Ah!!! My First Wedding Cake order...

I stayed away from Fondant on my first cake—thankfully the Bride didn’t like it…I didn’t stack my cakes….they were on the separaters…and we used fresh flowersz(careful if you get them from a florist as they can have pesticides) Our local grocery had beautiful flowers…and I put them on about 2 hours before the wedding and it was amazingly beautiful for my 1st cake! I had 3 diff cake flavors and icings (all were cream cheese (one had lemon, one had orange and the other was plain)...so it was all the same texture/color. I have 2 more orders including my own to do and again, thankfully they hate fondant and will be using buttercream and/or cream cheese!

Good Luck!

Congratulations Crystal! I am in the same boat as you; I have my first wedding cake coming up in April. I look forward to seeing everyone’s advice.

-- Denise, Deltona, FL, http://www.facebook.com/thecakediva386

Thank you Kimberly! I thought Fondant would be easier because you can cover any flaws in the smoothing process (Even at my best my icing is never as smooth as some I see on here)? No? Should I do a practice run? Or just go for it? Also, they mentioned they’d like “funfetti” cake…I thought about doing a tasting so they could get a better idea of the other flavors out there. Or should I not even suggest that? I’m so very new to this I don’t want to mess anything up.

@Denise: Congratulations to you too and thank you!

-- Crystal Memories in the Baking