My first (and probably only!) wedding cake...
There are some imperfections that bother me (we are our own worst critics!), but Caitlin and Carl were happy with their cake and that makes me happy!
The odds were against us..
I baked the cake in my mom's 25+ year old oven that:
(a) I wasn't used to, and
(b) does just fine for fixing dinner but (I learned the hard way)
does NOT bake cakes evenly.
I had to remake several layers and did not even go to bed that night.
And then, there was the delivery!
I assembled the cake first (probably a bad idea!) and rode in the back with it while my mom drove as slow as possible with her flashers on.
But we had to go up a hill. A BIG hill.
The cake layers were separated by cream filling...which sloshed back in forth in the car with every bump and turn. It looked like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and I prayed outloud that it wouldn't fall over compeltely!
It didn't. Thank you, God!
The best part of the cake (for me) was the delicious new recipes that I found.
Carl likes strawberry cake, and I didn't want to just use a strawberry mix.
This one uses REAL strawberries and has a delicious strawberry filling. Here's a picture of an early stage:
The other tiers were french vanilla with a Bavarian cream filling,
also a new recipe and equally yummy.
