finished!

hello world! 

Last night was a feat! My classmates and I finished our wedding cakes, and they came out lovely, indeed. It was a long night and it started off with transporting my bride and groom for my cake topper from home to school....

I knew I had to keep them in the sitting position in case they lost an arm, head or shoe. Suri especially was a delicate case since she had such an intricate and fragile skirt. My solution? a square tupperware case, bride and groom sitting back to back on an upside down ramekin, everyone cushioned with toilet paper (clean and soft!). I put a piece of plastic wrap to cover them during the journey, which was funny because it was like putting a veil over a bride. Thankfully they made it thru the subway ride and walk in pristine condition.  

I'm so sore today from rolling out all the marzipan to cover my cakes. I would have used fondant to cover them, but I love love LOVE the flavor of marzipan and I think it's so beautiful in it's natural state. Each of the tiers are covered in marzipan, and the white piping is of Royal icing. The red poppies and pink rose petals on top are made from sugar paste, and my bride and groom are sitting on a bench also made from sugar paste. The brown branches behind them are pussywillows. My hands were shaking, so my piping came out not great, so don't pay too much attention to it, but I was pretty happy with everything else : )

Here are some pictures of the final cake.

front

back

poppy close-up

bride and groom close-ups

rose petals close-up

here are some pictures of chef kir and chef jae, two very awesome people. 

you can't tell from the first photo, but chef kir is QUITE the troublemaker....

of course they both LOVED the photo-op

this is chef toni, from level 1. she is amazing

There were a lot of beautiful cakes.. and one of my favorites one was made by my classmate Audrey. She's a sweet lady with a creative spunk and her artistic talent really showed! The cake is covered in fondant, and all the piping and illustrations are done with piped chocolate.

so simple and beautiful!

Thanks for tuning in again.

Next time I'll share about some bags I am screening for a non-profit, started by a friend of mine from college.

g'day