My wedding cake cherry has been popped!!

My family has been blessed to have had 3 weddings this year! And I was fortunate enough to have been the Maid of Honor for 1 and cake maker for the other 2!! Back in March I wrote a post about Mujer's* wedding (remember Wedding Day/Dottie's Birthday Night?) where I played her right-hand girl. Well in June, our cousin Marlon married his long-time girlfriend Amanda, and I got to pop my wedding cake virginity!!

The cake!

Top tiers...

Close-up of the top

 

Two months later, his older brother Chris married the love of his life! Click here to see the cake I did for his wedding and how I made it!

*For those of you who may be new to my blog (or may have just forgotten), Mujer is what I call my mom

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!!