Sunday, September 25, 2011

Wedding Cake


 One of my best friends from high school got married this summer and asked me to do his cake.  Of course I couldn't say no.  I love making cakes even though I get stresses while I'm making them.  
It is all worth it when its all done.  
I had a different wedding the same day that I was doing flowers for so I was a little crunched for time.  Luckily, 2 of the layers were foam so I could make most of it several days in advance.  This was my first fondant experience.  I learned a lot with this cake.  Here is a step by step:
I hot glued the foam blocks together and cheese grated down the corners and edges.  I left the layer separate from each other so the fondant would be easier to put on.

I put down a layer of buttercream so the fondant would stick.  I also hammered in shish-kabob sticks to keep the layers together.  I used a rainbow chip cake for the top layer (as requested by the bride and groom).

Strangely, the dry fondant leached a hot pink color out of the frosting.  It looked tie-dyed!!  Obviously that was no good so I used a damp paper towel to moisten the whole thing before I did the tip work.  
Hippie wedding cake... avoided.

I had to drive the cake to the reception and I was afraid it would slid all over...
Cinder blocks...problem solved. That cake did not budge.

In the end the stress is all worth it.

5 comments:

Kristen said...

Really pretty Mello! You do great work!

Camille said...

Wow! I am impressed! I keep meaning to call you...sorry it has been so long! I want to get together with you and am hoping to come down to Provo sometime soon. I will call you for more details.

The cake is beautiful! I love the black and white. I am so sad we were out of town that weekend, I really wanted to go!

Stefani said...

Wowie! Wow! Wow!

Janet said...

beautiful, just beautiful, meldy!

Michelle Hayes said...

You amaze me.. seriously..