In a moment of insanity, I've agreed to do a wedding cake.

No, not just a wedding cake, but also a groom's cake.

Yes, I know I'm crazy. Wedding cakes are stressful.

The bride wants a cake that looks like it has jewels. The place she saw the cake at used tulle that had tiny gems glued on it then wrapped around the cake.  The tulle had to be removed before cutting the cake. I've suggested candy gems so that it will be edible and so that the cake won't have to be disassembled before cutting. My challenge will be in finding a gem mold with small enough gems. The only ones I've found so far have big, chunky jewels:

This website sells edible jewels but they're also too large.

Here is a link to a mold but it's hard to tell how large the jewels would be as it doesn't specify. The entire mold is under 5" but it's pretty priced to order without knowingly

For the grooms cake they want a motorcross theme similar to this:

I found that one on Flickr. I may even sculpt the bride and groom to go on the cake.  I also think this is a really cute idea:


The bride would also like me to transport and set up the cake. I'm not sure what to charge for that so I'm asking my cake decorating buddies for advice.

Wedding cakes make me nervous. If there is any cake you don't want to mess up, it's someone's wedding cake!

I love fruit. I really do. However, I can be VERY lazy about fruit. I buy it but then I get lazy and don't peel it or whatever needs to be done about and so it often goes bad.

I looked in the refrigerator the other day and noticed the strawberries and raspberries that had been purchased for the oatmeal creme brulee that Chip made me for my birthday breakfast. Just thinking of his wonderful Oatmeal Creme Brulee makes my mouth water. It has a tendency to make me a little sickly but it's worth it because it tastes divine!


They were still good but they were on the cusp of going bad. I asked Chip if he'd cut them up and make me a fruit salad with a little bit of lime juice and honey. He said yes!

I then remembered that we had a mango and a pomegranate and even an orange.


Speaking of pomegranates, I hadn't had one in years until Chip asked me what they tasted like which prompted me to buy one. I'm so glad I did because it's such a fabulous fruit! The pomegranates looked like sparkly gems in the fruit salad.

Chip laughed at me for saying that pomegranates were like little bursts of fruit juice in your mouth. Hmphf. Well, they are like little bursts of fruit juice in your mouth!

This cake is a 1st birthday cake for a little girl named, Mia. The only directions I had were to make the cake green with pink flowers and butterflies.



I saw a cake with a pond and fish that I thought would be a neat base and adapted it to have a little fairy sitting on a stump surrounded by flowers and butterflies. I think it came out pretty cute, what do you think?

I need to work on my figure modeling but overall I'm pretty happy. The mom's friend picked up the cake this morning and she thought it was adorable.







And here is a pic of the back of the fairy: