My First Wedding Cake!

Okay, I am SO excited to post these pictures! This is my first wedding cake. The cake I was always excited to create but also (nervously) dreaded at the same time. =D  I baked so many practice cakes, repeatedly tried to get the icing smooth, stressed over it (yes, I even prayed that nothing would mess up =)... but I came to the wedding with a cake I was proud of and I learned so much.  Looking back, I now know a lot of the "do's" and "don'ts" for a wedding cake. =)

The cake was chocolate with raspberry cream filling and covered in Italian meringue buttercream. The raspberry cream filling is so addicting, it's creamy, rich, and fruity! They wanted a traditional decorated cake with a little bit of a "woodsy" look, which the flower arrangement on the top accomplished really well. The buds and blooms were so pretty together! The delicious-looking chocolate bundt cake on the left (in the top picture) was specially baked by a lady at our church for the cake cutting since the bride is on a gluten free diet. The drizzled icing on the top gave a unique twist to a traditional non-iced wedding cake which I loved! 

I truly enjoyed decorating this cake. Yes, it was trying, but totally worth it. =)  I still feel so honored that I was asked to decorate this cake for a sweet friend.