i made this adorable little cake for a friend...she threw her sister a baby shower with a baby boy elephant theme....she emailed me a pic of the napkins & i went from there...3 tiers - bottom yellow & top 2 dark chocolate, all iced in butter cream....i made the elephant, blanket, blocks & dots/stars from fondant
i mentioned delivering this cake on friday morning...it was a surprise, made for the groom, to be served at the couple's rehearsal dinner...fudge chip base (groom's fav) with white cake ball (bride's fav)...iced in butter cream - the ball is covered in fondant & dark chocolate fondant
i mentioned delivering this cake on friday morning...it was a surprise, made for the groom, to be served at the couple's rehearsal dinner...fudge chip base (groom's fav) with white cake ball (bride's fav)...iced in butter cream - the ball is covered in fondant & dark chocolate fondant
and here's the couple's wedding cake...4 tiers - bottom is white, then marble, then fudge chip, then marble again...all iced in butter cream...i did the scroll work in dark chocolate butter cream & made the pearls from fondant
the wedding was held at a new local vineyard - the bride said she's only the 2nd person to wed there - and u could tell...even though i showed up earlier than i told the bride i would, & i had plenty of time to set up this cake before the guests started arriving, i felt very rushed by the staff at the vineyard to hurry, set up, and leave...they had me put the cake on a cart that would be wheeled into the center of the floor when it was time for the presentation of the cake...unfortunately, they sat the cart in front of a doorway & some wall art, so i couldn't get a great picture after i assembled it...and since it was sitting on a ceramic tile floor, i didn't want to take the chance of wheeling it around to a better spot for the photo & something go wrong...i also made sure to warn them to carefully wheel it into the ballroom - that i had plenty of internal support inside the cake, but that whoever is wheeling it needs to take it easy on the cracks/bumps & not just try & shove it quickly across...i really hope all went well! that's the hardest part about wedding cakes - the couple leaves on their honeymoon & i don't usually hear anything about how it all went until a week or 2 later
the wedding was held at a new local vineyard - the bride said she's only the 2nd person to wed there - and u could tell...even though i showed up earlier than i told the bride i would, & i had plenty of time to set up this cake before the guests started arriving, i felt very rushed by the staff at the vineyard to hurry, set up, and leave...they had me put the cake on a cart that would be wheeled into the center of the floor when it was time for the presentation of the cake...unfortunately, they sat the cart in front of a doorway & some wall art, so i couldn't get a great picture after i assembled it...and since it was sitting on a ceramic tile floor, i didn't want to take the chance of wheeling it around to a better spot for the photo & something go wrong...i also made sure to warn them to carefully wheel it into the ballroom - that i had plenty of internal support inside the cake, but that whoever is wheeling it needs to take it easy on the cracks/bumps & not just try & shove it quickly across...i really hope all went well! that's the hardest part about wedding cakes - the couple leaves on their honeymoon & i don't usually hear anything about how it all went until a week or 2 lateri have 2 more cakes due tomorrow....so stay tuned for a special 2-fer tuesday cake post! ;0)
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Okay...so great...now I wanna have another baby! That elephant cake was TOO cute!
...danielle
So cute, love the elephant. Love them all. Soccer ball looks so real and the wedding cake, very elegant.
Can't wait to see the music cake too :)
OMW! I love the elephant cake:) How sweet and a great idea for a shower theme. Nice to get away from the traditional. Glad that things are finally going to slow down for you. I always feel so stressed for you when I get those middle of the night twitter updates from you.
thx ladies!
danielle - say what?! reminds me of that car commercial with brooke shields - where all the women are having babies so they need the big car ~teehee~
shanna - getting ready to post that one now...u have such a good memory! ;0)
wendy - thx for the concern babe - the twitter breaks & vcast vids r a good way for me to take breaks during my all-nighters...won't have many of those any more now tho! whoo hoo! ;0)
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