Final Project.

Final Project... Wedding Cake.
Theme.... Winter Wedding
Must haves..... Monogram, Flowers
Limits... must be stacked and on a cake drum

They gave me the instructions and I gave them this....

I recreated my friend's flower necklace in gumpaste. 

This last picture is of my cake on display, ready for graduation tomorrow.  Some of you may be wondering what the "W" stands for as my monogram.  That stands for Westin.  It is the future wedding cake for Michael Westin and myself.  Michael Westin maybe be a fictional character from the T.V. series Burn Notice, but hey a girl can dream.

I can't believe tomorrow is graduation day.  I remember the night before college graduation... packing.  I packed all night and finally fell asleep on my bare mattress.  I woke up to my Mom calling me telling me she was going to be at my place in 15 minutes.  I jumped up and ran past the boxes to my bathroom mirror.  My face had the pattern from the mattress across my cheek, and my mascara had smeared down to coke addict status.  I reached for my face wash... packed.  Urgh!  I checked the shower for some body wash... packed.  Sleep deprived, running late, and desperate my brilliant mind grabbed the dish soap from the kitchen and began scrubbing.  I remember the apple green scent being intoxicating as I thought to myself, "graduation morning is so much better in the movies".   Well now I'm graduating from cupcake school, but this time I'm going to get graduation morning right.  I will shower this time, set an alarm, and even do something extraordinary like... eat breakfast.  I've come a long way since my college years.

I know what you are thinking... graduation?! *heavy breathing* but that means! * hyperventilating* "that your blog will be over!" *code blue* Stay with me, don't go to the light.  This isn't the end yet.  When it is the end, I will let you know.  But I will rip it off fast like a band-aid.  You wont be expecting it.  You can eat a pan of brownies, cry a little, and then move on with your life.

Sweet Sixteen.

So the last post "frankenfinger" has been moved.  I don't want to horrify you guys every time you would like to come to my blog.  If you for some reason feel the need to look at the pictures again, they are now under the tab "my thumb. 


Haley and I finished our sweet sixteen cake just in time today! Chef Nicholas called times up and I was gluing down the last letter of "happy birthday".  The rules were that it had to be a sweet sixteen cake, with a 10 inch bottom, and a 6 inch round top.  After a long list of ideas, Haley and I decided on a ladybug themed cake.  The hardest part was keeping the design from being too childish.  We had several wonderful cake ideas for a 4 year olds birthday, but we had to tweak the design to make it appropriate for a sweet sixteen cake. The cake is covered in fondant, but the decorations are all made out of a mix between fondant and gum paste.  Tomorrow I start my final project.... my wedding cake.  It will be three tiers, and it has to be a winter wedding cake.  We have a whole week to finish it, but time seems to fly by in the kitchen.  I am happy with my design, but we will see if I can pull it off!  Wish me luck!     

Sculpted Cake.

While y'all were finishing off your Thanksgiving left overs I was building this cake!  This cake was so complicated that we worked with a partner to finish it in time.  You may wonder how we are able to get cake to sit at a 45 degree angle...  a lot of PVC pipe. There is a PVC pipe that goes up through the trunk, the soccer ball, and through the center of the sailboat.  Then there is a second PVC pipe that goes through the center of the bear.  In the end we held our breath, and it all came together wonderfully! 

This is my partner Eva.  Together we rocked out this cake.  Not only was she a great partner, but she provided me with hours of entertainment to make this week go by smoothly.  Thanks for the laughs Eva!    

Meet Teddy Krueger.  While we were making the bear we had to first make all the pieces to assemble.  Well when you have arms and legs lying around, and you are trying to name a teddy bear, only morbid names start to come to mind.  

 This cake was especially exciting to make because my family is a huge sailing family.  I've been sailing with my Dad since I was a little girl.  I have many fond memories that have sailing tangled in them.  Well, you can guess the name of our boat.  My Dad named it after his real love.  It's my beautiful mother's middle name.