My worry of the week "The Cake"

So about a year ago my best friend Amanda introduced me into the world of cake making! I absolutely love it! It is my time to relax even when then fondant starts to sweat and tear I've never just gave up on it! I would say I'm a crafty person, i love to make Mums for homecoming, baby arrivals, i have decorated 5 rocking chairs for baby gifts, I'm a scrapbooker (Ive not done it in forever) and I'm in charge of Vacation Bible School Decorations at church. But making cake has taking my craftiness to the extreme. I catch myself DVRing every cake making show and re watching them to see how they did certain techniques. Here are a few cakes that wither i have made or both me and Amanda have done.

Cant really see this one, but this is the first cake me and Amanda did, it was for a baby shower. I can see all the imperfections. But it was good for our first.

This was my first attempt at piping! It was for my mother in-laws birthday!


2nd attempt..Tuckers first bday! The baby shower cake was for him also, a year ago! Time flies!

This one almost ended up on the floor, but i was a fast catch!!

This was Tuckers personal cake. He ate the entire cake!! He wore a 1st bday shirt that had monkey on it so i made him a banana!

The cake i am most proud of is Emorys 3rd bday cake. Amanda helped me out on the bottom tier but had to go back home to Waco that weekend. I was on my own! Amanda is my partner in cake making and i miss her not being in Tyler. This means I'm doing cakes by myself now, unless i can get her down here! HAHA! Back to Emorys cake! I think this is the coolest cake. I'm so proud of it!

Don't mind the plastic wrap in the bow loops, it
kept them from collapsing before the gum paste set.


So as you can tell i got better through out the last year! But this week I'm embarking on something HUGE! I'm doing my first wedding cake. Not just a cake that only family will see and say "It's so cute", because they don't want to hurt my feelings, when i know its not the cutest it could be, but for a wedding reception, the most important time for a girls life. A wedding reception where supposedly 100 people will be there looking at the cake. Now its not a super hard cake, it probably will be the simplest cake i will make. Its going to be a 4 tier white fondant cake with sot accents to give it texture. It will have a ribbon around each bottom of the tier and a fall cake topper. The only fear i have is that this weather will be horrendous. I'm praying that its not 100% humidity or the fondant wont do well at all, and when its just plain with no decorations the flaws will be noticeable! I'm super excited though, to be asked to do it was a jaw dropper for me! I couldn't believe it! The cake is for this Saturday, so starting tomorrow i will be elbow deep in batter and icing for the next few days! Friday will be fondant day! DUM DUM DUM!! We will see how this goes! I will definitely post pictures!