If you’ve been here long you know that I love a good dose of whimsical detailing in my designs. For the pumpkin harvest brunch I hung our bunt cakes up in the large swooping trees. A refreshing way to showcase party sweets + they were simple to cut down when it was time for eating.
To hang the cakes I turned upside down painted hat boxes, poked four holes on top and threaded thick twine through them. Each box was tied up in four places to the low hanging branches. Once balanced the cakes sat sweetly on top.
I topped each of the bunt cakes with a pumpkin harvest label to reveal the different fall flavors.
Use them to liven up your own cake in a tree, dessert table, Halloween party, or even a Thanksgiving dinner (is it too early to say that?).
Brunch photo credits to Carly Taylor.
28 Comments
Lena
September 30, 2010 at 12:39 pmHow magical-little bundts in a tree!
Tegan M.
September 30, 2010 at 1:44 pmCake in trees! Love it!
Diana
September 30, 2010 at 7:57 pmOh, this is delightful!! You are so resourceful and creative, I love it!
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Melissa Lea
February 24, 2011 at 12:04 amToo darling!
Stephanie
February 24, 2011 at 6:19 amThat’s so unique! I would like a couple of cake trees in my backyard. Ya know, for that inevitable midnight sweet tooth ;)
Happy SITS day!!
Teresa
February 24, 2011 at 6:39 amSo so simple yet so so cute. Love this!
Happy SITS day!
misssrobin
February 24, 2011 at 6:42 amWhat a great idea. You are definitely very skilled at what you do.
Kerri
February 24, 2011 at 7:05 amI think at my house the birds were either eat them or poo on them!
Jeannie
February 24, 2011 at 7:12 amCute! I can envision my youngest son finding cake in a tree. eating it and then resourcefully using the brightly colored hat box as a tree swing, *sigh* A typical day in my life. :)
April
February 24, 2011 at 7:15 amvisiting from SITS . Wow! Your pics are amazing and I love your designs. Truely goregous!
zeemaid
February 24, 2011 at 8:18 amNow that’s original!
Visiting from SITS. Happy FB day!
Jenna
February 24, 2011 at 8:25 amDarling! Found you through SITS.
Dacia
February 24, 2011 at 9:23 amWow, I’ve never seen this before. So cute & truly unique! I’m your newest follower on FB & pinterest :)
Happy SITS day!!
Ilana @ mommyshorts
February 24, 2011 at 10:11 amThis is such a fun idea. If only there were more trees around my NYC apartment! I wonder if the parks department frowns upon this sort of thing?
Stefanie
February 24, 2011 at 11:10 amThese cakes are fantastic! It’s easy to see how the artist in you shines through in everything you do :)
Happy SITS Day
bianca
February 24, 2011 at 12:29 pmOh my sweetness! Those are presh! I love the fun, different way of displaying the cakes! My hubs loves my creativity, but I dont know that he’s get this ;)
Ashley Marie
February 24, 2011 at 2:52 pmSo unique! I LOVE it :)
Lauren
February 24, 2011 at 4:53 pmWow, I’ve never heard of a cake in a tree. It looks pretty cool, though. Where did you get that idea from? Stopping by from SITS. Hope you’ve had a good SITS day! :)
jill
February 24, 2011 at 10:56 pmLove this- holy cow I’d have never thought of that… lol
ShaynnaB
March 5, 2011 at 9:35 amWay to cute! I style alot of pics myself so coming up with ‘out of the box’ ways to do something is always and exciting and nerve wracking challenge. One you have mastered!
Shaynna
Happy SITS day – and will be following your now as well!
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