{"id":11609,"date":"2012-06-27T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecakeblog.com\/?p=11609"},"modified":"2017-07-06T08:08:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T12:08:17","slug":"the-2nd-cake-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/2012\/06\/the-2nd-cake-of-july.html","title":{"rendered":"Vintage American Patriotic Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is day two in our new cake series, The 4 Cakes of July<\/em>!\u00a0 Four talented bakers were asked to create new designs inspired by the 4th of July holiday.\u00a0 To bring the beauty and colors of the American flag to life in a sophisticated cake design like none we had seen before.\u00a0 And today’s cake is vintage elegance defined!<\/p>\n

This second American beauty comes to us from Erin Gardner of Erin Bakes<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 You may remember Erin from previous features on our site (like her rainbow cake<\/a><\/em> and her honeycomb cake<\/a><\/em>).\u00a0 Erin’s vintage-inspired creation takes you back to small town America on Independence Day.\u00a0 White picket fences lined with the stars and stripes.\u00a0 Flag waving children eagerly awaiting the upcoming parade.\u00a0 The fire truck making its way down main street, siren blaring, to start the festivities.\u00a0 It’s pure patriotic fun!\u00a0 And it’s The 2nd Cake of July!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

Erin\u00a0shares the inspiration for her design:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For this cake I was inspired by a “vintage” 4th of July.\u00a0 Instead of bright colors, I chose more muted tones of burgundy, navy and ivory.\u00a0 I love to draw inspiration from fabric, so I decided to wrap the bottom tier in striped red, white and blue bunting.\u00a0 Something similar to what you’d see swagged from railings and porches along a parade route.<\/p>\n

To top the cake I created a layered textured bow in alternating stars and stripes.\u00a0 The center of the bow is finished with a brushed gold bunting.\u00a0 To keep the focus on the ribbon and bow details, I kept the base of the cake clean with a smooth ivory finish.\u00a0 The edges are finished with ivory cords along the top and middle tiers and a red, white and blue twisted cord around the bottom tier.”<\/p>\n

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

I love everything about this cake!\u00a0 The rich burgundy and deep blue perfectly contrast the soft ivory base.\u00a0 From the draped bunting to the intricate stars-and-stripes bow, this cake is magnificent!\u00a0 Its refined elegance puts a whole new spin on flag bunting and is vintage Americana at its best.\u00a0 Simply put, it is fabulous!<\/p>\n

Thank you, thank you to\u00a0Erin Gardner<\/a>\u00a0for creating this spectacular design for us!\u00a0 And to Mark Davidson<\/a> for the beautiful photography!<\/p>\n

VENDORS & CREDITS:<\/strong>
\nCake:\u00a0 Erin Bakes<\/a>
\nPhotography: Mark Davidson Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is day two in our new cake series, The 4 Cakes of July! Four talented bakers were asked to create new designs inspired by the 4th of July holiday. This second American beauty comes to us from Erin Gardner, owner of Wild Orchid Baking Company. You may remember Erin from previous features on our site (like her rainbow cake and this honeycomb cake too). Erin’s vintage-inspired creation takes you back to small town America on Independence Day. White picket fences line with the stars and stripes. Flag waving children eagerly awaiting the upcoming parade. The fire truck making its way down main street, siren blaring, to start the festivities. It’s pure patriotic fun! And it’s The 2nd Cake of July!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192,295,234,103,64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-4-cakes-of-july","8":"category-blog","9":"category-erin-gardner","10":"category-fourth-of-july","11":"category-wedding-cakes","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11609"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29854,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11609\/revisions\/29854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}