Wedding Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Sift 3 cups of all-purpose flour
• Add 1⁄4 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. baking soda, and 1 tbsp. baking powder.
• Place 1 Cup unsalted butter in mixer and start mixing
• Add 2 Cups of sugar. Allow to mix for approx. 5 minutes
• Lightly whisk 4 eggs. Slowly incorporate into butter and sugar mix
• Beginning with the flour, slowly alternate between adding flour mixture and buttermilk to batter until it is fully absorbed (make sure to start with flour and end with flour)
• Add 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice, 1 1⁄2 tsp. lemon extract, and 1⁄4 tsp. lemon zest. Allow to mix for approx. 5 minutes
• Coat pans with pan spray (or butter), and evenly distribute batter into baking pans of different sizes.
• Place pans into an oven that has been pre-heated to 350F. Bake for 25 minutes, or until done.
• For Icing
• Place 5 oz. of softened butter into mixer and whip
• Add 1 Cup confectionary sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt
• Add a splash of milk or cream to mixture
• Separate 1/3 of the icing mixture for filling
• Add passion fruit puree to 1/3 portion and mix until fully incorporated
• Remove cakes from oven when done
• Cut in half and even out top with a serrated knife
• Place the cake on a cake circle, use the passion fruit icing for the filling and spread evenly before covering with the other half of the cake
• Use plain buttercream icing for the outside of the cake (remembering to keep spatula on the icing and never on the cake itself in order to avoid picking up crumbs), spreading the icing generously and evenly across entire outside
• Gently remove excess off of the cakes top and sides. Fill in holes with extra icing and smooth out as needed.
• Place in refrigerator to allow icing to harden
• Repeat with same steps on smaller tier
• Use cardboard cake circle on smaller tier. Trim excess cardboard from the outsides of the cake
• Find the center of larger tier and place straws into the cake to be used as supports for the smaller tier. Trim to level of icing.
• Place smaller tier on supports
• Trim a sharpened dowel to slightly below the height of the cake
• Place in center of cake, piercing through the cardboard cake circle.
• Mix food coloring into some icing, allowing for gradations in color. Make an additional color for an accent in the flowers.
• Attach a number 5 tip to a piping bag with a coupler. Fill the icing bag with white icing
• Hide the cake board with icing beads
• Empty the bag and change tip to a 104 (numbers are written on the sides).Lay accent color on the side of the bag (called “striping”), fill the rest of bag with main color and remove any excess air from the bag
• Slowly make petals, working from center to outer layers of the flower. Begin at center of the cake and add more flowers to preference. Place in fridge to keep firm until ready to present and serve