This bride contacted me at the last minute requesting an antique looking wedding cake for a very small wedding. I love antique style cakes, they are ornate and a little fussy and technically challenging. This cake was no exception. 
The black cameos were made from sugar and the whole cake was brushed with ivory pearl dust to give it a 'used' look. The flowers on top were made from parchment. The final touch, a huge black feather was added and I forgot to take a picture!
The shape of this cake was a scalloped oval, for which I am the proud owner of a set of custom made pans, this was the perfect shape for this little cake.
It is always very challenging when a bride requests a cake saying "whatever you do I'll love so long as it looks antique" and more especially when there was no consultation or design elements given. But when the bride and her mother came, the bride hugged me and the mother had tears in her eyes, I knew they loved the cake!
