A couple more cakes

On Thursday my sister-in-law Andrea married Mike (yeah!) It was a very nice wedding except there was a certain 2-year-old that decided to start screaming uncontrollably just as the ceremony was starting, causing me to have to dash out of the room as quickly as possible and miss the whole dang thing!

Anyhoo-- Andrea asked me to make the cake. I decided that it would be less stressful if I spread it out over the course of a few days so on Monday I made gumpaste roses. Tuesday I baked 7 cakes (one of which went straight to the trash as it failed miserably). Wednesday I made 6 batches of fondant and 4 batches of frosting and stacked and frosted each tier. Thursday Drew had the day off (thank goodness) and helped me cover each layer and decorate. The end result was as follows:

The gorgeous bride and groom

The next day was my nephew Ben's birthday party so Thursday night after the wedding we stopped by the store and bought cake supplies and then came home and baked cakes until 11:30 or so. On Friday Drew was also home and absolutely saved my life by doing a good 50% of the cake. I made the frosting first thing in the morning and he got to work coloring fondant and making gumpaste decorations. Ben loves Toy Story and seemed to like his cake as much as any other 4-year-old boy likes a cake.(note that the little figures are toys purchased from the store instead of hand sculpted in an effort to maintain a little sanity)