Classic & Simple Cakes

All of our Classic & Simple cakes pictured below have been finished with Swiss meringue buttercream, which is the basis for all our fillings & frostings. It’s delightfully silky, never tooth-achingly sweet, and is also beautiful to look at.

All of the flowers pictured on our cakes below are handmade SUGAR FLOWERS, crafted by us, in our studio (for real!).

Our Classic & Simple cakes are designed for events with a MINIMUM OF 60 GUESTS. If you’re expecting fewer guests than this, our Micro-Wedding Cakes (available to order in our online store) would be a great fit.

Depending on tier dimensions:

Three-tiered cakes serve 60-100
Four-tiered cakes serve 110-200
Five-tiered cakes serve 180-300+

For events with more than 60 guests, we can provide an undecorated kitchen cake for any additional servings required, to help contain costs. Our smallest kitchen cake serves 32. Or, you can simply choose to have a larger cake out on display (i.e. four, five, or even six tiers) — or an impressive DUO or TRIO of cakes instead!

Base price range: $900-$1,500 (three-tier); $1,650-$3,000 (four-tier) — sugar flowers and/or additional decor (sugar pet figurines, character toppers, monograms, etc) are not included in the base price

DELIVERY IS REQUIRED for all Classic & Simple Cakes. These cakes are tall and require assembly on site by a member of our team, to ensure the stability of the finished product. Delivery fees are based on distance to your venue.

NOTE: If your venue falls beyond a 50-mile radius from our Seattle studio, or can only be reached by ferry, we will NOT be able to deliver your Classic & Simple cake. In this instance, we recommend selecting a single- or two-tiered cake (plus optional kitchen cake for any extra servings needed) that can be picked up from our studio and self-transported. Alternatively, you can opt for a Fine Art cake, which would be eligible for delivery beyond a 50-mile radius (and/or via ferry).

Classic & Simple Cakes: Ordering Process

Step 1: Evaluate Options & Confirm Availability

Review the details on our Wedding FAQ page, as well as our Pricing page, and you’ll have a comprehensive grasp of which of our offerings would be the best fit for your tastes and budget.

Note that our Classic & Simple cakes are designed for events with a minimum of 60 guests. If you’re looking for something smaller than this, please browse through the Micro-Wedding Cakes or Signature Cakes in our online store.

Submit an inquiry, and we’ll check our calendar to make sure we can accommodate a wedding cake order for your date.

Step 2: Cake Tasting

Our biweekly Cake Tasting opportunity allows you to pre-order your own selection of flavors from our current menu, to take home and enjoy. Sample our best selling cake flavors and select your favorite combination.

Step 3: Pick Out Your Dream Cake

After your tasting, let us know which flavor(s) you’ve picked as the winner and we’ll go over the details for your cake design via email. You’ll pick a buttercream finish for your cake’s exterior, from the existing options in the gallery below (e.g. “Stucco”, “Pleated”, “Smooth with Deckled Edge”, etc).

You’ll then pick a size for your cake, based on your guest count (e.g. three-tier to serve 75; four-tier to serve 120; etc). We’ll make recommendations regarding the optimal size of your cake, based on your guest count and the logistics of setup / location of venue. Finally, you’ll specify which type and color you’d like for the custom sugar flowers we’ll be creating for your cake, if any.

Please note that we do NOT recommend having fresh flowers from your florist as decorations for your cake, as they are contaminated with pesticides, herbicides, dirt, bacteria, and sometimes even natural toxins (e.g. hydrangeas, anemones, hellebores, and many other flowers that are inherently poisonous to humans — whether they’re grown organically or not). Despite their prevalence as cake adornments, fresh flowers are not food safe! That’s why SUGAR flowers were invented, and it’s why we work so hard to keep this wonderful art form alive.

Step 4: Order Confirmation & Payment

Once you’ve picked out your design, we’ll discuss the logistics of delivery or pickup with you, and we’ll invoice you for payment of your cake. Payments are typically split into two (i.e. 50% upon booking, and 50% two weeks before your wedding).

Step 5: Submit Final RSVPs

Send us your final RSVP total no later than 3 weeks out. We’ll adjust the order accordingly, and confirm your final balance due (if relevant). Your balance must be settled no later than 14 days prior to your wedding.

If there are any design details outstanding from Step 3 (i.e. floral design or color palette) that have since been finalized with your florist or planner, we’ll wrap these up with you by 4-6 weeks out.

Step 6: Cake Delivery

Relax while we liaise directly with your event planner to confirm logistical details, and personally set up your cake on the day — both punctually and professionally.

Smooth buttercream cake with a cascade of jewel-toned sugar flowers and ferns, as well as a hand sculpted sugar lobster tail

Smooth three-tiered cake with deckled edge, adorned with handcrafted sugar flowers (cafe au lait dahlia, rose, butterfly ranunculus, rosebuds, and watercolor leaves). Image courtesy of Rachel Syrisko Photography

Smooth buttercream cake with deckled edge and color gradient detail in mossy green, adorned with sugar flowers in white and green. Image courtesy of Joanna Monger Photography

Smooth three-tiered buttercream cake with handcrafted sugar roses and Japanese anemones in pale pink. Image courtesy of Mist of Morning Photography

Smooth buttercream cake with handcrafted sugar flowers (pale blue peony, deep blue lupine, white rose, and rose leaves). Image courtesy of Arlene Chambers Photography

Smooth three-tiered buttercream cake with hand crafted sugar flowers, incorporating a ballet pink rose, white Japanese anemones, blue forget-me-nots, and green rose leaves

Couple cutting their three-tiered wedding cake with smooth buttercream exterior and handcrafted sugar succulents

Smooth three-tiered buttercream wedding cake with ombre lavender buttercream gradient on base tier, adorned with handmade sugar flowers including pink garden roses, dusty pink and lavender hydrangeas, lavender sprigs, and silver dollar eucalyptus fol

Six-tiered smooth buttercream cake with sugar ribbons and white/green flowers

Smooth buttercream cake with white sugar peonies

Smooth buttercream cake with handmade sugar flowers in blush and coral (peony, classic rose, and mini rose, with spiral eucalyptus foliage)

Smooth buttercream cake in "unbleached parchment" color, adorned with sugar flowers in shades of pink, and sugar eucalyptus foliage.

Pleated Buttercream cake with sugar flowers (peony, roselings, freesias, and craspedia)

Four-tiered pleated buttercream cake with cascade of sugar roses in white and lavender, with delicate sugar foliage

Pleated buttercream wedding cake with sugar flowers (blush pink peony, burgundy ranunculus, white anemone, and Italian ruscus foliage)

Narrow buttercream pleated cake with dusty grey-lavender rose, calla lilies, dusty miller foliage, and Italian ruscus leaves all hand crafted from sugar.

Wide horizontal pleated buttercream cake with sugar flowers (peony, rose, stock, and foliage)

Pleated buttercream cake with handcrafted sugar daisies, black-eyed Susans, and ferns. Image courtesy of Alante Photography

Alternating diagonal pleats on buttercream, adorned with custom sugar flowers (red protea, cream dahlia, succulent, and assorted eucalyptus foliage)

Pleated buttercream cake with sugar flowers (oversized white peony, white lisianthus, rosebuds, and assorted foliage)

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Wide horizontal pleats on buttercream cake with hand crafted sugar flowers in shades of pink (rose, ranunculus, and ruscus)

Pleated cake with smooth top tier and a horizontal cluster of sugar flowers (anemone, cosmos, succulent, and sweet pea)

Pleated buttercream cake with handmade sugar flowers (delphinium, Nigella, craspedia, ranunculus, ferns, and eucalyptus foliage)

Diagonally pleated buttercream cake with handmade sugar flowers (deep plum ranunculus, blush pink sweet peas, and blue-grey spiral eucalyptus foliage)

Stucco cake with sugar flowers (wisteria and lupine)

Stucco textured buttercream cake with sugar flowers (oversized rose, pilea foliage, antique green hydrangeas, and Italian ruscus leaves)

Stucco-textured wedding cake with sugar flowers in lavender and blue with figurines of the couple's pet rabbit and pet cat

Delicate stucco textured buttercream cake with sugar flowers (wild rose, briar rose, succulent, rose gold berries, seeded eucalyptus, and silver dollar eucalyptus foliage)

Tall three-tiered cake with stucco textured buttercream finish, adorned with sugar flowers in a palette of rich reds and greens. Image courtesy of Ciccarelli Photography

Stucco-textured buttercream cake with extra-tall octagonal base tier, tinted a warm almond color and topped with a cluster of handmade sugar flowers to match the bridal bouquet

Ombre dusty pink painted buttercream cake with a deckled edge, adorned with a cluster of handmade sugar flowers -- deep burgundy peony and deep dusty pink hellebores -- accented with dried grasses

Smooth buttercream cake with painted buttercream details in dusty lavender and cornflower blue, adorned with a single large sugar peony in ballet pink, and green rose leaves

Painted watercolor buttercream cake in shades of blue, adorned with handmade sugar flowers in a palette of greens, blush, and peach-pink

Painted buttercream cake with mauve, sage, dusty blue, and grey (and sugar flowers: peony, butterfly ranunculus, rose, and foliage)

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Semi-naked wedding cake with terra-cotta tinted buttercream exterior, adorned with completely hand crafted sugar flowers, fruit, and vegetables (radish, artichoke, lemon branches, baby carrots, figs, huckleberries and huckleberry blossoms, and raspbe

Semi-naked wedding cake with hand crafted sugar flowers (burgundy rose, white/mauve hellebores, white dahlia with mauve tips, and assorted foliage)

Semi-naked three-tiered wedding cake without adornments

Need help deciding?

If you’re in the throes of wedding planning and can’t decide whether you’d like a Fine Art cake, a Classic & Simple cake, or a Signature cake from our online store, that’s OK! Drop us a line and we’ll make recommendations after getting to know you a little better.

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