Cake Endeavours

Lindsay is having a birthday party for her mom and sadly we're unable to go but I wanted to make a contribution for this awesome lady's special day.   I made the Perfect Chocolate cake with whipped cream filling.  I tried a new technique for icing the cake.  With the 1M Wilton tip that I normally use for making rosettes I went around the cake  piping out the icing.  Not bad for my first time.  For the top I added some chocolate shavings.  The topper I made from my Cricut Air machine. Happy Birthday Vickie!

Melissa used to be a co-worker of Mr. T's.  She was an amazing help when Miss E was born.  She even took me to renew my G1 (learner's permit for driving) so that I would finally get my license when Miss E was a few months old.  So, when she asked me to make her wedding cake I was very excited! This three tiered cake had a 10" vanilla with salted caramel filling, an 8" cookies and cream with buttercream filling and a 6" chocolate with chocolate fudge filling tier.  All covered in buttercream icing. Our friend Liz was visiting this weekend and while I was making the cake she kindly picked out the silk flowers from Michael's to add to the cake.  She has awesome taste. :) For the topper I made it using my Cricut Air machine and cutting out "love" 3 times and gluing the layers together and then onto a skewer. Originally the plan was to have the verse from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 written around the bottom tier.  Unfortunately with the hum...