Perfect Spring Wedding Cake

Last spring my nephew got married. He and his bride asked that I make a cake for their open house. They were married in Portland and Katie had someone make their wedding cake. The wedding and the cake were beautiful. When they came to Washington for their other reception I wanted a cake that would impress. I couldn't just make one cake. I wanted a cake buffet! Here is what I came up with.

Cake Ball Wedding Cake

This was a fun cake that I just finished making for my nephews wedding reception. Very fun unique cake. Each of those bubbles are actually a cake ball, or known to others as a cake pop. This cake had roughly 15 dozen cake balls on it. It had 8 flavors: chocolate, white sour cream almond, chocolate raspberry, chocolate orange, chocolate mint, strawberry, lemon, and cookies and cream.

It was the perfect cake for this fun couple. 

Originally I had made a bunch of quilled fondant flowers. However it was so warm in the venue that they just wouldn't stay on the cake. I still think that it turned out pretty good. 

White and Purple Tiered Cake

We had a talent/variety show at church not to long ago.  I really wanted to make a cake.  There are people who know I make cakes, but for the most part alot of people didn't know.  Here is what I came up with.  Cake covered in fondant and piped in white. Then fondant flowers with purple fondant centers covered in purple sanding sugar.

Bailey's Wedding Cake

My little sister has been married now for 8 months now.  Her cake was eaten 8 months ago.  Yes I am REALLY late in posting this.  I do have a good excuse though.  I didn't take one picture! Can you believe that?  Luckily her photographer, a friend of mine, took some amazing shots.  It just took me awhile to get them to work on my computer.  So without further ado....Here is her beautiful cake.

Each of those dots you see (around 1200) were piped onto perfectly smooth buttercream.  I was so happy with how it turned out.  Even if it did take hours.





Handmade daisies to match her theme and color.

I just had to throw this one in.  No he isn't the groom, but instead my overly obnoxious, crazy, sexy husband. 



Try Freezing Your Cake

It is birthday time again at our house.  Razy will be turning 4 on Saturday!  I can't believe my youngest is going to be 4.  Well with birthdays come CAKE!  This year Razy has picked yet another girly cake.  It took me a bit to get into the cake making mood, but I am now totally on board.  I thought I would share with you some tips along the way as I make Razy's cake.  Sorry no picture for today, but it is pretty easy to see what I am talking about. 

TIP NUMBER 1

Try Freezing Your Cake!

Not only does this allow you to start baking early,

but it also makes the cake moist,

alot easier to frost, and it will hold up better.

I try to bake my cakes the week before I want to decorate them.  If I don't get around to it I will usually make them Monday or Tuesday of that week.  For Example: If we are serving the birthday cake on Saturday, I will make the cake on Monday or Tuesday.  I will take it out Thursday and begin the decorating process.  If you don't have the time, try to at least freeze it for 24 hours.  Trust me you won't be disappointed.  

To Freeze:

Bake your cake and let cool completely

Wrap in 2-3 layers of saran wrap

Wrap in 2-3 layers of aluminum foil

Place in freezer

I stack like sizes on top of eachother.  If you place smaller sizes onto larger ones you will get a dip in the middle of your larger cake.

Happy Baking!

Scroll and Swirl Wedding Cake

My largest cake yet was made for my Brother and his new Bride this weekend. I had a lot of fun learning how to pipe for the first time.  I can't wait to do more in the future.  I was so nervous and didn't want to free hand it but I did anyway and here is what I came up with.

So as a litttle tip...you must have confidence when doing piping work.  It takes practice, but the more confident you are the steadier your hand will be.  I was so nervous to do this cake that I practiced a couple times prior to the real thing.  The improvement jump from the first time the the third time was dramatic.  I was going to pin prick the whole image onto the cake.  However, I found that doing that method was actually harder.  If I accidentally didn't cover the pin prick it would look bad.  Freehanding actually was easier.

From Top to Bottom Tier:

Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Filling

Vanilla with Lemon Cream Filling

White Almond Sour Cream with Cream Cheese Filling

Chocolate with White Chocolate Italian Meringue Buttercream and Raspberry Filling

The newly weds cutting the cake.  Thank you guys for trusting me to make your cake.  Best wishes to the both of you.  I love you!

Kali and Kyle's Pinecone Wedding Cake

This cake was made for a friend of the family.  She gave me a picture for inspiration and a paint color chip to match the fondant to.  I was really happy with the way it turned out. 

 The pinecones were made from real pinecones I found in the clearance section at walmart for a dollar.  I then iced them with royal icing to make the snow affect.  The twigs were shaped using 22g wire and then wrapped with floral tape.  Let me tell you floral tape is not my favorite thing to work with.  It is so sticky.  The tiers are all covered in fondant and then wrapped with blue ribbon.  The perfect cake for a wintery wedding. 



Elegant Black Tie Wedding Cake

I will admit that I was extremely nervous for this cake.  I have known that I was going to be making it for about 8 months.  A wedding cake is a big deal and I didn't want to make any mistakes.  After setting up the cake I was actually really pleased.  I started thinking... "Hey I actually can do this cake thing".  I even had someone ask me to make thier wedding cake.  Who knows, maybe when the kids are older I could go into business. 

16" square - sour cream almond cake and buttercream filling and icing

12" square - chocolate cake with nutella filling and buttercream icing

8" square - lemon cake with lemon filling and icing

***Thanks to my friend Katrina for the chocolate cake recipe and the nutella idea.  The cake tasted just as good as it looked.

Congratulations Vanessa and Joshua!!