My dear friend Diane contacted me early this year with a request: “One wedding cake, please, with personal delivery!’ As I was unable to attend her birthday party last year, I had to send up her 50th birthday cake on a bus to Mackay. There would be nothing stopping me from delivering the cake in person this time, though! I marked the date in my calendar and counted down the weeks until Diane & Don’s wedding day arrived.
If there are three things that I know about Diane, they are as follows: she loves butterflies, LOVES the colour purple, and is quite a romantic at heart. We designed her wedding cake to incorporate each of these three things, along with diamantes and Singapore orchids to match her bouquet.
![Purple butterflies, white Singapore orchids, rosebuds and leaves | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie. Purple butterflies, white Singapore orchids, rosebuds and leaves | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.](https://bonniescakesandkandies.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Purple-butterfly-heart-wedding-cake-Gympie-Mackay-300x225.jpg)
Purple butterflies, white Singapore orchids, rosebuds and leaves | Bonnie’s Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.
![The heart shaped top tier was angled with the point almost touching the square shaped bottom tier, and the back of the heart raised | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie. The heart shaped top tier was angled with the point almost touching the square shaped bottom tier, and the back of the heart raised | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.](https://bonniescakesandkandies.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Purple-butterfly-cake-Mackay-Gympie-300x225.jpg)
The heart shaped top tier was angled with the point almost touching the square shaped bottom tier, and the back of the heart raised | Bonnie’s Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.
Made in traditional fruit cake, Diane requested the bottom tier to be a square shape, with the top tier a heart shape. I suggested that the heart be angled on a stand with the point almost touching the bottom tier, to make it just that little bit different.
![The cake table! Photo by: Cake by: Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies.](https://bonniescakesandkandies.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Square-and-heart-purple-butterfly-wedding-cake-Mackay-Gympie.jpg)
The cake table! Photo by Diane’s son-in-law. Cake by: Bonnie’s Cakes & Kandies.
Thanks to Diane’s son-in-law for taking the photograph above of the cake table. See, I told you –butterflies, purple, and a big, romantic love heart!
![Side view of the wedding cake | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie. Side view of the wedding cake | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.](https://bonniescakesandkandies.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Purple-heart-square-butterfly-fruit-wedding-cake-Gympie.jpg)
Side view of the wedding cake | Bonnie’s Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.
The happy couple thanked their guests with my handmade candy hearts as bonbonniere in purple, green and white colours. To add a personal touch, Don & Diane’s names were written on each heart.
![Two large purple butterflies resting on a posy of icing flowers | Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie. Purple butterfly wedding cake for a Mackay wedding:- traditional fruit cake with royal purple ribbon, white puffed hearts, butterflies, diamontes, white rosebuds, white Singapore orchids, two large purple butterflies - Bonnie's Cakes & Kandies, Gympie, Rainbow Beach & Sunshine Coast wedding cake decorator. The top tier was a heart shape, with the back of the heart raised approximately 2 inches, and the point of the heart almost touching the bottom tier, which was a square shape.](https://bonniescakesandkandies.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Purple-butterfly-cake-Gympie-Mackay-wedding.jpg)
Two large purple butterflies resting on a posy of icing flowers | Bonnie’s Cakes & Kandies, Gympie.
The wedding was absolutely beautiful and it was such an honour to not only make the cake, but to share in their special day. Congratulations Diane & Don – my most heartfelt wishes to you both for your future together.
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