I have been thinking of some side jobs I would like to start in my free time and after watching too much TLC I think I want to learn how to make wedding cakes. After watching some You Tube videos and reading around on Goggle I thought I would give it a shot.
Me and my BFF Maria, 2 weekends ago, thought we would give it a go. First, let me say it now, you can not make a cake in 1 hour. It took us FOREVER, but this was our first time and we really didn’t know what we were doing. The Cake Boss makes it look like a piece of cake 😉
The task: We wanted to see if we make two 3 layer cakes. After shopping around town all week we finally had our supplies and all our baking essentials. *Please excuse my “under construction” kitchen. *
Our goal was 2 cakes. One, 3 tier wedding cake make of almond white cake (bottom), chocolate (middle), and strawberry (top). It was Easter themed and had a chocolate bunny on the top, next was my furture sister in laws birthday cake, this was a single layer 3 tier cake made with almond white cake covered in white fondant. I think it turned out the best of the group.
We made everything from starch even the fondant. We started at 5:00 pm and ended around 1:30 am. I think we took on too much in one night, but we aren’t backing down yet. We have plans for a lot more cakes soon just not at the same time. The final result:
Then the next day was my dad’s birthday and I thought I would make him a small sugar-free cake. It looks good but didn’t taste all that great.
All-in-all I would say it want pretty well. Hopefully more cake pictures to come.
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