Green Wedding Cake

No its not a "green" cake but it was for the Green's (a family in our ward) whose daughter was marrying a guy who served his mission in this area and whom Kevin got to know quite well in his ward missionary efforts. As for the cake, she said she wanted 3 round tiers and she gave me the ribbon but left any other design up to me. I was watching the Ultimate Cake Off on TLC early this week and wanted to try stenciling after watching them do it on tv. I think it worked well and was a pretty easy technique. The only critique of this cake is that the flowers at the reception that were put together specifically for the cake and couldn't be adjusted, were just too big for the cake- it made it a bit out of proportion- but Kevin said it looked good that way... so even though I knew better I was somewhat consoled. I stayed for the reception and cut and served the cake. It was a fun night. As always, Kevin was a great help and made the whole experience much more fun!

At home in its simplistic state.

The Purple Cake

I got to learn a new technique for this cake (the "quilted" look) and I was really happy with how it turned out. The hard part was getting the color. It still wasnt as dark as I would have liked but the more color you add, the harder the fondant gets to work with so I just had to settle. Though with these pictures you really can't tell the true color because there was a purple light in the room casting a weird color on everything so I just couldn't get a picture that seemed true to life. Its most close to the third picture's color. I hope the bride was okay with the color since it wasnt as dark a purple as she probably had in mind- but who knows. I included a black and white picture just for fun. In case you couldn't tell those were real flowers- provided at the site- I just never know what I am going to have to work with but I do like the way it ended up- quite a bit actually. Definitely not a traditional wedding cake- which is much more fun to make!