I guess rules really are meant to be broken....

I have a rule that I don't make the same exact cake twice. There are too many styles and techniques out there that I need and want to explore!

I ended up breaking my own rule a few weeks ago. My cousin and I were talking about the cake that I was going to make for her wedding and she really loved the previous wedding cake that I made. How could I say no? It's a bit different than the last one.... it has an extra tier, different color roses, a different topper, and just a bigger cake overall.

Half of this cake was chocolate cake filled with a chocolate mousse. The other half was a french vanilla cake with a strawberry mousse filling. What do you guys think?

Here's a closer view of the top tier with the cake topper.

Congratulations Carlos and Kristina on your marriage! I love you guys and wish you the best!

My first wedding cake!

Wow. What a weekend it's been! A few weeks ago, one of my close friends, Beatriz, told me that she was getting married and asked me if I would make their wedding cake! Of course I accepted. The bride had too much going on with the planning so she said I could make whatever I wanted which really stressed me out. I wanted her to LOVE it and was nervous about not having much direction.

Anyway, I found a few inspirational photo's with one specifically that she liked. I was excited to finally have something to go off of. I chose to make a white almond cake and have different fillings in each layer. The top layer was filled with chocolate ganache, the middle layer had a strawberry filling, and the bottom layer was filled with a banana custard.

I was so confident until I was about half way through. I filled the bottom layer with too much of the banana custard and it started sliding on me! Talk about stressful! This was especially nervewracking because the bottom layer needs to support the rest of the cake! After having a mini meltdown, and wondering if I should ever attempt another wedding cake, I felt better and got back to work.


The second meltdown came the morning of the wedding when we were driving to the ceremony. It seemed like we were hitting every pothole in the Chicagoland area! My poor husband had to deal with me yelling at him to slow down the entire way! After what felt like forever, we finally got there with the cake still in one piece! Yay!


It took quite a bit of time, but it all came together in the end!

Here are some pics of the finished product!


Congratulations Beatriz and Tony! Thank you for allowing me to add to your special day!!