Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Cake-a-licious, Part 2

Here is Part 2 of the wedding cake frenzy! Making wedding cakes can be very stressful, but it is so much fun! I absolutely love doing it, and hopefully will be able to continue as time goes on!

This cake was made for my fiance's father. It is all White Wedding Cake (I actually just used the recipe from Martha Stewart, click here for the recipe!), and the fillings were chocolate ganache (of course!), lemon, and raspberry. I also used a basic buttercream recipe that complimented the lemon and raspberry perfectly. Each layer was cut into four pieces, which meant that I alternated buttercream and the flavored filling within each layer. It turned out delicious, and the bride and groom both loved it!

And yes, those roses ARE edible :)


The only thing that wasn't edible on the cake was the pearls used to decorate it, I tried to find edible pearls but the ones that were available didn't live up to my expectations so I just used actual jewelry pearls instead! I wanted to do something really special for the bride (now my new future stepmother-in-law), so I found a pearl necklace tutorial through Pinterest and decided to take the wedding cake pearls and whip up a quick necklace. 


I absolutely loved how it turned out! If you're interested, click here for the original tutorial that I followed when making this necklace. It was super easy to make, the hardest part for me was finding the ribbon clampers at Michael's! Those things were hidden in a wrack covered in silver clamps, posts, and wire for jewelry making... so confusing! I added an extra strand of pearls because I thought it would make it a little more elegant. Not gonna lie, I may go back and make one of these for myself, maybe in pink...

Monday, January 2, 2012

Cake-a-licious

Ever since the show Cake Boss came on TV, I have been obsessed with cake making! It is unbelievable how realistic these cakes are, and the amazing works of art that people create out of edible materials!

Personally, I have always loved making desserts. Over the past couple years I have experimented around a little with making specialty cakes. Here are just a couple snapshots of the first wedding cake I ever created, enjoy!

Cake in process :)

Close up!

The finished product, with the happy couple!

Be on the lookout for more cake posts, they're definitely a-comin :)