Purple has always been one of the most popular and pretty colors for wedding themes, and I made a lot of purple wedding cakes.
The color purple can be very tricky to work with, so sometimes the decorator will use options for purple accents that won’t fade or turn to blue. These cakes show some ideas for using purple with your wedding cake.
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Purple gumpaste roses and fondant borders.
This cake had purple fondant roses and purple fondant bands at the base of each tier.
I airbrushed the roses so that they would have the color sitting on the surface and not incorporated into the gumpaste, because when it’s mixed in it can sometimes fade out.
When the color sits on the surface of the flowers it’s less likely to fade.
Purple ombre chocolate clay flowers.
This cake was covered with ombre chocolate clay instead of fondant, and the matching flowers were made from modeling chocolate and isomalt centers.
There were also isomalt molded flowers incorporated into the cascade.
The ombre shades of purple in the flower cascade were placed in the opposite arrangement of the color on the cake itself, so that they played off each other.
Purple gumpaste jewels wedding cake.
This wedding cake featured a swirling design made from purple gumpaste jewels that were painted with purple luster dust.
Purple gumpaste anemones.
This rustic buttercream cake had purple gumpaste anemones and purple lilac filler flowers on hexagonal tiers.
Fondant ribbons and purple gumpaste peonies.
This four-tiered wedding cake had white fondant ribbons wrapped around the tiers and brushed with silk white petal dust.
The gumpaste peonies were airbrushed with purple food coloring, and had green leaves added as a filler.
Painted purple flowers wedding cake.
This wedding cake had purple dahlias painted on the fondant with royal icing.
The purple dahlia cake topper was made out of gumpaste, and green gumpaste leaves were added to the design on the top and the side to add a 3D effect.
Rustic buttercream with lavender gumpaste flowers.
This simple purple wedding cake had rustic buttercream icing, fondant pearl borders, and lavender gumpaste peonies.
There were also white filler flowers that were also made from gumpaste that added a soft look to the flower arrangements.
Purple gumpaste orchids.
This cake had rustic buttercream and gumpaste orchids in shades of blue and purple.
When you’re including purple into a cake design one of the best ways is to use purple on the accents on the cake instead of coloring the icing.
That’s because icing color can change, but you can make colored flowers and other accents ahead of time and adjust any fading or color change that happens.
Purple ombre exploded flower wedding cake.
This cake had an ombre exploded (or expanded, whichever you prefer) rose on the front of the cake.
Adding the ombre color put a twist on the basic exploded flower cake, and it was a good way to match the purple color theme without being too much color on the cake.
Purple gumpaste hydrangeas wedding cake.
This cake with fondant draping featured bunches of gumpaste hydrangeas that have been airbrushed with purple food coloring, then dusted to deepen the purple color.
The pops of color on the white drapes were a nice accent and a good way to add the color to a traditional white wedding cake.
Purple bow and orchids wedding cake.
This cake for a vineyard wedding had a purple bow with purple orchids as the topper.
The tiers were alternated fondant ruffles and piped Swiss dots.
Purple gumpaste calla lilies wedding cake.
This cake had a cascade of purple gumpaste calla lilies on tiers that had piped swirls and thin bling wrap borders.
Gumpaste callas are pretty easy to make, and sine they can be made without wires, they’re totally food-safe to use on a wedding cake.
Hand-painted purple borders wedding cake.
This wedding cake had purple bands on each tier, and were painted with icing in shades of purple and lavender.
For the details on the bands, I cut out some contrasting flower shapes, then painted over them with opaque edible paint.
Regardless of how you incorporate purple into your wedding cake, it’s a color that appeals to a lot of people, and it’s the basis of a lot of good color schemes for wedding decor.
