A Quiet Kind of Abundance: Caylynn & Michael’s Wedding Cake at The Calile Hotel

A long, low cake — nearly a metre and a half of caramel and almond mud, gently spiced with ginger. Inside, layers of vanilla and ginger-poached pear. Outside, swirls of white chocolate and maple buttercream, made with Lindt and gently whipped until it was just holding shape. A flavour built for the cooler Brisbane months — warm, soft, a little spiced, a little sweet.

Constructed slowly in the quiet hours before celebration began. Layered, piped, and settled into place as the room around it came to life.

The cake sat low on a burgundy-draped table, scattered with red grapes, seasonal berries, and soft folds of silk ribbon. A kind of quiet abundance — unfussy, grounded, generous in feeling. Styled at The Calile Hotel by the ever-intentional team at For Love and Living, where even the wishing well echoed the gentle ripple of buttercream folds. Captured just before doors opened by Salt Atelier — all softness, all stillness, just before the celebration unfolded.

Caylynn and Michael, thank you for allowing me to be part of it all.

At Petal + Peach, each cake is a meditation on patience and presence — made slowly, quietly, by hand. Only a small number of commissions are accepted each month, allowing space for details that matter: the season, the story, the feeling of the day.

No templates. No shortcuts. Just butter, time and care — folded into something worth remembering.

If this way of working feels aligned with what you’re imagining, I’d love to hear from you.

Image by Salt Atelier