A special Reunion

At the beginning of September, my sister-in-laws old neighbor had contacted me looking for a cake. She saw the cake I made for my sister in laws shower and loved it. It was her daughters birthday, and it was a special one for them. So she wanted a special cake to celebrate. She liked the style from the shower, so I stuck to the same idea but made a few changes so that it was special to her. I used the same color pink, but put lace over top. I included her name and different flowers. I love simple and pretty designs. Here it is...

I think I can...I think I can

On Thursday May 19th, there was a little food show in Essex, Ont. called Treats of the tracks. Held at the train station. The restaurants in Essex all came together and had booths where they displayed delicious morsels that their restaurants offered. My in-laws own a diner in town, called Main Street Diner. They had a booth at the show and offered me another opportunity to make a cake and advertise to those in town. Since it was at the train station and called treats of the tracks, I decided to make a two tiered cake that looked like a mountain with a tunnels and train tracks around it, as well as a little train on top. I was going back and forth of how to display it so that everyone would see it. Since it was from 6:30-9 I was afraid that the only people would see it would be the first few guests and by the end it would be all cut up. So I decided to make a dummy cake, it was all Styrofoam. I made two other cakes to serve, so they could also taste my creations. I made a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, (which is quickly becoming my favorite cake, and was a hit with those in attendance) and a new flavor which was Pink Lemonade. That was a delicious cake that I will definitely have to try again. It was a fun show, met lots of really cool people and it was also successful cause I walked away with two orders!!
So stay tuned in the next couple of weeks, lot's to check out! :)

And the fun begins!

In November, my older brother and his girlfriend got engaged! The wedding is July 16th, 2011. When we were discussing their wedding plans, I offered to make their wedding cake and they accepted. Which is kind of why this cake adventure has taken place. I wanted to make sure that when the day arrived that my skills where up to par and that they didn't have a lumpy, sinking cake.

On April 16th, my Mom threw the first of Nancy's showers for our side of the family and friends. My mom asked me to make the shower cake. My mom is one of the most talented florists and decorators. I knew she was going to make the place look amazing, so I wanted a cake that would fit right in. Her wedding colors are bright pink and green. I wanted something simple and pretty.

I made a two tiered cake, the bottom tier was red velvet and the top was lemon almond. The top was originally chocolate, but at 12:30 Am the night before the shower I had to bake another cake! When I went to cover it, it started to crumple and topple. It looked like a lumpy mess. I was not putting that on top of the cake for everyone to see. So I stayed up till 3AM making another cake. It turned out a million times better.

So both tiers were covered in white fondant and had a pink ribbon and bow tied around them. I wanted to do some white piping on it, to give it a more elegant look, but for whatever reason, the buttercream I was using didn't stick to the cake properly. I'm not sure if there is a better icing to use, when piping on fondant but I plan on finding out for next time. So I did some minimal piping on the bottom, and then the top I put some dots. Then when I got to the shower I used the remaining flowers from the decorations to make a topper.

Here is the beautiful bride cutting the cake! ;)