop; sweetandsaucyshop.com.
TOWERIN G
TIERS
This over-the-top
confection rises two feet
from a 20 -inch base. For
the car ved-marble effect,
Manhattan-based
designer Ron Ben-Israel
pressed sugar paste into
silicone molds made
from ceiling tiles he’d
collected at flea markets.
Price upon request, Ron
Ben-Israel Cakes;
weddingcakes.com.“I COMPARE
THE PROCESS
OF CR EATING
A wedding cake
TO THAT OF A
couture gown,
EXCEPT THAT WE
HAVE TO MAKE
EVERYTHING FROM
SCRATCH—AND
MAKE IT delicious!”
—RON BEN-ISRAEL
228 JUNE/JULY 2016 BROWSE THOUSANDS MORE CAKES AND DESSERTS AT BRIDES.COM/CAKES.