Cake Decorating Final!

I graduated! But before I could I had to make this final cake. It was supposed to be a wedding cake, but it was like a mini wedding cake. We had to meet certain criteria, and I tried to make that work as much as possible and still have a cute cake. I think it turned out pretty good! It is covered in Italian buttercream, and has fondant and buttercream accents. Here are some pictures:

The tealish stripes are fondant and the flowers on top are made out of gum paste. Gum paste is like fondant but it can dry much harder than fondant. 

I think that having fondant and gum paste accents on a buttercream covered cake is a great alternative to having a cake completely decorated in fondant for a couple of reasons. Reason one, I don't think fondant tastes that great, and yes people can peel it off but buttercream is just so much more delicious. Reason two, I think it is really cute! You can still do everything you would do with a fondant covered cake. Reason three, it is cheaper, I know some people are not concerned with this, but for those of us that would rather pay less, you get a better tasteing cake for cheaper, and it can look just as great! Win Win Win!

Kristina's Wedding

This weekend I made and cake and catered a reception. For the dinner made a taco bar, with shredded beef and chicken with all the fixings and fruit and vegetable platters. The cake was fake except for the top, it was covered in French butter cream and the flower is fondant and gum paste.

Wedding Cake

I just finished  wedding cake this weekend. I think it turned out pretty good. It was a lemon cake with Swiss Butter cream. The roses are butter cream and so are the black dots. So here is is:

I have another wedding coming up next week, so I will post those when I get done.