Follow Donna from Washington as she takes on her "Make Your Own Wedding Cake" Challenge.
Her goal - A 3 tier wedding cake for a friend that doesn't look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa!
Donna's Story Begins Here...
A couple of years ago I decided to try to make a 50th wedding anniversary cake for my parents. It was a 3 tier cake. I couldn't afford to buy what I wanted and thought, "Hey, I can do this!".
So...with a lot of research, I followed directions on how to make your own wedding cake on-line and went for it. Long story short, everything turned out great...until...the frosting!
Guess the cake icing recipe I made came out too soft cause it kept slipping and sliding and took a lot of work to get it even a little bit acceptable. The cake ended up kinda lumpy looking and sorta' like the Leaning Tower Of Pisa! The good news is that everybody LOVED the taste!
She assured me it was going to be one of those small wedding cakes for a small wedding...yeah right...it's growing as we speak.
I'm pretty nervous, but I really want to do it for her. This time I'm going to make a couple of test cakes first and follow Lorelie's suggestions of freezing the cakes before frosting and using a different icing recipe.
So...I
will update as I go to let y'all know how it comes out. Right now the
cakes are in the freezer and in a couple of days when I get time I'm
going to give them a crumb coat.
Donna
From Kent WA
This was my first attempt at making a three tiered cake.
Donna Blogs about her "Make Your Own Wedding Cake " Challenge experience below. You can have your own cake space too. Contact me if you would like to have access to a personal blog so that you can tell your cake stories as they happen.
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