Dum Dum Da Dum :)

A good friend of mine got married in January 2010, in the Dominican. It was a beautiful wedding with some of the best food and hands down the BEST fruit punch I have ever tasted! Anyhow because it was such a large trip and a small venue, not everyone was able to attend. So on their first anniversary, they had an anniversary/wedding reception. Another small gathering but an opportunity for those who didn't attend the wedding to celebrate.
On new years eve she approached me to help her make a wedding cake for the reception. She wasn't able to have one in the Dominican, and she wanted to have one. This was my very first wedding cake I have ever attempted; but since I was making my brother's wedding cake in July I needed the practice. So I said yes. I was super excited and super scared. What do I know about making wedding cakes. I haven't covered cakes that big with fondant yet. But she had faith in me, and I had to learn somewhere.She wanted to have a hand in it as well, so she baked all the cakes and I just covered them.
It was a very simple design that she found on a Martha Stewart website. There were many little glitches so it didn't look much like it at all, but it was our inspiration and I think the finished product was pretty decent. (If I was being totally honest I personally though it was awful. It's hard to see past all the imperfections that you know are there, but in the end I felt better about the whole thing.)
It was just four tiers covered in white fondant, with fondant pearls. Then we used the silk flowers from her bouquet to accent it. I'm definitely glad that pictures easily hid the imperfections.
I now have a better idea of what to expect for my next one.