To say that I’ve been busy this month is an understatement!
This month I have been busy making cakes and over 100 gum paste daisies. Yep – you read that right. Over One Hundred gum paste Gerber daisies. For those of you thinking, “What?! That’s crazy!” … where were you earlier?!?
The daisies were for my best friend’s little sister’s very anticipated wedding. Years, months, days and seconds went into planning the incredible event. And in the whirlwind of wedding planning bliss, I was asked to make the wedding cake and cupcakes. Yay!
So on May 1st, I started making little Gerber daisies….
And I didn’t stop until the Tuesday before the wedding (true story).
The lovely bride requested a simple wedding cake (vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream), covered in blue fondant and white Gerber daisies (of course). And the cupcakes (approximately 132) were evenly divided between vanilla bean and chocolate, all topped with buttercream icing and a daisy.
This was my first time displaying all my baking efforts for a wedding, so finding the perfect looking cupcake tower was a must. I love the look of cupcake towers – my sister had one for her wedding 2 years ago and there are a variety all over the internet now a days. I finally found it at Golda’s Kitchen – a simple round 6 tier tower that I can easily decorate with whatever ribbon accent along the edge.
Very pretty isn’t it?
It’s prettier completely filled too!
As an additional surprise the bride requested a grooms cake for the rehearsal dinner. Because the groom is a HUGE Boston Red Sox fan, she asked for a simple baseball cap. Love it! The groom apparently couldn’t get enough of it during the dinner, pretending to wear it or place it on everyone elses head. LOL. I’m just glad it was a hit.
I have to admit that doing this wedding, delivering the cakes and cupcakes to the reception hall, and walking all the boxes straight into the large walk-in freezer of the kitchen made me feel like a real cake designer. The feeling was continued into the next day when I arrived to set up the cupcake tower and set up “my vision”.
And the wave of pride seeing the happy couple next to their cakes just made my spirit soar.
Congratulations to Ashley and Christopher.
May all your days see sunshine and daisies.
White Box Cupcakes 