Ta-Da!

Well, we did it!

My people came through, like always, and we made the cake.

See for yourselves...

I baked the top tier and made the fondant.
(The bottom 2 layers are styrafoam.)My sister and K helped to frost the rounds and then we covered them.

If you make a silly face for a picture, of course I will post it!
I was so happy with how the rounds turned out. It was a great start.
...and then, T put her fist through the top tier.

I straightened the tier as best as I could. Fondant is very forgiving. I toyed with the idea of hiding the remaining dents with the flowers the florist would bring. Then R reminded me that although it was a favor, it was still their wedding cake. Oh, yeah.

As I thought about it, I realized that a lot of what I do is "good enough". Not great, or super, just "good enough".

I wanted to be proud of this project.

I didn't want to have to hide the flaws.

I stayed up and baked a 2nd night and then, instead of delivering the cake in the morning, I spent the day frosting and covering a new top tier.

It was even better than the first,
perfectly round and level.

And, all 3 layers sprinkled with edible glitter.
(Thanks, other sister)

I felt pride as I set up the cake on the stand the bride's mom had provided.

The florist arrived with the flowers and ribbon that the bride wanted to use.
Together, we finished the project.

Ta-da!


(The bride smiled.)