I am a Winner!

The wedding cake project was actually a competition between the three of us in the kitchen. Winner gets $100! I'm so excited because I won! Woohoo! Here are all three cakes in the window of our shop.

Wedding Cake

The slow kitchen season is upon us. Since our kitchen is extra slow these days we all decided to do wedding cakes. The last time I made a wedding cake was years ago and I was still in culinary school. I figured this was a good opportunity to try all the techniques and ideas that I have swirling around my head. I should have kept it simple but I figured since I don't get to do wedding cakes too often I should try everything. I had so much fun! I want to do another one! I call my cake "Luxury and Decadence" because it's all about pearls, lace, and Chanel. Now that I'm looking at the final product I would change some things here and there. I love the hand piped lace work on the top tier but I could do without the lines of pearls or maybe make them smaller. I think it's too heavy and bulky looking for the delicate lace. I love the quilting and beads on the middle tier. The bottom tier is okay. The draped curtains, dangling pearls, and piped shells was fun to do. Personally I think it makes the cake look a little too traditional but the effects are impressive.

My Big Fat Wedding Cake

So this is the last project before the final test and practical. We were given a scenario for the wedding. The couple is young and fun. The brides dress is pink and yellow and the bridesmaids dresses are pink. The wedding is going to be in Fiji and the couple would like their cake to be made of macadamia nut sponge soaked in coconut malibu rum simple syrup, mango curd with mango brunoise, coconut daqcuoise, and passion fruit mousse. That's a whole lotta stuff in a cake!

Each one of my butterflies was hand made and painted out of pastillage and luster dust. I tried to paint them each a little different so that no two would be alike. The entire cake was covered in fondant.

Surprisingly this cake was able to survive all the way home! Even with my crazy driving. People thought I was crazy carrying a three tiered wedding cake through the streets of Manhattan. Now I've been eating wedding cake for the past 4 days. Anyone want to come over for some?