Art Gallery Pressure

So this weekend, we were asked to put together a cake for a friend of ours, James, who is turning 40. James' favourite colours are red and black and the venue for the party was the Dal Art Gallery. This got us thinking.. we want the cake to look funky and artsy and like it fits in with the setting, but holy pressure!

We decided to run with it and make a red velvet, two-tiered cake covered in black fondant. Then, we added some funky accents in red and white. The design is kind of retro chic, and we think it suited the birthday boy.

We also made some white fondant tiles with "Happy 40th James" cut out and placed them with the cake, on the black platter.

The party was a hit, we're really happy with the cake and Dawn, his beautiful fiancée threw a fantastic party!