Damask Wedding Cake

My sweet cousin Ashley got hitched this past week. She asked me to do her cake. Her main directions were that she wanted a black and white damask pattern with a lime green layer and black ribbon.

The bow was my addition. They loved the cake.

The cake was a caramel cake with browned-butter caramel filling and a buttercream finish. The damask pattern was hand piped in royal icing.

Congratulations Ashley and BJ!

Raindow Wedding Cake

My cousin and his partner had their commitment ceremony this past weekend. I was asked to make the cake. It was definitely the most colorful cake I've done yet!

 The cake was marble cake with Bavarian cream filling, finished with buttercream icing and fondant.

Congrats Dru and Chad.

Fuschia & Teal Wedding Cake

My nephew, Spencer, was married a week ago. His cute bride asked me to do their cake. She wanted something a little different, and loved the idea of a non-white wedding cake. They loved their cake, and so did I.

The bottom tier was strawberry cake with strawberry filling and the top tier was lemon cake with lemon filling.  The middle two were false. It was finished with buttercream icing and fondant flowers.

Congratulations Spencer and Stephanie!

Fazio Wedding Cake

Months and months ago my cousin Rachel asked me to make her wedding cake. She and her fiance wanted something different. So, we went with square tiers, each rotated on it's axis, with a whimsical piped design. I think it turned out well, and the happy couple loved it!

The bottom tier was red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. The second tier was false. The third tier was white cake with raspberry filling and the top was red velvet with Bavarian cream filling. It was finished in butter cream icing with edible beads and royal icing accents. The cake took 10 pounds of sugar, 25+ pounds of icing and almost an entire 16 oz. bottle of red food coloring. I kid you not.

Congratulations Rachel & Justin!

Morrow wedding cake

I have a really hard time saying no to cake requests from family. So, even though I knew I'd be making a birthday cake the same week, I agreed to do a wedding cake for my biological mom's-cousins-son's wedding. Follow that?

Luckily, the cake was fairly simple in design. The only snag was that the groom has Celiac disease, so the top tier had to be gluten free.I was given the instructions that the bride liked white-on-white designs and the wedding colors were Navy and white. So, I went from there.

The top two tiers had a simple swag design with navy ribbon, and the middle tier had a more intricate piped design. Their florist added flowers later. The couple used their own topper.

And, here is the happy couple cutting the cake!

And, some more images of the cake at the wedding:

Mecham Wedding Cake

I was asked by a friend to do her brother's wedding cake. The wedding took place a few weeks ago and the couple was great to work with!

The cake was vanilla or vanilla almond with cream cheese filling. All the flowers are edible.

All the flowers before making it on to the cake!

Will & Bonnie's cake

The last cake of the week! This wedding cake was fairly simple. The bride wanted a two-tier white cake with black ribbon & red roses. And, she chose silk flowers. I put a little dot detail on the cake, and think it turned out nice. It was a chocolate cake inside.

Congrats Bonnie & Will!

Red Poppy Wedding Cake

My darling cousin (who is more like a sister to me) was married yesterday. She honored me by asking me to make her wedding cake. Of course I said yes, and have been busy at work for the past two weeks making flowers, frosting, etc. My mom baked the cake and I assembled and decorated it.

First, I made LOTS of gumpaste flowers.  There are three sizes of red poppies, white daisies and smaller five-petaled white flowers, plus three sizes of leaves. 

The bride does not like fondant, so I was charged with the task of creating a smooth buttercream surface. I made lots of icing - about 20 batches! The cake was three square tiers, plus two square satellite cakes. Luckily my Mom's fridge was empty so I stored them in there overnight.

All the finishing work was done on site. I really would prefer NOT having an audience when finishing a cake, it is kind of stressful, but I had lots of onlookers. They were very interested and didn't interfere, so it is all good. (I may have some pictures coming of my finishing the cake.)

And here is the final product. I think it turned out pretty good for my first wedding cake.

Lessons learned: Make sure your baker knows to level the cakes before freezing them. Make sure the cake base is transported in the same vehicle as the cake so you don't have a heart attack when you can't find it. And, don't pull the ribbon too tight on a buttercream base.