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\"The<\/a>

The stages of building the wedding cake.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had the joy and privilege of making my first wedding cake this month. It was for my sister and her new husband’s reception last weekend. I had lots of fun making it, and it was great to see the reaction from the bride and groom and the rest of the family.<\/p>\n

It’s been an experience full of firsts for me. My first time using fondant to cover a cake and to sculpt decorations, plus my first time using piping gel and my first time working with sugar pearls.<\/p>\n

All in all it was a great experience, but one that took quite a few more hours than I expected and a few more supplies than I already had. The crucial supplies I added to my baking collection were a mat for rolling the fondant and a fondant smoother, both bought on the advice of a cake-maker more seasoned than I am.<\/p>\n

I baked the cakes, a two-layer 10″ and a two-layer 6″ two weeks ahead and froze them. I also sculpted the fondant topper a week ahead, since I’d read that fondant needs that time to dry and solidify.<\/p>\n

I also tested my piping abilities in advance, and decided that store-bought sugar pearls would be a much better idea to trim the edged of the cake. I may take the time to make by own fondant pearls next time, but I can’t overstate the time-savings from the pearls.<\/p>\n

I had some inspiration photos to work with and you can see them here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. I was also going with the theme of blue and yellow birds that grace the invitations and other stationery.<\/p>\n

The cake recipe I used was this one<\/a>, but think I’m going to do some more tweaking to make it a little more moist. The advantage of this recipe is that it’s a little more dense, so it holds up well when stacked.<\/p>\n

If you want more detailed information on making cakes, I recommend the Wilton<\/a> Web site. I won’t go into detail about all the steps, but I have to say it was a lot of fun and I would definitely do it again for the right occasion. Congratulations guys!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The cake is done!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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