Tynna's Wedding Cake

I shall just let the pictures speak for themselves. This process was so smooth, so well planned and so well executed that there's little to actually write about.


Except when I told Chris to take great care when he went in the freezer, and he stuck freezer mugs on top of the cakes and squished one. Oh, and when I didn't realize that a chocolate cake needs a gigantic layer of frosting before you put fondant overtop or you can see the brown through the white fondant. Or when I tried to re-use the fondant I took off the chocolate cake, and ripped it and tried to patch it up with squares of fondant and ended up having to do two layers of fondant to cover my messes because I ran out of buttercream. Or when I didn't realize that fondant becomes rock hard in the fridge until it warms up, and as a result had to change my design plan because I couldn't do the quilting effect.


But other than that, piece of cake. Pardon the pun.

P.S. I also made the flowers by hand with gumpaste. I'm quite proud of them.

My (Kitchenaid!) Biggest (Kitchenaid!) Fantasy (Kitchenaid!) Part Two

The day I have been dreaming of has finally arrived. Thanks to the most wonderful Cheryl and Paul Miller, I am now the proud owner of a Kitchenaid stand mixer, with all the fixin's. And it's red! I can honestly say that this has changed my life in the following ways:


1. The red colour makes me feel fancy.


2. The paddle attachment makes mixing so much smoother than beaters.


3. The whisk attachment beats those egg whites into submission.


4. It has a 12 cup capacity bowl and a super high speed motor, so if I feel like whipping up a batch of cupcakes or 20, they're pretty much ready before I even get to the kitchen.


5. The red makes me feel fancy.