Kissy, kissy

When I am asked to make a wedding cake for someone, I always ask for as much detail as I can be provided with. This gives me a better idea of colours and any other details that the bride and groom want included. Normally for the colour, a material sample is provided, and this was the case in this instance. Unfortunately the material was very shiny and kept changing colour, so it was really difficult to get the right shade for the roses.

spooky !

This is one of the weekend's wedding cakes. With the date being 31 October there was a Halloween theme to the reception. I have made a pumpkin wedding cake before, but that was along time ago, so when I was asked for a pumpkin wedding cake, I thought " no problem". In fairness the cake itself wasn't a problem, just really time consuming. I was happy with the outcome, and hope that the bride and groom were too.

More dress inspration

Here is another recent dress inspired cakes. This one used the embroidery pattern for 2 of the tiers, and some small flower designs on the other tiers. The cake was finished off with the icing ribbon and bow.

mini cakes

Not much to say about these really. I don't normally like mini cakes, or I should more accurately say I don't normally like making them. As I have said in previous posts, they are very time consuming, and the price can sometimes come as a bit of a shock to people. However, I do like how they look when they are set up, especially when there is a more conventional cake used as the top tier.

Drumtochty weddings

I don't tend to do that many weddings at Drumtochty. It's a good hours run from here, so it can be a little hectic if I have cakes for Peterhead on the4 same day. Fortunately this was not the case on this occasion. In fact only one of the cakes had to go to Drumtochty.

The other cake was for a couple who were getting married at St Palladius Church, near Drumtochty. The middle and top tier were made to be slightly wonky, which doesn't show up that well in the picture.

Late again!

Once again it seems to be time to catch up with everything. The last wedding fayre of the year has passed, and we have just come back from a short break.

Because the summer is so busy, I don't have the opportunity to take a holiday in the summer, so use the October half term break, or tattie holidays as they are called here. So with the batteries recharged, I thought it was time to catch up with all the things that would have been done before the holiday, but were delayed because of the wedding show, including the blog.

Trawling through the pictures I have not yet uploaded, I found this one. It is the only picture I have of this cake, and it's not finished. I had planned to take a picture of the finished cake once it arrived at the venue. It had to be delivered on the Saturday of the wedding show, so we knew we would be late arriving. Unfortunately I forgot to take my camera with me.

The other thing I was meant to do before going on holiday was to post a picture of the new cake I made for the show. The big thing at the moment is to pick detail off the wedding dress and include it in the design on the cake. Ribbons are also a popular feature, but you have to be careful with them. I like to make the ribbon on my cakes in icing, unless it is just to go around the sides. The problem with using real ribbon is that it doesn't always fall as you want it to, and it can end up spoiling the end result. With icing ribbons and drapes, you don't have this problem, as the icing is flexible enough mold to the cakes contours.

This weekend's show

Wedding shows are a lot of work. Samples to prepare, cakes to make, printing to organise and various other bits and pieces to do. So as you can imagine, by the time the show starts, there is usually something that you have forgotten to do. This time seems to have been the exception. In fact we were set up by yesterday evening, which was handy as we had to deliver a cake to Peterhead this morning, and still manage to get into Aberdeen without being too late for the start.

The show seems to have gone really well, and I took more bookings than last year which always makes spending the money to exhibit worthwhile.

Just tomorrow to go and that will be the last show for this year, giving me enough time to think of some new ideas for January's show.