#39: Bake a Wedding Cake

Well, here is the final product.

Day One: Make the calla lilies

Day Two: Bake the cupcakes and cake, and colour the fondant and icing

Day Three: Design and decorate the cake and cupcakes

I feel like most of my list items have been pretty difficult so far but this one seemed to be nothing compared to the marathon. The difficulty here was not knowing enough about baking cakes.

Lessons learnt:

1. You can’t make a fluffy 8” cake as it a) sticks to the pan or b) isn’t that great for a layered cake

2. Purple is NOT a great colour for icing. For some reason purple icing changes colour after a second to sun exposure. This lesson was learnt upon arrival at the venue.

3. Fancy cupcake cups for some reason do not stay attached to vanilla cake. I still don’t know why, but these rumours are true. Good thing I made two dozen extra cupcakes for mistakes.

4. Don’t fill your icing bag more than 2/3 full, it’s a mess.

5. Driving decorated cupcakes and cakes through a city is scary. I felt like I was driving a sleeping new born baby around. If I do this again, I’m getting a sign saying ‘cupcakes on board’ for my car.

Overall, I was pretty happy with my accomplishment and so glad that I had an opportunity to do something creative instead of physical! I must admit my Mom helped out a lot (especially with the food colour and setting up the cake). If you are planning on getting married never order a purple cake and keep it simple (it looks nicer!).

Oh ya, we made the floral arrangements and centre pieces as well. When I say ‘we’ I mean my sister, my Mom, and I (primarily my Mom).

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August 6 2011

The cupcake sample for the wedding.

August 5 2011: Bake a Wedding Cake

Well, the day has come and I’m sitting here baking the cake and cupcakes for the wedding tomorrow. I felt the entire time I was baking them I was thinking about the meaning of marriage and how different people interpret it. Why we choose to get married, what choices we would make if we were getting married, and what your life would be like with that person in your life all crossed my mind.

Up until today I can honestly say it rarely crosses my mind unless I’m teasing my sister about it. While I sat there patiently waiting for the cake to finish baking I couldn’t help but think about my life. It’s strange how putting together floral arrangements, baking and decorating cake can do that to anybody (even the ones who never think about it!).

August 4 2011

This may or may not have been my lunch break at work.

August 3 2011

My Saskatoon berries are coming in quite nicely! If you’d like some, you know where to find them.

August 2 2011: Bake a Wedding Cake

Day One: Bake a Wedding Cake

This week is dedicated to baking a cake for my Mom’s friends daughters wedding. Tonight my Mom and I prepped by making 16 calla lilies that will act as the wedding topper which will mimic her bouquet.

The bride chose deep purple and black as her wedding colours which can be pretty difficult to turn into colours for a cake. I’m glad she’s trusting me to take on this project! More updates will follow this week.

August 1 2011

Another day on the saddle. This ride was really quick but we couldn’t leave before fit in another few kms. Abby needed a nap anyways haha.