The wedding cake . . .

 It came out pretty nice for my first wedding cake I think.  Three layers of cake all from scratch.

Layer #1 - white cake with whip cream filling and fresh strawberries covered with butter cream frosting and fondant.  Cake recipe via - http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2012/02/white-wedding-cake-and-swiss-meringue.html


Layer #2 - lemon cake with whip cream filling and fresh raspberries covered with butter cream frosting and fondant.  Cake recipe via - http://www.marthastewart.com/632498/lemon-cake

Layer #3 - have white cake (recipe above) and half chocolate cake filled with cookies and cream filling with butter cream frosting and fondant.  Cake recipe via  -http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/buddy-valastros-chocolate-cake/

Butter cream frosting via - http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/buddy-valastros-decorators-buttercream/

For fondant I used - the Duff brand (city cakes) purchased at Michaels.  And for the roses I used wilton's pre-made gum paste.

And although this looks a little black in the photos, the ribbon fondant is actually a dark navy blue to match the bridesmaids dresses.  Since navy blue fondant is impossible to find I took blue fondant and added black food coloring to it . . .works like a charm.

Now the roses . . .took me a few tries to get this right . . especially since it was extremely humid Friday and Saturday . . .but I got them to look great . . .they were just pink from all the corn starch I had to add.  So I purchased some cake spray paint from the Duff city cake line at Michaels and sprayed them and let them dry overnight.  The result was perfect!

The side cake is a grooms cake of completely red velvet via - http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/red-velvet-cupcakes-recipe

The NY Yankee baseball is a red velvet ball cake covered in fondant and I just printed the logo from the web and traced it out in fondant and then outlined with butter cream.

 All and all it was a great experience but very stressful (mostly because I am my worst critic).  I didn't plan as well as I should have but it worked out in the end. . .as with everything you do for the first time . . .there are lessons to be learned.