I'm making a wedding cake Delivery Day!

I woke up this morning feeling confident, so I decided to put the cake completely together. My original plan was to take everything and stack the cake at the venue, but I didn't want to feel the pressure of having to hurry and get it done.

So here is the finished cake at home



at the venue

Day 5 I'm making a wedding cake!

Whew! What a day! I am DONE! Now I am a big ball of nerves. I have to deliver the cake tomorrow and then stack it. I am confident the cake is well supported and I limited the decor I put on before hand. Should go well but STILL this is an important piece of the wedding!

I started out the day by making what felt like a million fondant balls


More daisies


Got all the daisies out and melted white chocolate


Used the white chocloate to adhere white wire to the back of some of the smaller daisies


I didn't want to waste the leftover white choclate so I dipped some strawberries in it for an afternoon snack.


I put some daisies and fondant balls on the cakes. Also made them shiny!



Late today I worked on the extra cake. What I made should feed a good amount of people but you never know how big they may cut the pieces.
Made buttercream

Crumb coated

Frosted and added a couple of daisies (this is why I wanted to learn to do fondant, I am not too great at frosting


Now I am thinking of messing around with my lustre dust and Vodka!

Day 4 I'm making a wedding cake!

Yesterday my goal was to cover the cakes with fondant in the morning and then start decorating them towards the evening.

Here they are covered in fondant. I found it easier to cut strips for the larger tier and lay them on rather than roll the fondant over it.



pans on top to make sure the strip ends aren't going to show once tier 2 goes on.

I didn't get much done last night



Today I plan on adding orange circles to the top tier and making LOTS of fondant balls to go around each tier. I also have to finish the daisies and attach them to wire. So much to do and it's going to be a gorgeous day outside. I am hoping to get this done early.

Day 2 & 3 I'm making a wedding cake!

Yesterday I had to make 1 more layer of each tier, the cakes didn't look tall enough. I also started on making the daisies and the flip flops. This evening I will finish up the daisies and the flip flops.

This morning I made buttercream frosting. Yum! This stuff is delicious!

I took the cakes out of the freezer and immediately filled them with buttercream and crumb coated them. After a couple of hours I added more buttercream. The cakes will sit out over night and then get a layer of simple syrup brushed on before the fondant gets layed across each tier.

This is where it gets tricky...I have to keep a 4 year old and a 2 year old away from the dining table until the cakes are delivered. Should be fun times!

Day 1 I'm making a wedding cake!

It typically takes me about 4 days to make a cake. I could probably make one in 2 days if I was kid free, HA that ain't happening! I took a peak at my Household Notebook where I jotted down my plan of action. I gave myself 2 days to make the cakes just incase I don't like the way they stack the following day, I have enough time to make an additional layer or two.
If you look closely you can see the cake I am replicating in the upper left corner.


I started out by making
-2 12 inch round cakes
-2 8 inch round cakes(I don't like the way the 10 inch looks on top of the 12)
-2 6 inch round cakes


Once cooled and leveled out I layed freezer paper on the bottom and top of each layer and placed them in the freezer.
Later this evening I will wrap them completely in freezer paper, they are easier to handle with a chill on them. I surely wouldn't want one to crack in half on me, eeekk!