Just two weeks before my friend Chelsea's wedding, the cake baker fell through! I was excited about the challenge of making a real wedding cake and figured it would be great practice for my own wedding cake, so I offered to help. Chelsea showed me a picture of the cake she wanted and we baked a practice cake together. She was already having a dessert buffet at her reception so she only needed a small cake. It was a simple tiered fondant cake with roses covering both layers, so I originally felt fairly confident in my ability to accomplish the project. However, when I returned home from Chicago last week and began working on the real wedding cake I began imagining all the terrible things that could possibly happen! This was
the wedding cake - the cake that would be captured in Chelsea's wedding photos
forever - so I knew it needed to be absolutely perfect.
I prayed my way through the entire process. From baking the cake, to evening up the layers, to icing it, to covering it with the fondant, to assembling the tiers, to transporting it to North Carolina - every little detail was covered in prayer! I even brought along three extra cake layers and two cake mix boxes just in case the entire cake would somehow be ruined before the wedding.
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| The caterer placed it at the center of the hors d'oeuvres table before the wedding. |
God greatly blessed my efforts and it turned out very similar to the picture Chelsea first showed me! As the photographers snapped away and the room full of guests stared at the newly married couple while Chelsea and Frank sliced in to the cake at their wedding this past Saturday, I could barely stand to watch. I was worried that the top tier would fall or the cake would be unusually crumbly. Fortunately, nothing like that happened and Chelsea was very pleased with the way it turned out!
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| Shortly before Frank and Chelsea sliced in to the cake |
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| The finished product |
I am so excited about my own wedding cake now. I feel much better prepared. I look forward to writing about my own cake details when I write about my wedding planning soon.
12 comments:
Oh it looks lovely Meredith! Congratulations, you did a great job :)
You did a beautiful job! What a blessing to be able to pray your way through something like that - I constantly marvel at the way we can just take EVERYTHING to the Lord in prayer and He will answer our prayers. :)
Isn't it a Blessing when the Lord causes us to solely rely upon Him..so that were reminded He enables us to do all things..and that the Glory belongs to Him alone...what a blessing to read about how He carried you through..and gifted you with turning out a Beautiful cake...
Have a blessed evening Meredith
In Christ
Angelina
What a lovely cake. You did a very good job Meredith. What flavors did you use?
Simply beautiful, Meredith. How wonderful to be able to make your own cake. That will make it always so very extra special to you.
It must be wonderful for you to be able to see the fruits of your labour, and the fruits of the decisions you and your family made in terms of your lifestyle. These are great blessings.
Love, Anne x
In one word, "stress" is why I stopped (or at least cut way back) on my cake making/decorating :) I've prayed LOTS of cakes together... and it's still stressful for me :P I know exactly how you felt about the cake being THE cake so it has to be PERFECT! I've done 5 wedding cakes now, and I'm not sure why I don't have gray hair yet, haha! I'm glad the Lord answered your prayers and the cake turned out beautifully!
What a beautiful cake! You did a wonderful job, Meredith. I might have to call you to come do my wedding cake someday. *wink* :)
You did a wonderful job, Meredith! I KNOW how stressful it was! :) Ugh, it was so horrible when I was making my first (and only so far) wedding cake. You do feel so much pressure to get it just perfect - after all, it is THE wedding cake that every one will remember.
Love the different colored roses on the tiers - just beautiful.
Meredith your cake looks gorgeous!!! I don't think I could have volunteered!!! Your so brave!! I am really really excited to see your own wedding cake. Yes, what a great way to get you ready for your own cake making!
Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog :) It will be grand fun when we can sit and talk over skype in about three or four months! I can't wait! And maybe you'll be able to give a tour of your little home through skype! I can't help but think of you all as you are getting ready for the special day!
~Much love Meredith~
~Elizabeth
Meredith, your cake is so lovely. I am so proud of you. agree with Elizabeth, I don't think I could volunteer like you did and I am so glad you did!!
And yes I am so excited to see your wedding cake real soon.
I wanted to tell you that Jon and I had watched this show called Master Chief online, there was a girl from mississippi who reminded us so much of you. She was the youngest contestant at 22 and ended up winning first place as the Master Chief. We called her Meredith when we were talking about her because to us it was you :)
LOVE YOU
~Marie
Lol Meredith, I am such a ding dong. I meant master chef. I hope that makes sense now LOL!!
LOVE
~Marie
Beautiful Meredith!! My mom and I can totally relate to praying through the whole process. :)
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