Fall Wedding Cake - Love is in the air! ~ Sandy's Sweets

Working on details for the cake

I am completely happy with my latest project: a fall theme wedding cake. As some of you know, I had just taken a break in September (a trip to Peru), so I can't lie - I was beyond stressed when I realized upon my return that I had about 10 days to get my act together and come up with a 4 tier wedding cake! But I am so happy with the results!!! Here are some things I learned in the process:

- cake decorating, as everything else, can remind you of life. As I was working on the cakes, design, decorations, etc., I was often filled with anxiety, fear, doubts and frustrations. Just like in life, I was so fearful of failure. But I had a cheerful husband by my side and lovely cousins. They were my sounding board, my encouragement. I pressed on, not knowing exactly what the cake will look like, but knowing that at the end it would be good for the couple :) And...this morning, as I started assembling the cake, I saw step by step how everything fit into a masterpiece...Life might not make sense to me at times, but the Lord (the creator) knows!

Accents - all handmade

- "steaming" flowers. I saw this in some cake decorating shows so I gave it a try. After applying all the colours to my maple leaves and roses, I asked my cousins to pass the creations in steam...to add shine to them! they worked and the roses especially became a lot more real!

- finding the right colours - I tried using air brushes and powders for the fall leaves. In the end, I chose petal dust to colour my leaves. I experimented with a base colour of green, orange and orange/red gumpaste/fondant and then applied green, red, yellow petal dust....I would have loved to find a deeper red petal dust - that will be a challenge for next time!

- my husband, my support, my helper - my husband was the architect in building the cake stand and in making sure the wooden dowels that support the cake would be accurate in hight. People...it pays to be a good mathematician! Thank you hubby!

Here are some pics I want to share with you...and thanks to the lovely newly wed couple for trusting me with your wedding cake! I just simply feel honoured and humbled that you would choose to trust me of all the options you had!!! May the Lord bless you and your marriage!!!