Simple Cake Topper Banner In A Pinch!

Wow, what a week, five girls in my daughter’s class got engaged, and our heads are spinning! (Not to worry Mom, your granddaughter isn’t getting engaged anytime soon, as far as we know, but the future is approaching quickly!) When after 3 engagements, the fourth engagement was between the son and daughter of two old friends of mine, we nearly fainted, but there was no time for that, as once the announcement is made there are many preparations that need to happen for the official evening celebration. And now with the Corona restrictions folks are having what we call a “vort” (an announcement) and the actual engagement party (in Israel often done in a wedding hall with many guests, a small version of the wedding to come) on the same night, at the house of the bride. Fortunately the bride has many friends in her class and neighbors all pitch in to make the event happen, which of course includes a fancy desert bar.

Our kitchen became a bakery with sugar and flour and chocolate flying as my daughter worked at top speed to produce many beautiful deserts. Another friend ran to the store to buy some of the necessities as my daughter got to work, and I volunteered to whip up some cupcake toppers and a cake topper. I don’t usually print cake toppers, but my homemade versions wouldn’t be suitable for an occasion like this, so introducing my first ever printed cake topper! Of course the topper was just the topper, the little two-tiered cake was just as sweet as can be.

While this looks like a large cake, it was actually only the size of large dinner plate (the base), which means less cake to bake and less cake to ice, but still gorgeous. Of course one needs to put it in a cake stand for the nicest presentation, and one needs to have some experience piping icing. And while this is not my area of expertise, I can tell you the the cake underneath was far from perfect, in fact very imperfect, all the perfection happens with the icing.

You’ll Need:

• a cake banner printed from home (happy to share this one, if time allows for you to email me)
• toothpicks
• pink washi tape (to tape the toothpicks to the banner)

Wishing everyone lots of wonderful joyful occasions, whether or not a cake topper is part of the story.