Caroline & Michael's Wedding Cake

This cake was made for eating. It was Marie's famous carrot cake (scratch made and delicious!) for which she gave me the recipe, with a delicious homemade cream cheese icing. Cream cheese icing is a little more temperamental than buttercream, because when it gets warm, it begins to melt or get thin very easily. So, you might end up adding a lot more confectioner's sugar than originally called for to keep it the right consistency for decorating. But, boy, is it delicious, especially on a carrot or red velvet cake. 

Caroline wanted white satin wrapped around the cake in sashes to mimic her beautiful dress. The satin was pinned with fresh gardenias on the sides of the cake, and she selected a beautiful pair of white doves to top the cake. 

Something about a cake up on stilts just adds to the excitement. Caroline liked the idea of this small fountain under her cake, with aqua colored glass stones to match her wedding colors. I was guarding the table until the cake cutting so that no young children decided to come running up to it and shake the table! But, everything went smoothly, and everyone got to enjoy a slice of the cake. 

My first Wedding Cake

Okay, so in the process of moving a lot, I can't find any pictures of the first wedding cake I made, except this one:

Hopefully I will be able to find some other pictures soon, where the bottom isn't cut off and the cake is more clearly in focus. But anyway, the cake was five tiers, covered in ivory fondant, with hundreds of tiny white fondant rosettes surrounding each tier. Marie and I worked on this cake together, and she lovingly taught me a lot about making wedding cakes. I remember her saying, "It's about the overall effect." I also remember getting pretty good at rolling tiny rosettes out of fondant after doing quite a few! Haha.

Sorry if I sound a little distracted. I am watching "Hurt Locker" right now as I write this... what a combination. Not exactly my favorite genre, but an impressive movie. I see why it recently won so many awards.