Danny and Anya's Wedding Cake

This was wedding cake #3 for two of my best friends who got married yesterday. It was a hawaiian luau theme, so they requested a coconut cake with pineapple filling. As neither of them are huge fans of frosting, I went with a very light whipped cream cheese frosting which complimented the cake perfectly. We went with three tiers - 10", 8", and 6". While I had a few moments concerned about the frosting due to the warm weather, it really did come out how I had envisioned it. Also, the couple seemed quite happy with it, and that, after all, was the entire point.

Alicia's Wedding

This was my second wedding that I baked for. (Next weekend I have #3!)

All of the cake were coconut. (My favorite cake recipe right now! It was given to me as a lemon recipe, but I just "coconut-ified" it.) The frosting had hints of vanilla and almond. The flowers were made of royal icing for me.)  There were 50 cupcakes.

This was the 6" cake for the top of the cupcake tower. Same cake/frosting. I tried not to go overboard since there was something else they were using for the top of the cake. I tried to match the colors of the flowers for the colors I used for the piping/flowers.

This side is one instance in which I almost got carried away. 

Here is the tower completed! I was provided the "S" and we just placed it in the center of the cake. I think the finished result was fantastic!

Dad's Birthday Cake!

I do a lot of birthday cake, it seems.

My dad is a huge fan of whipped cream and fruit. So! I did a dark chocolate cake. In between the cake layers there is a layer of ganache, sliced strawberries, and whipped cream frosting. The top is just whipped cream with strawberries. The flavors really came together - and I even managed to get the whipped cream to somewhat stabilize! It was my first attempt with whipped cream frosting, and the first  time I tried it was a complete failure (I think I overwhipped it) but my second try went much better.

Patti's Birthday Cake

Okay, okay. I know I'm a little behind on posts. But this cake I made a a few months ago for my beautiful cousin Patti's birthday.

Unfortunately the box I put the big cake in wasn't quite high enough so the flowers were slightly squished, but it still looked really pretty. I loved the ivory with the pink and green! And the ruffles along the bottom edge were definitely the perfect detail. (PS - the cake was vanilla, the cupcakes chocolate, with buttercream frosting.)