a co-worker asked me if i could make her wedding cake! of course my first thought was wow, that will be a lot of work. but after thinking about it, i decided i could do it! her request seemed pretty easy...
she asked me if i could make a cake like this one she found online... 
it was going to be a vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting in the layers and on the cake. then, covered in pink fondant and decorated with white fondant stripes, bow, and polka dots! i started out baking lots of cake! i was going to be making a 3 tier cake to serve about 11o guests. i think i times the recipe by about 9! next was stacking the layers with the cream cheese frosting in between. since the icing was cream cheese, i had to keep everything in the fridge when I wasn't using it...top 2 tiers...
next i covered all of the tiers with cream cheese frosting...bottom 2 tiers... 
then i covered all of the tiers in fondant that I colored pink...all 3 tiers... next was the decorating!
steve even helped me out with the pink balls for the border...
next i added a polka-dots to the top tier, a solid white stripe around the middle tier and vertical stripes on the bottom tier. i also had pre-assembled a bow for the middle tier... 
saturday morning we headed to greenville to deliver the cake! it took up my whole back seat...
once we arrived at the reception hall i finished assembling the cake, added the pink balls around the border, the bow on the middle tier, and the cake topper!... 
the finished product... 
me with the cake...
as long as this project took, i was really glad i decided to do it. it was a great learning experience and i really enjoyed every minute of it! although my feet and back were aching the next day from all of the standing, it was worth it. i was also able to make a beautiful cake for a friend's wedding!
