Happy Wedding Day!

 When I first began baking/decorating...I started out with cakes.

I took the Wilton Basics cake decorating class.

I had always wanted to learn cake decorating.

 As time went by, I got more into custom cookie decorating and cakes fell by the wayside.

I still had a yearning to learn more with cake decorating, but I never really had any requests.

So I didn't really have the opportunity to grow and learn.

 I also had some fears of cakes.

Then...

I got this request.

A wedding cake.

(aaaaggh!)

Major fear set in.  Could I do this?

Was I capable? 

I decided to go for it.

 After all, it was a fairly simple design and a fairly small cake.

I got this.  I can do this.

I read.  I studied. I watched videos. I asked questions.

I was ready.

 I set to work making the fondant flowers.  Amazingly enough, they were very easy!

It was like being a kid all over again and playing with playdough!

I honestly had a lot of fun with them.  I made homemade marshmallow fondant, tinted it lavender, and once finished...added a little luster dust for a pretty shimmer.

 The cake was a gluten-free vanilla with classic buttercream.

Fondant roses.

 The finished product in my frig.

I think it turned out pretty good for my first wedding cake!

After all, it was not only my first wedding cake...but my first gluten-free cake, my first stacked two-tier cake, and my first with fondant roses!

I'd say it was a success!

Not only did I do the small cake for the bride and groom...

I also did 400...yes FOUR HUNDRED...cake pops for dessert for the guests.

I did 200 chocolate and 200 vanilla.

It was a really nerve-wracking, but overall a great experience and one that I was truly happy with.

Congratulations to the bride and groom!

Wishing you a lifetime of health and happiness!