Up to this point in my cake decorating, I have really only done birthday parties and small events like that. This coming weekend, I'm doing my first wedding cake... and it's for my MOTHER-IN-LAW!!!! I am nervous and excited and nervous... It's a relatively simple cake she wants as far as design. I'm doing hexagon shaped tiers, with a simple white cake and cream cheese frosting. Then she wants a blueish teal wash on the cake, so we're using my Wilton Airbrush for the first time (don't worry, I've been playing with it!!) Pretty ribbon wrap at the base of the tiers then accented with a half inch thick rope, with smalll nautical knots to finish it. Shes getting marries and having her reception at a place called the Lighthouse. So the nautical theme works out well!!
So what I would like to know is, how did your first wedding cake or big cake turn out? Were you more nervous or excited? And whats the biggest lesson you learned from that big cake?
Thanks!!
Katie
Sorry it's quarter inch thick rope... They wont let me edit my post :(
I've told my story on this site before but I'll encourage you w/it again :)
My older daughter gave us 6 weeks to the day to plan her wedding on a tight, shoestring budget. She made her own dress; the MIL-to=be made the bridesmaids dresses and I made the cake....only cakes I ever made before that were a few family b'days cakes. MIL talked dau into a 'homemade cake w/cream cheese icing'. She had taken decorating class some 10 yrs before and never did anything w/it. She offered the equipment she had stored in the barn Looking through the old Wilton yrbook we picked out one that looked plain/easy. I ended up making a 4 tiered cake w/satellite cakes connected w/those plastic bridges. It was covered w/'squiggles' (cornelli lace) and real violets. And really, it turned out great. Some 3 days later I got a call from pastor's wife; someone's plans for cake 'this coming wkend' fell through and could I help make one? Did that then 3 wks later someone else asked me to make their wedding cake. That's when I decided I needed to take lessons!
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