Anatomy of a Cake…

This past weekend, I was honored to make a cake for my Niece, Danielle’s, Bridal Shower.  Her wedding style is all the things I love in cake, er, um…weddings!

Pretty, light, delicate, soft, bohemian style outdoorsy, flowery, ruffly, lacey…all sweetness and girly.

When I was asked to do her Bridal Shower cake I was given free reign on design and flavors.  Here is basically how it went down…

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I’ve been making cakes for many years, but this does not mean that it is always uneventful.  There is always just one or two things that happen to go the wrong direction.  Almost always my own fault, doing something I know I shouldn’t, or not doing something I know I should.  Let’s just say that I have an entire chocolate cake layer in the freezer waiting to be made into a trifle someday.  The importance of cooling times is highly underrated!

In the end the shower was absolutely lovely, the bride-to-be seemed to really love the cake (and that’s SUPER important).  The cake tasted pretty delicioso if you ask me!

Bottom Tier:  Mocha with fresh Raspberry Mousse filling.

Top Tier: Luschious Lemon with Lemon Curd/Buttercream Filling

Frosting: All Butter, Vanilla Buttercream…dreamy!

Weddings, weddings and more weddings…

My oh my…you would think it was June forever around here!  So many weddings, so much cake!  

It seems my “caking” has been quite busy lately, and I’ve been enjoying creating many different designs and working with some new techniques.  Always learning, learning. 

In November, one of my nieces got married, I was honored to make Nikita’s cake:

In December, my “best customer”, Lyndsay ordered 9 dozen Christmas cupcakes, and my gracious, they were delicious!

The first week of January was a friends son’s wedding.  His (now wife) Ashley, asked me to make this:

This coming weekend is another nieces Bridal Shower.  Here is a glimpse into a tiny portion of Danielle’s cake:

Nope,it’s not a space alien theme! LOL

This same niece is getting married in March, no sneak peeks at the wedding cake plans! 

And still another niece, Rachel, is getting married in the Fall.  However, I will not be making her cake since she’ll be running off to Vegas for a fun get-a-way wedding.

In February, my sweet friend Cheryl has asked me to make 90 pink carnation cupcakes for a 90th birthday celebration!  How wonderful to be a part of such a sweet time.

The cake I’m most looking forward to making this year?  My own son and his bride-to-be’s wedding cake. 

Cris and Christina will be having a small wedding, but since I’ve been waiting 22 1/2 years, they are going to have a BIG cake, LOL.  Oh I am one excited Momma!

So….What have you been up to?

Have a sweet and beautiful day!

 

Kathy