Golden Dream Wedding Cake

This cake, which I designed for Devon Updegraf and Eric Day for their wedding on March 28, 2009, consists of three tiers (two layers each) of butter-rich lemon almond cake moistened with lemon syrup. Each tier is then sandwiched and frosted with lemon-flavored White Chocolate-Vanilla Bean Buttercream and, if desired, graced with easy-to-make lemon peel roses (see Dazzling Lemon and Orange Peel Roses).

This buttercream is lighter in texture than the