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Harkness Wedding
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A fabulous four tiers. The bottom tier is vanilla bean cake with fresh strawberries and a creamy buttercream center. The middle two tiers are carrot cake with fresh pineapple and carrots that make it incredibly moist and delicious with a cream cheese filling. The brides cake at the top is strawberries and creamy buttercream again. The cake is finished with a smooth decadent Swiss meringue buttercream.
The day was gorgeous, the bride beautiful and the setting amazing.
I owe a huge thank you to Karen Leaf, photographer extraordinaire. Her photographs are incredible, as you can see. I found her to be a genuinely kind and helpful person. A very important attribute to have I would think when you are having one of the most important days of your life. You can find her on line www.karenleaf.com. She also does affordable half hour sessions to take wonderful portraits of you or your children and even your beloved pets.
Disco Ball Cake
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I was asked to make a birthday cake that mimicked a disco ball. It needed to be the approximate size of a soccer ball and have layers of vanilla and chocolate cake inside. A round cake that ended up being a learning experience from start to finish.
I was sure that doing this cake for me was what it must be like for those poor cake decorators that are invited to do the cake competitions on the food network. You know, the ones that might not have had time to do a practice run of their cake design before they arrived, but are sure with their experience and design ideas their cake will not only work but should also win the prize. Then however after the start of the competition they realize that the reality is things are simply not going as planned and a domino effect is beginning to take place. With the first disaster affecting the next part of the plan and so on and so on. This is how this cake felt to me as I worked my way through challenge after challenge.