Happy Mothers' Day!

I came across an incredibly cute cake the other day in my random blog searches. I looked at it and thought, 'I can do that'. So I did. And added my own little twist. 

One word. Ruffles. 

And who better to make a ridiculously cute ruffled cake for than my Mom. The cake in honor of Mothers' Day and to all the women in my life who have been Moms' to me. But especially for my Mom who is the person who will actually get to eat this little beauty. 

(I also got a new camera... can you tell I had fun editing the photos?)

cute fabric background too, huh? I'm kind of in love with it.

The cake was a white cake with a pink tinted buttercream icing in between the layers, then covered in a yellow tinted buttercream. The pink ruffle flower is also buttercream that I froze to get it hard enough to attach a little ways up the front of the cake with its' center being a large circle sprinkle (for lack of better word). The ruffle was incredibly easy to make using a petal icing tip. Sadly, I delivered the cake to my Mom and the flower kind of fell down the cake, but at least I got pictures prior to! And now I know... Add buttercream embellishments on site!

So there it is. 

A cute ruffle cake for my Mom. 

Happy Mothers' Day Mom. Love you lots! 

And thank you for instilling a craftiness in me that has kind of overtaken my life

 and allows me to feed my perfectionist personality! : )

Wedding Cake #5

When I first made my friend Chrissy's wedding cake, I never would have dreamed that I would continue making other wedding cakes. But here it is #5!

A friend from high school recently contacted me asking if I would be willing and able to make her wedding cake. I'm all over getting some more practice in, because really, deep down, this is what I would love to do with my life (however without formal training it's quite difficult, so I'll take what I can!). 

It started the same way that I've started any wedding cake (or cake for that matter) with lots of questions. What flavor? Do you like fondant? Color scheme? Do you have pictures of what you are thinking of? etc. She sent on a few different pictures pointing out what she liked from each cake. At first, I will admit I was a little skeptical about what this cake was going to look like. It had quite a few different elements going on that I wasn't sure how they would blend together.

Here is the general idea of what the cake was going to look like. The top tier and the bottom tier were going to have the same pattern on them, preferably swirls or the like. The middle tier was going to be covered in vertical stripes. The 3 tiers were all going to be different heights as well, with the middle tier being the tallest. The cake was going to be covered in a faux fondant finish (so smooth buttercream) in white, with the patterns being white as well. There was to be green ribbon on it, and I don't even know how to describe it, other than to look like a present. However, once you see the pictures you'll know that is the worst description ever. At the corner where the ribbon intersected the bride had asked for some bling. As for a cake topper, it was going to be a be-dazzled 'D', which the bride was responsible for finding. The cake also had to serve 60 people.

Now typically wedding cake slices are quite small, yet the bride asked that the cake be able to cut larger and still provide enough for 60 people, since her family was a big fan of sweets. The sizes that I chose ended up being, 5 inch top tier, 7 inch middle tier, and 10 inch bottom tier. With the height of the tiers, this cake could serve up to 115 people with the typical wedding cake slice.

A week before the wedding, the bride contacted me saying now the cake had to serve 80, and I assured her, that there would be plenty of cake, as well, the cake topper was now some flowers and giant rhinestones that her sister was providing, and they would be waiting at the venue for me to place on the cake. So now I had a patterned white on white cake, with green ribbon doing a criss-cross thing, bling, and some flowers on top. Again, I was getting worried about what this cake was going to look like when it was all done.

I was pleasantly surprised and proud of this cake when it was all done. Despite some trials along the way, including my sister sitting in the back watching the cake (we had stacked it before we left the house for the venue) making pained noises and small cries of worry everytime we hit the tiniest bump. Love you Mandy!

So here are the long awaited pictures after my ramble.... I hope you like them!

The middle tier

Close up 

                             

Yummy Layers

Finished product

Sorry for the weird long row of pictures. I couldn't figure out how to make them side by side! : )

And I will say the best part of making a wedding cake, 

is having the bride love it.... 

and she did!

The busy month of May!

Well, this month is going to be fun blogging!

I will get my most recent wedding cake up, today is the goal! But then I have a Mother's Day Cake in the plans for my fabulous Mommy, and my cupcake of the month. Also, I never did get my mini egg cookies made, so those may have to be a spring treat for May. I'm considering attempting sugar cookies again. I've come across amazing sites with some of the most gorgeous cookies I've ever seen, and I need to know if it's a skill I can develop or if I just should stay clear and admire everyone elses' cookie skills. And last but not least, I am going to California this month. Very spontaneous and so not like me, but I have to visit a friend and Disneyland is calling! So maybe, just maybe I'll take lots of pictures of all the amazing Disney treats to show you why you need to go to Disneyland, if only for the food! : )

Have a fabulous May! The weather is gorgeous here today, and I can only hope it will get better!