Wedding Cakes....

It's June. Actually it's getting close to the end of June. June has been a busy month.....it's wedding month.

Of the four Saturdays in June, three of those weekends were wedding cake weekends.

One of them booked me over a year in advance. Can you believe that? They wanted ME to do their wedding cake and called me over a YEAR in advance.....well, I can't believe it....actually, I feel honored. Honored. Honored that someone wants ME to create the cake that will live on in their minds and pictures for the rest of their lives. It's very humbling.....and nerve-wracking if I stop and think about it. I mean, this thing has got to be good. Not only does it have to look good, it has to taste good......and well constructed....

A couple weeks ago, I did a three tier fondant-covered cake with lace. As soon as the bride sent me the picture I got all excited. (This is the year in advance booking.) She had found it on the Martha Stewart website. I had never done lace before.....a new technique.....and a need for new cake toys! (My husband just shakes his head...)

The cake in the picture was gorgeous. I can't tell you how many times I tried to expand the picture so I could see the detail of the lace. Then I would go on the internet and pour over the online stores and call my friend Melody who, by the way, owns a cake decorating/party supply store that I frequent -- a lot. We couldn't find the exact lace molds. We could get close, but I knew that those specific molds had to be out there somewhere.

Then I had an idea! I'll post the picture on cakecentral.com and surely somebody there would know which direction to point me. Well, they didn't let me down. The response was almost immediate! The poster pointed me to Sugar Delites (jenniferdontz.com).

I must say, I love Jennifer and Sugar Delites. She got me through this cake.....I emailed her a question about a frill cutter and she called me the next day.

I now use her recipes for white chocolate fondant and pearl clay. Love, love, love them! I also ordered a couple of her videos....WOW! I'm going to gradually get the whole collection....sshhhhh....don't tell my husband.....

I am a bit of a perfectionist....I take after my daddy.....so I get it honest....

I re-did the frill strip on the top tier three times.....to be honest, I still wasn't satisfied.....but that's me....

Wanna see it?

Well, here's the finished product....

What do you think?

I think it turned out pretty darn good.....I'm hoping Kaitlyn started a trend.....love that lace!

By the way, I didn't make the flowers on top.......those are silk hydrangea on the top. Aren't they beautiful?

Wanna see some other weddings I've done? Take a look....I didn't do all of these this month.....these are the some of the ones I've done in the past 9 or 10 months.....

Thanks for stopping by and looking.....