Square wedding cake.... Oh my?!

MWhy oh why did I agree to square fondant covered wedding cake???

Because I'm always up for a challenge that's why!

My first professional square cake was butter cream only with a gum paste Lilly and gum paste sea shells!!

Luckily the gum paste Lilly was fantasy flower (looks similar but not natural) and it is covered in fondant!

Unfortunately, I've never covered a square cake in fondant!!! Ah what to do what to do...

I searched online duh! And practiced! And it turned out well!!!! 

The design of the cake was from the bride. I was sooooooo lucky I was searching for something else and found this excellent filigree stencil on Evil Cake Genius. I was so excited to use it and it was beautiful!!!!  Stacked the cake and used this dowel technique I saw where there's one long center dowel since the cake had a three hour road trip!!!!

The cake was vanilla cake with vanilla IMBC and vanilla fondant with chocolate royal icing (tinted black).

It was wonderful! The friend of the bride who ordered the cake had great things to say about it and he said they LOVED the cake!!! Excellent way to end a square cake weekend ☺️

Well, happy caking!!!!

Jae

2/28 Wedding Cake

Hello,

After the long sad hiatus, I'm back!!!! I actually haven't stopped working nor have I stopped making cakes, I have been so wrapped up in life that I had to step back from my blog...

That's over!!!! Back to the cake!!!!!

So yesterday was the beautiful wedding for Eric and Samantha. I had the opportunity to meet them through my friend who also was their caterer!

So I made them a four tier, stacked, all butter cream cake!

I've done stacked cakes before but to say I was intimidated by how large this cake was going to be is an understatement! But praise God, it turned out beautiful!!!!

The entire cake is vanilla with vanilla Italian Meringue butter cream, the silver accents are silver diamond cake jewelry bling, and the flowers are real organic white roses with the one pink rose for accent.

This is truly a favorite cake this far!!!!

Until next time cakers,

Jae

First Cheese Board

I'm such a foodie sometimes.  So this crazy weekend, I was able to build my first cheese board.  One I was super nervous, because wow, they trust me (feeling like a little minion) to do this... but after doing it, I felt super relived and happy that it looked cool.  Did I mention, I love cheese!!!!

My first cheese board with Chef Ashley

Cheese, dried fruits and nuts, fresh strawberries

Awesome cheese board

Cheese board I did alone... cool huh???

I like it

They look cool?

My cheese board and Chef A's meat and cheese board, her's is way bigger and cooler...  

Also, my co-worker Ashley had a great wedding cake today, but I didn't get any photos... I will post more as time progresses... love ya...

Jae

End of Wedding Week: Phillips Wedding Cake

After a stressful week, I finished the wedding cake!

So here is the run down on it: vanilla genoise, vanilla cream cheese filling, vanilla butter cream fondant. I made a plaque out of fondant, which i purple dusted the letters, finished with ribbon.

Overall, I loved it. If I had to do it over, I wouldnt be as stressed out, but Im a perfectionist. Wanted the bride to be happy.

So, there's the good end to my week. I hope you enjoy your weekend!!!