55 Beautiful Wedding Cake Ideas to Inspire You

Flower-Covered White Wedding Cake on Floral Table — Photo by Michellia Fine Imagery

A wedding cake should be two things: delicious and beautiful. While you should choose cake flavors and fillings that speak to your dessert preferences, the exterior of your dessert can be just about anything you'd like. Sure, a classic white wedding cake is always in style, but that's far from your only option. According to pastry chef Emily Lael Aumiller, there are so many different routes couples can take when choosing their dessert design; wherever you land should speak to you two in some capacity, either as a nod to your wedding day or love story. "Whether the cake is naturally iced, adorned with fresh fruit, decorated with intricate sugar work or fresh, edible flowers, I strive to create a dessert that tells a story," Aumiller explains.

Meet the Expert

Emily Lael Aumiller is a pastry chef with over a decade of experience creating custom cakes with bespoke ingredients that cater to a wide variety of dietary needs. Aumiller is the owner of Brooklyn-based Lāel Cakes and author of Pure Artistry: Extraordinary Vegan and Gluten-Free Cakes.

If you're open to putting your confection's final design in your barker's hands, Aumiller says this is a great way to wind up with something absolutely beautiful. "It's your wedding, your cake, your day," she notes, but adds that giving your expert creative freedom can pay off in spades. "Focus on the dream cake you'll want to devour for your celebration. Let your baker determine what designs will be the safest based on external circumstances."

Another option is to find a wedding cake look your love and share that with your pro as inspiration; if that's the route you're interested in taking, we're here to help. We rounded up 55 stunning wedding cakes—to suit all different big-day styles—that are guaranteed to inspire. Whether you want something simple and white, a confection adorned with fresh or sugar flowers, a modern dessert, a treat that's bold and colorful, or something else entirely, you'll find a beautiful, creative idea here.

Ahead, 55 breathtaking wedding cakes guaranteed to turn heads at your reception.

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Pretty Pastels

Six-Tier Wedding Cake with Pastel Lavender Details and Floating Middle Tier — Photo by Oliver Fly

If you want to serve a wedding cake that looks like a work of art, take note of this six-tiered semi-floating wonder from Bouchra. The baker created this textural pastel treat for a couple's chic Parisian wedding, and there's no denying that it turned heads during the indoor reception.

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Realistic Sugar Flowers

Three-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Sugar Flower Details — Photo by Janet Lin Photography

Over 3,000 garden roses were used throughout this couple's Washington wedding, so a cake adorned with sugar blooms was practically required. Honey Crumb Cake decorated the exterior of the lemon and blackberry confection with edible roses and vines as well as handpainted details reminiscent of the couple's paper suite. If there's one feature flower in your celebration's design, ask your baker to keep that in mind when making your cake.

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Cascading Ruffles

Four-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Cascading Ruffle Details — Photo by Jenny Quicksall

If you have a specific vision for your big-day dessert, make sure to find the pro you trust to bring your idea to life. For their wedding in the French Riviera, this couple wanted a cake inspire by the movement of waves, so they hired Mon Annie Luxury Cakes (who traveled from England to France!) to create a modern, ruffled wedding cake for their reception. Layers of vanilla cake with strawberry jam and lemon flavored cake with elderflower buttercream were beautifully finished with wave-inspired sugar work.

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Ocean-Inspired

blue and green sculptural wedding cake with gold accents — Photo by Norman & Blake

If you're tying the knot near the water, an ocean-themed wedding cake just feels right. For this couple's Big Sur nuptials, baker Jasmine Rae Cakes created a towering Meyer lemon cake wrapped in wave- and breeze-inspired fondant.

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Floral Eruption

3 Tier White Wedding Cake Decorated and Surrounded by Light Pink, Orange, and Yellow Flowers — Photo by Michellia Fine Imagery

Planning a garden wedding? Make your cake part of the day's decorations, just like this couple did for their flower-filled celebration in California with their Palette Cakes confection. A three-tiered treat was decked out in every type of flower used in the reception décor, including peonies, ranunculus, roses, alliums, sweet peas, stock, and more.

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Bold Geometrics

Four-tiered midcentury modern cake with green details — Photo by Jake Anderson

There are so many clever ways to tie your wedding cake in with the rest of your celebration's design. One of our favorites? Use your venue as inspiration. At this couple's Palm Springs nuptials, baker Hey There, Cupcake! created a carrot, vanilla almond, and rich dark chocolate cake inspired by the exterior of the Parker Hotel, where the party was held.

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A Work of Art

six-tier wedding cake with climbing sugar flowers — Photo by Jose Villa

If you're designing your entire wedding around one theme, go ahead and extend that vision to your wedding cake. At this stunning garden wedding in California, every detail was inspired by Monet's art, so a cake with watercolor-esque flowers and vines was a necessity. The couple tapped The Butter End to turn layers of banana chocolate chip and chocolate cherry cake into an edible work of art.

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Modern Ribbons

Four-Tiered Sculptural Wedding Cake with Ribbon Details — Photo by Brittany Painter Photography

Looking for your sign to let your baker have free rein over your wedding cake? This is it. For their Bridgerton-inspired wedding in the English countryside, the bride and groom gave Sugarplum Bakes creative freedom over the design, and the result was this stunning four-tiered confection with edible rice paper sails in shimmering glacé pastel colors.

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Long-Stemmed Flowers

four-tiered white cake with pink and yellow ranunculus, lisianthus, and belly buttons — Photo by Ashley Cox Photography

We love a wedding cake that features a little dash of whimsy. At this couple's playful wedding in Virginia, full flowers—stems and all!—were used to decorate the exterior of a lemon and lavender honey buttercream and almond wedding cake, created by Sweet Fix. While you could decorate your confection with just buds, we love how unexpected and unique this design looks.

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Lambeth Frosting

Three-Tiered Wedding Cake With Vintage-Style Lambeth Piping — Photo by Haley Rynn Ringo Photo

Throwing a vintage style wedding? Let this wedding cake, created by Frost Me Gourmet, inspire your own dessert. This couple planned an Old-Hollywood wedding in California, so they wanted their confection to feel at home with the rest of the event's design—in their case, ornate lambeth frosting was the obvious choice for decoration.

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Punchy Pressed Blooms

three-tiered wedding cake with colorful pressed florals — Photo by Samm Blake of The Wedding Artists Co.

One of the hottest wedding trends right now? Pressed flower details. Whether you're working that concept into every element of your ceremony and reception or are looking for a subtle opportunity to work it into your day's design, we love the idea of incorporating pressed flowers onto your cake. At this couple's industrial New York wedding, The Hudson Cakery used only edible blooms on the three-tiered red velvet dessert.

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Asymmetrical Accents

Four-tiered white cake with textural frosting and asymmetrical textured accents — Photo by Jana Williams

An all-white wedding cake might be classic, but that doesn't mean it has to feel tired or boring. This couple's four-tiered dessert, which they served at their ethereal wedding on Maryland's Eastern Shore, is the proof. Buttercream Bakeshop whipped up a almond cake with vanilla buttercream and added modern looking rice paper sails for visual interest.

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Ornate Piping

If you're planning a museum wedding, just like this couple did in Illinois, it makes sense to select a wedding cake that's a piece of art in its own right. They tapped Flourish Cake Design to create something stunning, and the result was a four-tiered pink-and-white confection complete with ornate piping and sugar orchids. Inside, guests found almond, vanilla, matcha, and hazelnut layers.

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A Fashion-Inspired Treat

Five-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Paper-Inspired Details — Photo by Abby Jiu Photography

You chose your wedding dress because you loved it, so why not use the elements you love most as inspiration for your cake? That's exactly what the bride at this rustic wedding in Virginia did: She asked Buttercream Bakeshop to recreate elements of her Oscar de la Renta gown in sugar on the couple's five-tiered funfetti and chocolate wedding cake, and the result was an eye-catching confection that looked almost too pretty to eat.

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Frescos and Fresh Flowers

Three-tiered white wedding cake with fresh flowers — Photo by Nora Photography

If you're getting married at a property with stunning architectural details, let those elements inspire your cake's design. When creating this three-tiered treat, c designer MonAnnie pulled inspiration directly from the frescoes and stucco at the Italian villa where this couple hosted their Lake Como wedding. Fresh flowers that matched the rest of the day's décor were the perfect finishing touch.

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Modern and Elegant

Three-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Ruffled Details on Simple Pedestal Stand with Tropical Flower Decorations Around — Photo by Shannon Moffit Photography

While your wedding cake can most certainly match the overall design of your reception, it doesn't have to. For this couple's Washington, D.C., wedding, their planner dreamed up a bold, colorful design concept, but they decided to keep dessert intentionally simple and modern. Their baker created a sculptural sugar paper design white cake, lemon cream, and fresh raspberries topped with a delicate buttercream that wouldn't conflict with the rest of the celebration's style.

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Statement-Making Single Tier

single tier wedding cutting cake with buttercream floral design — Photo by Liz Zimbelman Photography

Whether you're hosting a smaller wedding or plan to serve a number of different desserts, know that your cake doesn't need to be massive to make a statement. Case in point? This single-tiered stunner from Divine Desserts by Aguirre, which was beautifully designed to mimic the floral décor at this couple's California nuptials.

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Sunset-Colored Flowers

Four-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Colorful Flower Details — Photo by Megan Noll Photography

Do you love the idea of an all-white wedding cake but want to bring in a small amount of color? One tier of sugar flowers will do the trick. At this couple's tented wedding in Ohio, baker Icon Cake Cincinnati created a five-tiered treat (with layers of vanilla raspberry, Champagne strawberry, cinnamon roll, and chocolate vanilla cake inside) complete with sheer edible appliqués and a smattering of sunset-hued sugar flowers.

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Palette Knife Details

Three-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Palette Splotch Details and Fresh Flowers — Photo by The Lockharts

Beautiful flowers were a staple throughout this couple's French-inspired wedding in Texas, so choosing a floral-forward design for their cake was a no-brainer. They tapped Fancy Cakes to create a three-tiered treat with palette knife details on the frosting and sprays of fresh flowers, including ranunculus, sweet peas, and roses. Beneath the vanilla icing guests found layers strawberry cake with cream cheese filling, Champagne cake with mixed berry mousse and purée, and vanilla cake with salted caramel mousse filling.

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Tall and Textured

Three-Tiered Wedding Cake with Textured Icing and Rough Edges on Cake Table with Fresh Flowers — Photo by Adriana Rivera

This couple asked their baker to draw inspiration from their wedding venue—Guatemala's Las Capuchinas, where ruins can be seen in the backdrop—when designing their three-tiered cake. Sofia Cobian finished the dessert with textured buttercream as a subtle nod to the ruins and decked out the table with fresh blooms reminiscent of the grounds. You can take a similar approach with your own venue—ask your baker to pull out and statement details or styles and recreate them on your dessert.

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All About Wildflowers

Three-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Yellow Pressed-Floral Details — Photo by Hipster Wedding

If you're rooting your wedding's design in a singular theme, go ahead and make sure you choose a cake that speaks to the vibe. At this couple's picnic-inspired wedding in Vietnam, wildflowers were used heavily throughout the design, making the space feel almost like a meadow. When it came time to design their cake, they requested that blooms be front and center—the final design featured pressed flowers on the three-tiered treat's icing and an array of Queen Anne's lace, chamomile, and orchids surrounding it.

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Buttercream Floral Cascade

Four-tiered white wedding cake with a cascade of pastel buttercream florals on floral-covered table — Photo by Stephanie Vegliante

Don't let this white wedding cake fool you: Cake baker B. Wild Baking Co. chose the frosting and palette knife buttercream flowers specifically to match the natural vibe of this couple's Cape Cod wedding, but inside guests found layers of peanut butter chocolate cake.

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Geode Cutouts

Three-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Geode Details — Photo by Kurt Boomer Photography

Planning a slightly boho soirée? Take note of this geode-inspired wedding cake, which would fit perfectly with your theme. Made in Cake whipped up this three-tiered coconut, vanilla, and chocolate cake complete with geode accents for one couple's whimsical, bohemian wedding in Provence, and it was the perfect nod to the day's vibe.

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Suspended Treat

Five-Tiered White Wedding Cake Suspended on Swing with Greenery and Fresh Flowers — Photo by Erica Streelman

When designing your wedding cake, don't just think about the treat itself—think about how you'll display it, too. A statement setup can be just as impactful as the dessert itself. For this couple, who tied the knot in a romantic wedding in California, decoration and display came together to create an over-the-top cake no one could ignore. Plumeria Cake Studio whipped up a five-tiered Champagne-orange and vanilla cake with strawberry filling decorated with lace-inspired sugar work, then displayed it on a flower-and-greenery-covered swing.

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A Slice of Citrus

three-tier semi-naked wedding cake decorated with greenery and citrus slices — Photo by Tracy Burch

If you want edible accents on your wedding cake but aren't a fan of floral décor, consider fruit instead. At this colorful fall wedding in California, baker Two Chicks in the Mix used slices of citrus and greenery to finish off a salted caramel confection, and the result was stunning.

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On a Bed of Blooms

Two-Tiered White Wedding Cake Surrounded by Fresh Flowers — Photo by Lacie Hansen Photography

Here's proof that a white wedding cake can be a head-turner. For their wedding in Guatemala, this couple wanted their dessert to be a "wow" moment, and baker Sofia Cobian delivered with a two-tiered white confection surrounded by fresh flowers in shades of white, pink, and yellow.

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Colorful Maximalism

Pink, Yellow, and Blue Five-Tier Wedding Cake With Bright Flowers and a Geometric Cake Stand — Photo by Move Mountains Co

A colorful, retro vibe just feels right for a Palm Spring wedding, and that's the exact aesthetic this couple leaned into for their nuptials in the California desert. Their cake, dreamed up and baked by one of the bride's maids of honor, leaned right into the theme. Five boldly colorful tiers contained layers of vanilla cake with Swiss buttercream and raspberry filling, and the entire flower-covered treat was displayed on a geometric stand. If you're hosting a celebration with an equally bold color palette, don't be afraid to use those hues in your dessert.

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Tons of Texture

Six-Tier Light Pink Wedding Cake With White Flowers and Roses on Top Next to Candles — Photo by Logan Cole

If you're throwing a wedding with tons of texture in the design (just like this couple, who tied the knot in an elegant, detail-heavy celebration in California), extend some of those textural details to your cake. You can take notes from this six-tiered Nutella cake with pink textured icing and plenty of fresh flowers, created for the duo byGrace and Honey Cakes.

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An Artistic Interpretation

sculptural wedding cake and artist placard — Photo by Meg Messina Photography

For their modern wedding in San Francisco, this couple wanted their wedding cake to make a major statement, and Jasmine Rae Cakes delivered in spades. They asked her to create something that connoted the "idea of weathering through difficult times and being each others’ rock," and the result was an artistic, statue-inspired dessert that served as a focal point during the reception.

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All Rosey

Four-tiered white wedding cake with single-stem roses — Photo by Gracie Byrd Jones

If you're planning a colorful wedding, like this couple did for their rooftop nuptials in Houston, it's nice to have your cake follow suit. Layers of red velvet cake were covered in white frosting and embellished with single-stem roses in varying shades of red, yellow, and pink.

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A Splash of Color

Five-Tiered Blue-and-White Marbled Wedding Cake with Orchid Details — Photo by Elizabeth Austin Photography

At this otherwise all-white wedding in Atlanta, the couple's five-tiered wedding cake featured a marbled blue-and-white design in order to provide a little contrast to the rest of the reception. Fresh orchids tied the confection in with the rest of the event's design, proving that even the smallest of touches can bring design full circle.

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Art-Inspired

Three-Tiered White Wedding Cake Covered in Moody Flowers and Greenery — Photo by Lev Kuperman

Artist Jan Van Huysum's Still Life With Flowers and Fruit inspired every element of this couple's moody New York City wedding, and the cake, created by From Lucie NYC, was no exception. The three-tiered raspberry, lemon, and peach sorbet cake with fresh berries was covered in tons of fresh flowers, dried fruit, and pistachios, creating a rich, colorful treat that looked like a work of art.

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Delicate Sugar Flowers

Three-Tier White Wedding Cake with Sugar Flower Details — Photo by Kristin La Voie Photography

Tying the knot at a botanical garden or another flower-filled space? A dessert decorated with blooms is a natural fit. For this couple's personalized garden wedding at the Chicago Botanic Garden, bakers from Cake Sweet Food Chicago crafted a three-tiered butter cake with passion fruit crème and decorated the tops of each layer with delicate sugar flowers.

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A Statement-Making Tower

Towering Five-Tiered White Wedding Cake with White Sugar Flowers Cascading Down the Side — Photo by Michelle Beller

Want to serve a wedding cake that makes a statement? Going big is perhaps the simplest way to do just that. At their romantic outdoor wedding in Montecito, this couple asked The Butter End to create a beautiful towering treat. On the big day, no one could ignore the five-tiered lemon berry and chocolate chip cake with vanilla buttercream finished with a cascade of sugar flowers.

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Understated Elegance

four-tiered white wedding cake with textured buttercream frosting and fresh flowers — Photo by Rebecca Yale Photography

If you prefer more pared back details, know that your wedding cake doesn't need to be a towering confection with tons of decorative elements to make a statement. Case in point? This classic white treat from Flour & Bloom. The baker created a four-tiered Swiss buttercream cake with layers of banana, red velvet, and almond cake for one couple's outdoor wedding in California.

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Wedding Dress-Inspired

Four-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Sugar Flowers and Textural Accents — Photo by Lucy Munoz Photography

Inspired by the appliqués on the bride's wedding dress, Synies Paris created a four-tiered masterpiece for this couple's romantic French nuptials. The lemon velvet cake, complete with textural details and sugar flowers, is proof that any wedding-related detail—be it the setting, your fashion, or your flowers—can inspire your big-day dessert.

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Floral Printed

three-tiered blue and white wedding cake with sugar flowers — Photo by Jenny Fu Studio

Not sure what style of wedding cake you want? Let seasonality inform your design. For this couple's spring wedding in New York City, the bride and groom asked The Cake Fairy to create a handpainted blue floral wedding cake with sugar cherry blossoms. If you're tying the knot outside of spring, ask your own baker to work in whatever seasonal blooms you like best.

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Petite and Pretty

two tier wedding cake with spray of fresh pink flowers and greenery — Photo by Kelley Williams

A spray of flowers that complements your celebration's overall floral palette is a simple yet impactful way to decorate your wedding cake. At this couple's California nuptials, a two-tiered treat almond-flavored treat from Autumn Cake Design was finished off with seasonal greenery, roses, and raunuclus.

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Starry Night-Inspired

Five-tiered white wedding cake with piped flowers and fresh purple flowers cascading down the side — Photo by Olivia Leigh Photographie

This couple planned a Van Gogh-inspired wedding in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, so it was only fitting that their wedding cake also take notes from the artist's most famous works. To feel reminiscent of the rest of the wedding's "Starry Night" theme, Julie Michelle Cakes covered the outside of the confection with a mix of fresh and sugar purple flowers.

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Freshly Picked

two-tier white wedding cake with pressed florals — Photo by BelathÃ©e Photography

Planning a garden party wedding, à la this couple, who tied the knot in Connecticut? Then a flower-covered cake is basically a prerequisite. The funfetti cake with cream cheese mousse, which was made by Cutie Pies, featured fresh blooms pressed right into the frosting.

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Autumnal Pops

Four-Tiered White and Blue Wedding Cake with Gold Accents and Fresh Flowers — Photo by Rebecca Yale Photography

You can let seasonality inform your wedding cake's design in the simplest of ways and still have it be impactful. Case in point? This pretty dessert from Flour and Bloom, which featured an indigo color wash, natural gold leaf, and sugar hellebores in white and burgundy to nod at the season. It was the perfect treat for a fall wedding in Napa Valley.

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Ocean-Inspired Ombré

five-tiered blue and white wedding cake with water-inspired frosting — Photo by Brett Hickman

For their surf-inspired wedding in California, this couple knew only an ombré cake reminiscent of the ocean would do. The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel created a five-tiered confection that looked just like waves crashing on the shore, and a similar look would be ideal for your own beachside nuptials.

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Semi-Naked

At this couple's fall wedding in Virginia, they asked Buttercream Bake Shop to decorate their semi-naked wedding cake with seasonal accents. For a similar look, ask your own baker to use seasonal fruits and fall-hued flowers as dessert adornments.

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Garden Inspiration

Four-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Bead Piping and a Cascade of Fresh Roses and Greenery — Photo by Jessa Schifilliti

Flowers were everywhere at this garden-inspired wedding in Newport, and the wedding cake was no exception. Russell Morin Catering & Events created the four-tiered crème brûlée cake with pastry cream custard filling and caramel buttercream, then topped the entire thing with fresh roses and greenery. Have your baker deck your dessert out with whatever blooms you're using throughout the rest of your celebration for a cohesive effect.

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Pretty and Petite

Single-Tier White Wedding Cake with Delicate White Flowers and Greenery — Photo by KT Merry

Looking for proof that a single-tiered cake can be just as impactful as a towering one? Take a look at this petite wonder from The Bakery at Brush Creek Ranch, which was served at one couple's ranch wedding in Wyoming. Since neither the bride nor the groom were huge cake fans, they wanted a petite dessert that could be cut into privately; a simple one-tiered pound cake adorned with fresh flowers looked absolutely beautiful without

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Dessert Trio

Three monochromatic white cakes topped with blooms — Photo by Laura Gordon Photography

Why choose just one beautiful cake when you can have three? At this elegant wedding in Michigan, the couple took a more is more approach to dessert and worked with Sweet Heather Anne to design three textural cakes inspired by the bride's wedding dress. Fresh flowers that matched the day's décor were the perfect finishing touch.

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Classic Monogram

Five-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Sugar Flowers and Couple's Monogram — Photo by Jose Villa

Looking for a place to work your new monogram into your wedding design? Make like this couple, who threw a classic, elegant wedding in California, and have your baker add it to the side of your cake. Studio Cake created a showstopping five-tiered carrot cake dessert complete with the couple's initials—K and Z—and delicate sugar flowers.

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Realistic Sugar Flowers

Five-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Oversized Sugar Roses and Ranunculus — Photo by Corbin Gurkin

If you're throwing a vintage-inspired wedding, just like this couple did for their South Carolina nuptials, an all-white cake decked out with sugar flowers is the perfect complementary dessert.

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A Fluffy Cascade

Two-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Cascade of White Sugar Flowers and Textural Frosting — Photo by St. Chelle

Every element of this couple's wedding was California cool, and that included their cake. The bride and groom told baker Sheila Mae that they wanted something sculptural and classic, and she delivered with a two-tiered vanilla treat that was decorated with a swirl of delicate florals. Use this dessert as inspiration for your own understated nuptials.

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Delicate Pastels

Four-Tiered White Wedding Cake with Pastel Sugar Flowers — Photo by Elisabetta Marzetti

If you want to bring just a touch of color to your wedding cake, get inspired by this pretty treat from Tuscan Wedding Cakes. As a nod to the couple's garden wedding design, the baker added a smattering of pastel sugar blooms to the otherwise white confection.

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A Spectacular Floral Spectrum

Five-tier white Wedding cake with spectrum of vibrant flowers cascading down the side — Photo by Judy Park Studios, Cake by Nine Cakes

Why choose one color when you can have them all? A full rainbow spectrum of confectionary flowers crawl down all five tiers of this colorful cake.

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A Natural Look

Minimalist white two-tier wedding cake with geometric embossed texture on bottom layer and fresh muscari accents — Photo by Jen Huang Photography, Cake by Nine Cakes

This two-tiered delight is anchored with a base of geometrically embossed fondant and is practically sprouting muscari buds, berries, and greenery. This natural and fresh aesthetic just screams of spring.

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Marbled Marvel

Three-tiered marbled Wedding cake — Photo by Blair Heagerty, Cake by Jasmine Rae Cakes

This masterpiece takes an organic aesthetic and gives it a stony twist. Three tiers of the most realistic gray marble texture we've ever seen feature veins of metallic bronze and hints of wispy, gray rice paper petals for a touch of softness.

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A Rosey Cascade

Two-tier white wedding cake with blush painted florals and fresh flowers — Photo by Chris Isham, Cake by Tessa Pinner

A spray of painted watercolor florals is topped with a crown of their three-dimensional counterparts. We're loving the slightly asymmetric balance between the two tiers, adding a slight edge to the otherwise romantic scene.

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Dramatic and Floral

Four-tiered black wedding cake with painted flowers and sugar flowers — Photo by Stewart Uy Photography, Cake by Vanilla Bake Shop

Dark wedding cakes don't always have to be moody and brooding. This stunner exudes a soft elegance with its floral-painted tier and accents of handmade sugar blossoms in powdery tones.

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