Monday, August 15, 2011

Evolution of a Wedding Cake

My first wedding cake, so it were. The fact that it didn't fall apart during transport + tasted pretty good + made the bride smile all contributed to a big moment for this amateur hack baker. When my darling 12 year old niece Maddy saw the cake she said "Brook is going to be so proud of Gina for making that." Love her. During the reception my aunt Polly came up to me with fork in hand, cake in mouth, and pointed at the slice on her plate. "You know what you are? A perfectionist!" I laughed out loud. If only to avoid crying. And now I can't decide if she's right or way way wrong. After all of the self-induced stress and nerves and frosting taste-testing I didn't think I would ever eat cake again. And yet. I woke up the next morning and ate wedding cake for breakfast.

4 comments:

{lizzythebotanist} said...

it looks marvelous! i've yet to be able to create a level layered cake. of course, that might have something to do with the fact that i don't have a single proper baking tool (including an oven with a normal temperature). BUT, even if i had all the proper tools in hand i still couldn't pull something like that off. well done!

Two Wheeler said...

It was amazing!

Anonymous said...

you're incredible, Gina bina!! Nice work!

C*K*J said...

Seriously.... you never cease to amaze me. It turned out stunning!!!