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Autumn Cake
This groom worked for the forestry department & his job was ridding our forest of a certain kind of maple tree & replacing them with native oak. So I had VERY strict orders on acceptable leaves and unacceptable leaves. I actually went into the forest & used real local leaves to make these instead of cutters & veiners. He adored it and said they were perfect local leaves & acorns. It was a fun project to have a walk through the woods be part of my business needs
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Lindsey Wedding Cake
This is a lemon with raspberry filling. It's maragrita themed. THe people on top are my first attempt at gumpaste figures & I was very proud until the humidity went to 100% in my house today & the bride snapped in half! The wedding still hasn't started & I'm waiting for the bride to call & say the bride is in a pile next to the cake. The things we bakers deal with!
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Natalie's Aqua Dream
This is hexagon vanilla with raspberry mousse filling & jam & vanilla buttercream. It was outside & boy was I nervous! An outdoor wedding on July 1st? But today is just gorgeous, high humidity but only 75 degrees (in Ohio.) Fortunate bride! The lilies are real. I stuck the stems in straws before putting them on.
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Centerpiece Cakes
I made 30 6" square cakes with rice paper butterflies ( 200 butterflies!!!) Never again will I agree to such an intense project. I had to drive them 80 miles too. Can you see the other 2 behind this one? The overall effect was beautiful but I think this is the worst quality frosting job I've ever done. The taste, however, was not sacrificed.
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Hearts With Piped Pink Hearts
This is a lemon cake with lemon buttercream filling & vanilla buttercream on the outside in the shape of hearts: 6", 10", 14." On the outside I piped random hearts & dots & scroll work & then after it had all dried I dusted it with pink pearl dust, just a slight sheen of pink. I got the date mixed up & delivered it yesterday & there was no wedding! Talk about a panic attack. The wedding was today! So I toted it back home & it sat on my table last night. Sigh. I had a senior moment and I'm only 32!
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Doctor's Bag
Sheet cake with a fondant Doctor's bag on top. I took a sheet cake & cut it into 3 parts & layered them, then froze it & carved & crumb coated while frozen. Then covered in fondant. I painted it while still thawing so the fondant was wet & the brush marks showed. I thought it turned out well. Bought a chocolate mold of doctor's equipment & used fondant pressed into it for the tools.



















