Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Cakes galore!



Well, I haven't posted in a long time. I've been very busy with cakes and cupcakes for the past few weeks. I haven't taken pictures of all of them, so when I got this order YESTERDAY, I made sure I took plenty of pics.




I really enjoyed doing this cake. It made me more confident in my abilities because the customer called yesterday and wanted the cake this afternoon. That's not very long to do a 2 tiered, fondant covered cake. I was a little nervous and panicked. To add to the stress, my aunt was coming down for a visit and to take my kids for a couple of days. Fortunately, she took the boys after just a few minutes of arriving without me even asking or telling her my plans.




The cake the customer wanted was like the "Diva" cake but with a few changes. I learned from that cake, that I have to cover cakes with fondant if I'm going to stack them. I don't want to risk my cakes falling or collapsing. Little Rock is the closest place I can get Satin Ice fondant, so I had to make a trip. It's only about 45 minutes away, but it was time I didn't want to take, but I had to. I finally made it back home and started baking. I was up until 1 am and then had to get back up to stack and finish the cake. I can't believe that I did it in such a short amount of time, but I'm sure that not having my kids around helped a lot. I could just get in the "zone" and knock it out without someone needing a drink or having to give baths or everything else that comes with being a mom. So, here's the cake finished at the customer's home.
The finished cake
Grant and Anna. They're cousins and grankids of the birthday girl.