My First Wedding Cake

       By saying my "first" wedding cake, that means I think there might be a "second", huh?  This one was very stressful, but that was mostly due to poor planning.  We got back from our trip on Sunday night, and I didn't have any of the supplies I needed.  I was too tired to go get them, so I had to take the kids shopping on Monday morning.

        Getting the entire family dressed and ready to go before 10am is something that most homeschool mothers are not good at.  I truly am in awe that 'regular' school moms are able to do this each day.  After three stores I finally got my crew back to the house around lunchtime.  That meant that I had five hours to bake, level, ice, and cover the cake with fondant. 

         This is what an overbaked cake looks like.  It was a 10 in pan, which I had never used before, so I should dropped the temp down to 325.

        Even with a fondant cake there is a layer of buttercream.  It makes it easier to spread the fondant, but also most people just peel the fondant off the cake when they eat it.  Fondant is truly some nasty stuff.  This was a french vanilla buttercream.  I made it using vanilla and hazelnut flavoring.  Normally, I use butter flavor, but I wanted something different.  It tasted great on its own, but not with butter-flavored cake. 

          Normally I would make all the decorations (flowers) ahead of time, but I didn't do that either.  So this poor cake is very plain, with only two small sprays of fondant roses.

By the way, this wedding cake was for a class, not for someone's wedding. I would never do that to a bride!

10:17 PM - Nov. 1, 2007 - post comment

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Wow...that is amazing. Sarah and I would like to learn how to decorate cakes with fondant, etc. That cake is very lovely.

~ Angela

trustingdaily - 11:30 PM - Nov. 1, 2007

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Wow! That was last minute? You should see my last minute cakes (bought from Costco) hee hee.
Blessings,
Linda<><

Homeschooling6 - 11:46 PM - Nov. 1, 2007

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What! That was gorgeous!! Great job.

JavaMama - 2:00 PM - Nov. 2, 2007

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The pictures look gorgeous! I love your cake pics, brings back memories of my cake dec. days- wow about 17 yrs ago lol. I made my own wedding cake, 3 tier w/ waterfall, but wish I would not have chosen to "save money" lol.

have a great week
Denise
aka /curiouscat

HeartnSoul - 5:17 PM - Nov. 3, 2007

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Wow!
You are a professional!
You could have done that for the wedding we just had...come see!

Keri - 2:13 PM - Nov. 6, 2007

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Sometimes simplicity is grand. I love it!!!

squeeli - 10:00 PM - Nov. 11, 2007

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