A Fall Wedding Cake

Don't you just love weddings?

Autumn is a great time to get married

with all the beautiful colors to choose

 from.

 My friend Heidi was married today and

this is the cake I made for her.

 She picked out whites, creams and mocha for

her colors.

She has great taste in color don't you think?

Chocolate cake with mocha chocolate 

butter cream filling, 

Carrot Cake with cream cheese filling 

and 

white cake with delicious raspberry filling

are waiting inside this giant sweet treat.

 The cake waiting anxiously to be delivered 

and set up.

  Heidi is now Mrs. "W"

Now for her cake top.

So Sweet!

Best wishes Mike and Heidi!

Learning Fondant

 In all my experience as a cake decorator,

I never learned how to work with fondant.

If you know anything about what is in

“fashion” for cakes these days, fondant

may come to mind.

When I had my cake business many years

ago, buttercream was it.

However, times have changed in the cakery

world.

Many are asking for this sweet covering so

It’s time for me to learn.

I choose Sweet Wise for my learning experience.

A two hour class was packed full of

information and it was fun.

My little cake that I made, was very

perky and cute when I left the class.

But then I made a Costco, Joann’s and

Whole Foods run in our hot and humid

Tennessee weather.

Yes, now the bow on my sweet little cake is a

little droopy.

But you get the picture right?

Sweet Wise is a cake, candy and

pastry supply shop located in

Nashville.

The store is packed full of wonderful

Cookie cutters, candy molds, cake

decorating supplies…

Wonderful baking gadgets!

Cake pans and everything else you

need to decorate a cake!

Visit Sweet Wise at their website

here

Enjoy your visit!

Warm Country Blessings,

Christa

Butter Cream Lace

Before having children, I had a cake decorating

business I ran from my home.

It wasn’t out of the ordinary to open up my

refrigerator only to see many cakes waiting for

delivery and to have to the sweet aroma of

butter cream icing filling the air of my kitchen.

Wedding cakes were my favorite to make because

it was like adding beautiful lace on a cake.

Eventually, my first was born and I realized I couldn’t

give the proper attention to babies and cakes.

I wasn’t sorry one bit to give up my business

because I knew from an early age I wanted to be

a stay-at-home mom, homemaker…

A couple weeks ago, I was able to make a

25^th Wedding Anniversary cake for some

friends.

The children in that family asked if I could duplicate

their parent’s wedding cake.

 

 

I unpacked my cake pans and other supplies

that had been in hiding for many years.

Once again, the air in my kitchen was filled

with the aroma of chocolate cake, buttercream icing…

 

My children, now 16, 17 and 19 years old

watched and gave me much encouragement

as I dusted off my decorating tips and

started creating.

 

It was so much fun.

 

When it was all finished, I was relieved.

After so many years, I wondered if

I had forgotten the skills I once learned.

I am convinced now, after decorating hundreds of

cakes in the past, I would never forget.

 

The next day, I loaded the cake in the back of

my car.  Memories of the one and only

time I had a mishap with delivering

a wedding cake (my dear husband, back then

my fiance’ was driving), came to mind.

I remember the crushed wedding cake

 seemed like a disaster until I was able to

patch it up withextra icing and decorating tips.

I can laugh now.

 The anniversary cake for my friends

was delivered without a problem.

Not even a rose popped off along the way.

However,

the day was the most humid day I have

experienced in Tennessee and thunder storms

were in the forcast.  Where was the cake

going to be set up?

That’s right,

outside!

 We decided it would be best to set up inside.

It’s hard to see in the picture, but we

were able to set up the cake on a beautiful

Wood cook stove.

Happy 25^th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. “C”

~

The Smith Family