Garden of Delights

Celebrate your wedding day with a gorgeous cake blooming with flavor

Photography by Abby Rose Photo | Styling by Rebecca Voigt

Butterfly Kisses

White Almond Cake layered with Swiss meringue buttercream and organic strawberry preserves, frosted in buttercream, finished with fondant, and decorated with Lucite tiers and hand cut wafer paper edible butterflies. $1,200 for 125 servings, at Sweet Details, Grand Rapids; sweetdetailsgr.com.

Lemon Drop

Lemon Drop Cake with vanilla cake layered with vanilla buttercream swirled with house made lemon curd and raspberry preserves, decorated with ruffle effect buttercream and a floating floral tier. Starting at $4 per serving, at Mitten Raised Bakery, East Lansing; 517.490.3918; mittenraised.com.

Painted Perfection

Citrus Olive Oil Cake layered with raspberry rose buttercream, decorated with a painted Swiss meringue buttercream floral design. Approx. $1,480 for 146 servings, at Sweet Heather Anne, Ann Arbor; 734.361.1682; sweetheatheranne.com.

Verdant Luxury

Three-tiered Vegan Pistachio Raspberry, Blackberry Lavender, and Lemon Strawberry Cake decorated with buttercream, locally grown florals from Honey Baby Homestead, local fruit, and pistachio dust. $7 per serving at Botanical Bakeshop, Milan; 734.280.7676; botanicalbakeshop.com.

Blooming Beauty

Vanilla Blackberry Cake with blackberry compote and lemon Swiss buttercream, decorated with texturized, organic styled buttercream, gold painted details, and fresh flowers. Starting at $6.50 per serving at A Bite More Bakery, Brighton; abitemorebakery.com.

Golden Hour

Three-tier cake with (from top) Halawit Al-Jibn vanilla cake with orange blossom and pistachio cream cheese filling, chocolate cake with raspberry chocolate mousse, and vanilla cake with strawberry pistachio buttercream, frosted with buttercream and decorated with gold leaf and fresh flowers. Starting at $1,000 for 120-150 servings, at Gâteaux Patisserie, Dearborn; 313.930.1113; gateauxpatisserie.com.