Oh do I miss the food! I keep a container of Tony's seasoning in the cabinet and break it out when I need a little N'awlins cooking! But they had some places that we used to eat that there is no way to recreate at home!

Good luck with the cake this week! Any ???s, just let us know!

Hey - what a small world! My husband was born in Mississippi, but raised in Louisiana. He sure misses it too. When we got married I had to learn how to cook all over again - amazing food! We have a bottle of Tony's in our cabinet too and his parents are still there so we can visit!

Ok - back to the cake..... your practice cake looks great! Pace yourself and just do it one step at a time - it will be beautiful!! Post pictures when you are done!!

PS: Thanks dodibug and sabney for the compliments - It is nice to hear praise of your work, but I am still learning. dodibug - I have several of your cakes saved, you are awesome!!

drum roll please!! here it is. I couldn't have done it without the help of dodibug and beckysue. You guys were great. This site saved by life. I need to donate to it now.

That turned out really nicely. Great job.

It turned out great! We knew you could do it!

How stressful was doing the 16in in fondant?

How did that large dowel work out to move the fondant?

Somehow I missed the update on Mon-but thank you so much BeckySue!

Now go clean the kitchen sabney!

The large dowel worked out great. Best 6 bucks spent. Hubby cut it down to I think 40 inches. It worked like a charm. Had no problem with 16 inch expect for a little bulge. I've got to figure that out. Maybe too much icing?

Beautiful cake! Great Job! Anybody that seen your cake would never believe this was your first wedding cake if you didn't tell.

BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!! You did great - you should be proud! Now let your husband take you out to dinner and just RELAX!!