Sunday Sweets: Ombre Treats
July 30, 2017 Merriam Webster defines ombre as: "having colors or tones that shade into each other." I define it as "soooo pretttttty."
Here, why don't I just show you?
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That's ombre.
Isn't it gorgeous?
What I didn't realize until I started looking into ombre cakes was just how many ways ombre could be incorporated into a cake.
Sometimes literally.
(By AK Cake Design)
The outside deserves a look, too:
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(By AK Cake Design)
There are a lot of ways to achieve ombre.
You can take a pristine white cake and "ombre it up" with some pretty piping:
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(By Cake Coquette)
... or maybe a swirl of flowers -- like this one, inspired by a Steampunk-themed invitation:
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(See, Steampunk doesn't have to be brown...)
It seems like bakers are able to make ombre cakes out of pretty much anything:
Pretty blue ruffles:
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(By Cake Central member ChrisJack1)
...big, swoopy swirls:
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...pink fondant tubes:
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(By Fat Girl Cakes)
...teeny-tiny flowers:
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(By Cake Fixation)
...and sunset slashes:
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Sometimes, the shading is subtle:
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(By Olive arts)
Other ombre cakes are a little more extroverted:
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(By Frosting)
You certainly couldn't accuse this cake of being shy:
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... no matter how much it blushes.
One thing's for sure; ombre cakes will never fade quietly into the background.
And thank goodness for that!
Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Reader Comments (15)
I love the one with the frames. So pretty!
Another Sunday and another day for me to say, "Wow, look at that cake!" All week I laugh with the wrecky cakes, and every Sunday I smile! These are beautiful! Some are bright and some are more subtle, but they are all Sunday Sweets!
Pretty :D
So gorgeous! Sunday Sweets always renews my faith in the world's bakers.
These are so lovely! I have to say, though, the cake to frosting ratio between the layers of the second cake is making m y teeth ache.
Oh, MAN! I LOVE the orangey-AVEC- violette-AVEC-pink one( next to last)!!! I had a pink and orange bunny Easter candle years ago, and have loved that happy combination ever since!
=^~.~^=
I wonder how you cut the swoopy swirls cake.
OH.....like a kiss on the eyes! The next-to-last, dreamflower/sunset tower...
I love orange and pink paired, and the lavender pops to perfection.....
=^-.-^=.....purr......
The first cake makes me think of our honeymoon in the Caribbean for some reason. :)
So many lovely cakes; so much potential for wrecky attempts at imitation. ;)
These are gorgeous – but probably also going to be the "inspiration" of a disastrous wreck someday. There are so many ways these could be made to look awful.
Oooooooo! Ahhhhhhhhh!
'Course I would be scared to take those pics to any ordinary bakery and expect anything similar. Talk about opportunities for wreckorating!
Amazing, all except for the swoopy swirls one. It looks as if it's falling.
OK, so is it OM-bur (ombre) or om-BRAY (ombré)? Because I'd like to know, if I order one of these.
I had the same thought as hyphen8. When will these appear as the inspirations for some incredible wrecks? ;-)