Wedding season has officially begun:-) This bride is a friend who has been great to work with and chose a cake that I have made in the past just with a different color scheme. As with any cake endeavor, the cake batter mixing, baking and frosting making take the majority of the time required for the project. I couldn't do it without my trusty
KitchenAid.
What a lot of sugar! Once I got all the cake layers baked I started making frosting. This large tub was one of two I used to frost the main cake and two sheet cakes.
The wedding reception was a Friday night so starting Friday morning I got everything out and started to assemble. The 12" gift went together quickly and then I topped it with the 8" square rotated to give it the 'gift' feel.
Once I get the whole cake frosted with the base layer I always breathe a sigh of relief. No matter what the project, I always feel like I can relax and let the creative juices flow. The mechanics of the cake can be put aside and I can let my decorating skills take over.
This cake needed to have a gold element so I decided to use plastic beads applied to the edge of the ribbon icing. It was a challenge to get the beads to lay flat but I really like how they define the ribbon and make the cake pop. For the 8" top gift I used
Cornelli Lace, a technique that always adds an elegant feel and gets lots of comments.
The 12" cake features polka-dots to add a little
whimsy to the cake. Now it is ready for transport across town and to get its topper and flowers!
In addition to the gift cake, the bride also needed two 1/2 sheet cakes to have enough to serve approx 150 guests.
As in the past I drop off the cake a couple of hours before the reception and then the florist comes to finish off the flowers. So I had to wait until the reception to see it finished! I love how it turned out with the fresh flowers and the 'M' on top. Congratulations Annie and Pete!
What a lot of sugar! Once I got all the cake layers baked I started making frosting. This large tub was one of two I used to frost the main cake and two sheet cakes.
The wedding reception was a Friday night so starting Friday morning I got everything out and started to assemble. The 12" gift went together quickly and then I topped it with the 8" square rotated to give it the 'gift' feel. 
Once I get the whole cake frosted with the base layer I always breathe a sigh of relief. No matter what the project, I always feel like I can relax and let the creative juices flow. The mechanics of the cake can be put aside and I can let my decorating skills take over.
This cake needed to have a gold element so I decided to use plastic beads applied to the edge of the ribbon icing. It was a challenge to get the beads to lay flat but I really like how they define the ribbon and make the cake pop. For the 8" top gift I used Cornelli Lace, a technique that always adds an elegant feel and gets lots of comments.
The 12" cake features polka-dots to add a little whimsy to the cake. Now it is ready for transport across town and to get its topper and flowers!
In addition to the gift cake, the bride also needed two 1/2 sheet cakes to have enough to serve approx 150 guests. 
As in the past I drop off the cake a couple of hours before the reception and then the florist comes to finish off the flowers. So I had to wait until the reception to see it finished! I love how it turned out with the fresh flowers and the 'M' on top. Congratulations Annie and Pete!
