Pillow Wedding cake

On August 11th, our cousin/brother/uncle married the love of his life! The cake I made for them was probably the most difficult, and beautiful, cake I've made to date. Since it was my first time making a shaped cake, I took progression pics chronicling the process.

Day 1: Bake all layers twice and let cool completely. Refrigerate overnight. Color fondant to desired shade(s).

 

 

Day 2: Level all layers. Crumb coat then frost bottom layers and let set

 

 

Cover in fondant and trim edges; trim cake boards if needed

 



 

Carefully, flip over bottoms. Frost and/or fill then place top layer on

 

 

Just as before, crumb coat, frost, set and cover with fondant. Make quilt design with a ruler

 

 

Add tassels and buttons to bottom tier; pipe trim

 

 

Stack tiers and anchor with dowel(s). Add embellishments to top tier and cover all tiers with edible pearls

 

 

Shape bow and let set overnight

 

 

Day 3: Carefully remove bow from form, cover middle with a strip of fondant and secure on cake...DONE!!!

 

 

 

 I absolutely loved the end result and I hope you did too!!