In addition to making jewelry, body products, and other fun
crafties, making food is one of my favorite pastimes. Combining my love of food and my love of crafts, I've been dabbling in cake making, more and more.
This week, I made my very first wedding cake, and the first cake I've ever been paid for. I'm very proud. It was a very complicated order, with NO time to spare.
The couple wanted a groom's cake shaped like a crate of explosives, to represent the groom who is an explosives expert in the military. They sent me a single photo, and I tried to control my growing anxiety.
The cake itself was
German chocolate with a
Bavarian chocolate filling. After hours of working with fondant, a ruler, and a
razor blade, I managed to make it look just like the picture. I couldn't have been prouder. Here are the results:
Couldn't be prouder :)
The actual wedding cake was another story. Measuring 14" in diameter, 3" in height for the bottom layer, 12" in diameter, 3" in height for the second layer. The bottom layer was chocolate, with
Bavarian chocolate filling, and the top layer was chocolate hazelnut with a
raspberry cream filling. The bride wanted a deep peach fondant, with two stars on each layer, and three stars shooting off the top. I didn't have a photo, only a rough sketch and a few emails to work with.
In the end, it came out to be exactly what she described:
Viola! It's a wedding cake. While I'm happy with the result, I'm glad it's over. After two days of straight cake work, I'm ready for a rest :)
