The Wedding Cake!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, I made a wedding cake! Mi Hermanito got married a couple of weeks ago and I was in charge of the wedding cake. All of that practice payed off because it turned out mostly pretty good! The bride (my new Sister) watched me working on part of it, and that was slightly nerve wracking. Imagine making a huge cake, that you have never made before, and having the bride sitting there, staring at you - plus assorted family members, whoa.

When I was making the first 12 inch layer, I put it in the oven, I was watching it, everything was going well...and then it fell. Luckily my mom's friend who makes wedding cakes had volunteered to help me, so I called her, very distraught, and she came over. Thank heavens for friends. We found out after the wedding that the top element on the oven I was using wasn't working, so the fact that I baked a wedding cake in that oven, and not all of the layers fell is pretty impressive, if you ask me.

The next big piece of news is my BFF is getting married in less than 6 weeks, hooray for her! She isn't sure what she wants for her cake (or if she is sure, she still hasn't sent me a picture), so we may be in for round two here in a little more than a month!

Bridal Shower Cakes

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Oops, my bad, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. There is a good reason for that. At the end of May I traveled home to see the family, throw a bridal shower, and drop EC off for his summer internship. Then I had to drive home, just me and the cat. Then 11 days later I turned around and came back home to see the family and bake the wedding cake for mi Hermanito's wedding, which is over! Congratulations Hermanito on being married! Yay for having a new sister!

Speaking of having a new sister, when I went through the receiving line after the ceremony and said "Hooray, a new sister!" I think my new sister may have said "Yay, I always wanted a crazy older sister." Not sure if she did or not, I'll have to ask when they get back from the honeymoon. Also not sure how I feel about being called crazy.

These are pictures of the cakes I made for the bridal shower. As part of it (aside from playing Family Feud) we had a cake testing party so the bride and groom could tell me what flavors they wanted for the wedding cake. They ended up choosing white, chocolate, and lemon.
Wedding cake pictures are soon to come. I am pretty excited that I can now officially say that I have made a wedding cake. How cool is that?