Gary and Stephanie

This weekend, I had the pleasure of delivering a wedding cake for a delightful couple.  We met several weeks ago for a consultation, and I just loved them from the start.  The invitation they gave me to use for inspiration had one of my favorite things I have ever seen:  it said "Dinner and dancing to follow (forever)"
It made my heart glad!
We had a great consultation, and Stephanie knew just what she wanted.  A "rosette" cake (these are quite the rage these days!), but done in a yellow ombré effect.  Almost every ombré cake I have ever seen is dark on the bottom and fades to light at the top, but Stephanie wanted to flip that.  I love how it came out!
The wedding was held at the Barn at Price Mountain Farm in Pendergrass.  It was such a gorgeous, peaceful setting and the weather was beautiful.  I hope Gary and Stephanie had an absolutely perfect day!  I was glad to be part of it!


Top and bottom tiers are red velvet with cream cheese filling.  Middle tier is chocolate with buttercream filling.  Outside is all "outdoor" buttercream, which is stablized to hold up to the heat.

Check Mates!!

I delivered this groom's cake last weekend for Cindy, a teacher friend whose daughter was getting married in Decatur.  She told me that the groom loves three things-- chess, his wife-to-be, and their dog Bodie.  Cindy had the cute idea of making a chess board, but replacing the king and queen with the bride and groom.  Bodie was to take the place of one of the pawns.
I LOVE how this came out!  I hand sculpted all the chess pieces of fondant, which was slightly interesting given that my knowledge of chess is minimal! This cake was a monster (16x16x4... you do the math.  I think it weighed 50 pounds!), but it was so much fun to make. 
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Dye!!

Chocolate cake, cookies and cream filling.  Buttercream frosting with fondant squares and chess pieces.

A Puck, A Puck of Burning Love

Earlier this week, I delivered a bridal shower cake to my mother-in-law's middle school.  The shower was for a fellow teacher who, along with her hubs-to-be, LOVES hockey.  Peg asked me to do something that looked "wedding-ish" but also incorporated hockey paraphernalia, and this is what I came up with.  I love the look of scrollwork cakes, and I think the hockey puck mini-cake on top is a fun way to celebrate the union of two hockey nuts!

Sour cream pound cake, buttercream frosting and filling, fondant accents.

Bridal Blue

Yesterday I returned to my old stomping grounds.  I delivered a cake for a bridal shower at the middle school where I used to teach, and where I still have so many dear friends.  The shower was for Betsy, who is acting as technology coordinator for the school this year.  In a school as large as that one (~2500 kids!!  Hundreds of teachers!!), she has a gigantic job.  I know all the staff wanted to shower her with love and well wishes for her life as an old married lady! :-)

Because it was a school-wide shower, this cake needed to serve a lot of people.  It wound up looking quite like (and weighing as much as!  Mercy!) a wedding cake, but if I know one thing about teachers, it's that cake never survives more than 24 hours in a school.  Hopefully they all enjoyed it.  Congrats, Betsy!!

Sour cream pound cake, buttercream filling and frosting, fondant ribbons.  "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" written around base tier.

Beachy Bride

This was the second cake I delivered today-- a bridal shower cake for a beach wedding.  Amie had asked me to create a realistic looking sand dollar cake (a new one for me!), and to up the number of servings I added a cake base.  A little brown sugar sand + some chocolate seashells around the base + a light dusting with shimmer powder = a coastal cake that makes me want a vacation!
Enjoy your shower, ladies!!

Sour cream pound cake, lemon mousse filling, buttercream frosting.  Sandollar is cake covered in fondant, painted with edible silver glaze.  Seashells are white chocolate brushed with pearl dust.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue (...and Brown!)

Today I delivered my first wedding cake.  While I have made cakes comparable in size for birthdays, I've never had the opportunity to make a cake for the biggest day in two people's lives. Thankfully, my bride, Caprece, was exceptionally easy to work with.  We chatted about colors and reception design, and we arrived at this conclusion.  I also custom made the topper for her. I hope that the cake will be the perfect addition to their celebration as they start their lives together!
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Scott!

Sour cream pound cake, fudge filling.  All buttercream and fudge frosting.